16 Actors Who Took Parts For The Childish Glee
![16 Actors Who Took Parts For The Childish Glee](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/3/767663_320x180.jpg)
The best job in the world is being an actor. You're practically getting paid to make up stories. (Of course, getting to the point where you are paid for it is difficult.) However, it is still a profession, and the reasons why actors choose roles frequently reflect that — for example, they may need to pay the rent or improve their résumé, or their manager may say, "I know you're busy, but..."
On the other hand, there are occasions when performers merely want to have a good time. Have you ever had a good time filling out a bi-annual TPS report in a spreadsheet? Did you ever feel that you the thrill of passion while you were flipping burgers as a summer job? Of course not. Even birthday clowns don't enjoy their jobs. On the other hand, Actors are allowed to choose jobs just to have a good time. Of course, this does not happen every day, but here are a few wild examples when actor’s already incredible lives got another boost:
![Who Framed Roger Rabbit BOB HOSKINS jumped at the chance to play Eddie Valiant, being a self-described cartoon buff. A lot of people have worked with Laurence Olivier, but I've actually worked with Bugs Bunny!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/2/767662.jpg)
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
![Batman Begins CILLIAN MURPHY has admitted to being obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/0/767660.jpg)
Source: The Seattle Times
![V for Vendetta STEPHEN FRY likes characters who change throughout a story-but that's not the only reason why he took the role of Deitrich. I hadn't been beaten up in a movie before, and I was very excited by the idea of being clubbed to death.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/4/767654.jpg)
Source: FilmFocus (archived)
![Jennifer's Body MEGAN FOX welcomed the chance to do a lot of h!t-talking. It's fun to be able to say the sh!t that got to say and get away with it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/2/767652.jpg)
Source: ComingSoon.net
![Captain America: STANLEY The First Avenger TUCCI really liked the script- and Dr. Erskine's accent. I've always wanted to do a German accent. It's SO much fun.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/7/767647.jpg)
Source: SlashFilm
![The Mandalorian BILL BURR never cared for Star Wars, and wasn't very excited when offered a part- I until he saw the was immediately show pretty SO was much spaghetti psyched to be a a western. part of it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/7/767657.jpg)
Source: Showbiz Cheat Sheet
![Chicago CATHERINE ZETA-JONES really wanted to sing All That Jazz, the song that opens the musical. She wanted it SO badly that she turned down the lead role for the chance.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/5/767655.jpg)
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
![Masters of the Universe FRANK LANGELLA took the part of Skeletor with glee, as his four-year-old son was constantly pretending to be He-Man. When they offered me Skeletor, I couldn't resist. I couldn't wait to play him. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/9/767649.jpg)
Source: CBS News
![Iron Man JEFF BRIDGES took the role of Obadiah Stane because he admired both Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. -and because he got to shave his head. I looked at the comic book and said, 'Ooh! The guy's bald!''](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/1/767651.jpg)
Source: E! Online
![24 KAL PENN had serious issues about being cast as a stereotypical terrorist. But he took the role anyway, because it gave him the chance to blow stuff up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/6/767656.jpg)
Source: New York Magazine
![Zootopia KRISTEN BELL took no convincing at all to do a two- word cameo as Priscilla the sloth. She's completely bananas about sloths, to the point that she'll have a meltdown near one.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/6/767646.jpg)
Source: SlashFilm
![Alien: Resurrection WINONA RYDER took the role before she knew a single thing about it. I didn't really care if I died in the first scene. I just wanted to be able to tell my brothers I was in an Alien movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/9/767659.jpg)
Source: Winona-Ryder.org
![Guardians of the Galaxy GLENN CLOSE might look out of place as Nova Prime, what with her serious actress cred. But she always wanted to be in a fun movie like this one, so she didn't think twice.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/5/767645.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![Mad Max: Fury Road MELISSA JAFFER didn't think twice when she had the chance to play the Keeper of the Seeds-and even did her own stunts. After all, not every day is a 78- year-old actress cast in a role where she gets to kick ass.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/3/767653.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Journey 2: The Mysterious Island MICHAEL CAINE just wanted to go bumblebee riding with The Rock. Not for his own sake, though- -but SO his grandchildren could boast about how cool their grandad is.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/0/767650.jpg)
Source: Digital Spy
![CHRISTOPHER Starcrash PLUMMER played the Emperor of the Universe in a cheap Star Wars rip-off because it was shot in Rome. Give me Rome any day. I'll do porno in Rome, as long as I can get to Rome.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/8/767658.jpg)
Source: The A.V. Club