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25 Celebrity Pranks That Might Actually Be Insane

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

August 11, 2023

25 Celebrity Pranks That Might Actually Be Insane

Here’s the thing, we all know celebrities are mostly sick maniacs deep down. Think of the absolute madness required to get to the top of the heap and bask in the merciless spotlight of fame. It’s no surprise then, that, given near-infinite resources, powerful networks and way too much time between projects, celebrities end up pulling off some of the most epic pranks of all time. Such as…

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Kit Harington terrified Rose Leslie with a fake severed head in the fridge. The head even looked kind of like him, and he put it among the fruit so she'd see it just as she opened the fridge. Не said that she was there in tears, and I was there going, 'April Fools.' CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Mark Zuckerberg called a meeting with a venture capital firm just to troll them. Не met with Sequoia Capital in his PJs, with a pitch titled The Top Ten Reasons You Should Not Invest. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Terry Jones hosted a fake BBC documentary about flying penguins. B B C SUBSCA Jones showed up in a fake trailer for Miracles of Evolution, an elaborate BBC April Fools gag about a group of penguins who gained the ability to fly. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison gave someone a fake job offer as Apple CEO. Jobs and Ellison were on Apple's board in 1997, and they both emailed a rando who had been campaigning for the CEO job with the message that he got it. Sadly, the guy really believed it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Alfred Hitchcock got a guy to pick up a red-hot piece of metal from the ground. On a movie set, he heated up a coin on an open flame, then told a dude (who didn't see what Hitchcock was doing) to pick it up. Не did, and got burned badly. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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William Shatner faked falling to his death on a Twilight Zone set. priceli nive S OF GINO Shatner and another guy fought on an airplane wing, and then Shatner fell to the ground, apparently to his death --but it was all staged, and a lifelike dummy actually fell. Shatner did it all just to shock director Richard Donner. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Liam Neeson called his Taken co-star Maggie Grace's ex in-character. Не told him Your first mistake was dating out of your league, growling just like Bryan Mills did in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Daniel Radcliffe trolled paparazzi by wearing the same thing for months. Не realized paparazzi wouldn't take pics of him if he was wearing something they'd already photographed him in, so he wore the same outfit for 5 months in 2007. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Brad Pitt and David Fincher had their friends' phone and power lines cut off. They were in a Mexican resort on December 31, 1999, and Pitt wanted to make them think society had collapsed because of the Y2K bug. Oh, and then he had (bribed) government soldiers with AK-47 rush in and arrest one of them. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Michael Jackson prank-called Russell Crowe for years (and they never met). A R D MJ found out the name Crowe would stay in hotels under, and for years he'd call hotels and ask if he was around. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Keith Moon pranked department stores with an elaborate troll. It involved two friends -- he'd rip up a pair of pants in the store to test their strength with one of the friends, then the other one would come in and offer to buy half of the pants. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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George Clooney pranked a co-star back in the '90s on the TV show ER. Не convinced his co-star Noah Wyle that they should both send producer Steven Spielberg nasty notes, but Clooney never sent his (and Wyle did). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain pranked James McAvoy once. It was on the Dark Phoenix set - when he was suspended on wires for a stunt, they played the Macarena and had the stunt guys puppeteer him to the beat. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Brad Pitt made an elaborate, Wham!-themed prank on the Moneyball set. Jonah Hill had a golf cart, and one day, Pitt turned it into a Wham! fanmobile complete with a I'm Jonah Hill and I Love Wham! sign. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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On the set of The Office, Mindy Kaling made up weird lies for BJ Novak. They came out of nowhere, and they were just trolling - for example, she claimed that the show's casting director was also the third lead in Cold Mountain. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Amy Schumer gave Judd Apatow a scare when they were filming Trainwreck. In a restaurant, knowing he was around, she ordered wine and made it look like they were deciding on a bottle - which made him super-nervous because he thought they'd be late to the set. She filmed the reactions at his table. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Bobby DeNiro pranked his co-star Nat Wolff on the set of The Intern. When he was chewing gum, DeNiro told him he should put it under the table, and when Wolff did that, DeNiro started going on about how Wolff was putting gum on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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George Clooney tricked a whole town with a fake celeb wedding. Не put high-top chairs on the lawn of his Italian villa, making paparazzi swarm around the villa for weeks, as they thought Brad and Angelina's long-expected wedding was about to happen. Even the town's mayor got antsy and put police on alert, but nothing happened. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Amazingly Over-The-Top Celebrity Pranks

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Kevin Hart got pranked by The Rock on the set of the Jumanji reboot. They were shooting location in the jungle, full of spiders that Hart is terrified of, so The Rock threw a big fake furry spider on him just to scare him even more. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Chloe Bennet got pranked on Agents of SHIELD by lain De Caestecker. Не had the props department make an official-looking license plate that said Ballz Deep, and stuck in the front of her car. She didn't notice it for a month. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Jared Padalecki tried to make Ruth Connell break character in Supernatural. While she was doing a scene and he was off-camera, he kept bringing stuff like a giant phallic object and a bottle of lube in front of her. To her credit, she never stopped acting. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Emilia Clarke pranked one of her co-stars on the Game of Thrones set. One time, when Joseph Naufahu (who plays Khal Moro) was sleeping, she smeared caramel fudge over him. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Tom Holland got pranked by the crew on Spider-Man: Homecoming. They got him a new set chair which was actually a toilet seat. Не posted about it on Instagram, with the caption Loving my new set chair. Thanks guys. Should you really be treating number one like number two. #norespect. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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On the set of In Good Company, Topher Grace was pranked by Dennis Quaid. Quaid sent his stand-in to act opposite Grace for a scene, and Grace thought that was Quaid being a diva and got annoyed - but he was just getting trolled by Quaid, who was watching everything from the bar. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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Justin Long puked all over Bruce Willis on the Live Free or Die Hard set. It was on purpose - they were in a car that was getting swung around for a stunt, and he had an assistant bring him some oatmeal. When the ride was over, Long unloaded all the oatmeal in his mouth in Willis. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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