16 Sometimes Silly Reasons For Characters' Iconic Traits

The creative process is mysterious, and, let’s just say it: silly.
16 Sometimes Silly Reasons For Characters' Iconic Traits

Fictional characters all have their nutty in-universe origin stories. The thing is, sometimes their actual origin stories are even more ridiculous. They exist, and have the characteristics they do, because of some bizarre glitch in the creative process.

The fact is, sometimes even brilliant directors and other creators can complete miss the mark and fail to predict which elements of a character will stick.  For example, did you know Spock (yes, Star Trek Spock) was originally supposed to be a sex symbol? Yes, the cold, calculating and robotically logical cold fish from Vulcan. The Stark Trek schemes don’t stop there either.  We couldn’t believe how the show tried to capitalize on the success of the Monkees to draw in a younger demographic. Also, yes, we’re being serious.

But it’s not all well intentioned sci-fi marketing ploys, we also cover the bizarre reason for Heather Ledger’s bizarre lip licking technique in his rendition of the Joker.

If we’ve piqued your interest, there’s plenty more where that came from. For example ...

LINDA BELCHER OF BOB'S BURGERS IS BASED on youtube VIDEOS BY HER voice ACTOR, JOHn ROBERTS. John made several videos parodying his mother that went
Spock's looks were intended to make him a sex symbol. In an attempt to draw in the ladies, Gene Roddenberry made Spock kind of look like the devil. I
Wallace CRACKED.COM & Gromit W G The reason why Gromit is a non-speaking character is because it was too difficult to animate him speaking.
An actress was originally supposed to be cast to play the part of Maris Crane, however, after only 3 episodes they had described her physical appearan
In There Will Be Blood, RauL and Eli Sunday were not originally twins. Raul Dano initially auditioned for the role of Eli but was awarded the smaller
Tommy Wiseau named Mark from The Room after Matt Damon, who he thought was named Mark Damon. ??? oh, hi matt CRACKED.COM
The iconic, ridiculously long scarf of Tom Baker's Doctor in Doctor Who was the reSult of a hilarious misunderstanding. Costume designer James Acheson
parknon and When the creators were interviewing government officials to research for the show, one of them said, Well, I'm a libertarian, so I don't
The vampire slayer was named Buffy because that was the least badass name that Joss Whedon could think of. uy M fje ampipe slaer
WHEN MEL BLANC, VOICE OF BARNEY RUBBLE, HAD A BAD CAR ACCIDENT THEY HAD TO BRING IN ANOTHER VOICE ACTOR, DAWS BUTLER, TO FINISH THE FIRST SEASON. DAWS
Larry David named a Seinfeld character after his girlfriend to score a point in the relationship. He was dating a woman called Vanessa, and he named J
.CRACKED.COM STRR TREK Pavel Chekoy's character was created to resemble Davy Jones of The Monkees and attract young viewers for Star Trek.
16 Sometimes Silly Reasons For Characters' Iconic Traits
16 Sometimes Silly Reasons For Characters' Iconic Traits
Mace Windu's lightsaber is purple sO Samuel L. Jackson could find himself in the Episode lI arena battle. Jackson said, Well s** I wanna be able to f
16 Sometimes Silly Reasons For Characters' Iconic Traits
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