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19 Strange Lies That Actors Told

Wait, you mean immense wealth and fame don't make people more honest?

19 Strange Lies That Actors Told

August 01, 2021

Hold on to your socks: it turns out that incredibly attractive, charming people with tons of money don't always tell the truth. Are you still with us? Read on for shocking tales of celebrity chicanery and fraud!

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Eddie Redmayne had to audition for Elizabeth I. He claimed he knew how to ride a horse. He didn't, so first time he tried, he nearly fell off and died. Elizabeth's Tom Hooper later directed Redmayne again in Les Miserables and inserted a gratuitous horse scene purely out of revenge. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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In 2014, Haruko Obokata wrote an amazing paper. Stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. A few months later, after 100 attempts in seven labs worldwide failed to reproduce the results, a report found she'd fabricated data. She apologized and resigned ... and her CRACKED.COM mentor hanged himself. — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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P. Diddy bragged about his private jet. Then said gas cost so much, he had to ditch it. Turned out though that there was no jet registered under his name... under any of his many names. Diddy clarified that he meant part of a plane-a wing-and, technically, someone else owned it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Robin Thicke claimed credit for Blurred Lines. Then Marvin Gaye's estate sued. Thicke then changed his tune, pointing at his producer and claiming Pharrell had written it all by himself. He said he couldn't have written anything because he'd been high on Vicodin at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Lindsay Lohan had to do community service. She handled Whitney Houston's body bag. Or so she claimed, calling it an annoying chore criminals shouldn't have to do. The coroner's office debunked the story. No one in the probation program came near Houston, who was never even CRACKED.COM in a body bag. — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Mike Daisey told of a meeting a man in China. A man who'd lost a hand making iPads. And yet the man had never seen a finished iPad, until Daisey showed him one. Great story. Over a million heard it on This American Life before Daisey recanted and said he'd made it up. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Mila Kunis auditioned for That '70s Show. She said she'd be 18 on her birthday. That was technically true, but not on her next birthday. Or the ONE after that, or after that. She was 14. Luckily, when the producers found out the truth, they were amused enough to let her keep the job. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Joaquin Phoenix said he was engaged on Letterman. Within 24 hours, he admitted it was a lie. There's plenty of joking on late-night, but he'd feigned enough seriousness that the story was reported as true by various outlets-including ABC, whose original story about the engagement CRACKED.COM remains online to this day. — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Meg and Jack White said they were siblings. Then the news found their marriage certificate. And no, they weren't siblings AND married. Jack later explained he thought when band members are relatives instead of lovers, fans care more about the music, not the relationship. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Nicolas Cage lied about his age, but it didn't work. Then he lied about his name. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH T12 TH2 T-12 CRACKED.COM He almost got a lead role in Fast Times, but was downgraded to extra when they found out his real age. On set, he was picked on for being a Coppola, prompting him to change his name to Cage. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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George Lazenby was cast as James Bond because he f*ing ruled at lying. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE CRACKED.COM He was a model, but had never acted. He finally came clean in his last audition, but the director told him to keep up the ruse: Stick to your story, and I'll make you the next James Bond. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Carla Gugino said she was 14. TROOP BEVERLY HILLS CRACKED.COM The 16-year-old pretended to be a couple years younger. No big deal, right? When she later casually confessed, the director sternly told her he'd never have hired her if he'd known. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Laurence Fishburne lied about his age. APOCALYPSE NOW CRACKED.COM That's a 14-year-old Fishburne playing a 16-year-old Fishburne AND a 17-year-old Tyrone Miller. That dude can act. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Todd Lawson LaTourrette didn't lose his hand in combat. BETTER CALL SAUL CRACKED.COM After landing tons of parts off his war hero backstory, he finally admitted he'd actually cut his own hand off during a psychotic episode. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Angelina Jolie thought she was Iroquois. ANI B ANG JC Jason CRACKED.COM Her false heritage is, ironically, familial. Her mother allegedly made the false claim about her own heritage decades earlier, to boost her career. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Whoopi Goldberg lied about her age. CRACKED.COM Casting directors ignored 20-year-old Caryn Elaine Johnson, but they coudIn't get enough of 26-year-old Whoopi Goldberg. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Chloe Grace Moretz duped Marty Scorsese by acting British. HUGO CRACKED.COM She's not British, but she hung out there for a few months filming Kick-Ass. She gleaned enough of the accent to trick Scorsese for their whole first meeting. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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Robert Pattinson lied about his education and nationality. CRACKED.COM To impress U.S. filmmakers, he would claim to have studied at Oxford. When more Brits showed up in L.A. and called him on his bullsh*t, he started pretending to be American. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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George Clooney lied to the exact wrong person. CRACKED.COM At an audition, he claimed to have been in Cat People. The casting director at that audition? Also the casting director of Cat People. — Source: 20 Actors Who (May Have) Lied To Get The Part

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