15 Actors Who Almost Quit Midway Through Production
<br>15 Actors Who Almost Quit Midway Through ProductionSkip To Content<br><br><br> <br>lol Badge Feed<br>win Badge Feed<br>trending Badge FeedPosted on Jan 8, 2022<h1 class="headline_title__NbsAE embed-headline-title">15 Times Actors Were Almost Driven To Abandon A Role (But Didn't)</h1>Mike Myers threatened to quit Wayne's World over "Bohemian Rhapsody."<br><img alt="Mary Colussi" height="" loading="eager" fetchpriority="auto" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/user_images/uxeOMFZ_w_large.jpg?crop=500%253A499%253B-1%252C0&downsize=60:*&output-format=jpg&output-quality=auto" width=""/>by Mary Colussi Staff<br>Facebook<br>Pinterest<br>Twitter<br>Mail<br>Link Editor's Note: does not support discriminatory or hateful speech in any form. We stand by the LGBTQ+ community and all fans who found a home in the "Harry Potter" series and will work to provide a safe space for fans. If you, like us, feel impassioned about trans rights, learn more or donate here. <br /> <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 1. Jeremy Renner wasn't a fan of Hawkeye's role as the resident brainwashing victim on the team in The Avengers, so much so that he suggested killing off the character then and there. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/db73a374e85f/sub-buzz-9140-1641401379-12.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto" alt="Renner as Hawkeye in the Avengers" class="subbuzz__media-image--static subbuzz-picture js-subbuzz__media js-pinnable" width="625" height="417" > Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> During a 2016 Q&A at the London Film and Comic Con, Renner described his dissatisfaction with being "Loki's minion." Said Renner, "I said, ‘I’m giving you an option, if you just want to kick me out of this movie. Just you know, at any given moment, if you wanna kill me off, daddy’s gonna be having a heart attack.'" </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/402dcdd8cc14/sub-buzz-7941-1641401412-16.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto" alt="Hawkeye and Black Widow talk after he wakes up from his brainwashing" class="subbuzz__media-image--static subbuzz-picture js-subbuzz__media js-pinnable" width="625" height="417" > Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> But fear not, HawkHeads, it's not all bad news. Renner went on to say, "I don’t really want him to die now. I really got to explore him a lot, and I can’t wait to explore him more, and there’s some really cool ideas coming up." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8022-1641401456-14.jpg" alt="The Avengers assembled in New York City" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="The Avengers assembled in New York City" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8022-1641401456-14.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8022-1641401456-14.jpg?resize=990:557" data-crop="56.32" data-mobile-crop="56.26" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> In addition to his dissatisfaction with Hawkeye's plot line, Renner told Men's Health that he threatened to leave the Marvel Cinematic Universe altogether if he wasn't given enough time to spend with his daughter, Ava. Renner recalled, "I said, ‘Fine, recast me. I’m going to be here with my daughter.’ It was pretty gnarly.” </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8035-1641401507-8.jpg" alt="Hawkeye in between to soldiers wielding machine guns" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Hawkeye in between to soldiers wielding machine guns" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8035-1641401507-8.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/1fadfc0f7ebf/sub-buzz-8035-1641401507-8.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 2. The elaborate costume and makeup Jim Carrey had to wear (and endure) while filming How the Grinch Stole Christmas was so brutally uncomfortable that after his first day of filming, he told the director he couldn't be in the movie. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-694-1641411749-9.jpg" alt="Carrey in his elaborate green fur grinch costume" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Carrey in his elaborate green fur grinch costume" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-694-1641411749-9.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-694-1641411749-9.jpg?resize=990:1435" data-crop="144.96" data-mobile-crop="144.95" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Carrey said that applying the makeup, which he compared to being "buried alive," took eight and a half hours on that ill-fated first day. Afterward, Carrey "put my leg through the wall" of his trailer before telling director Ron Howard that he was done. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-669-1641411794-9.jpg" alt="the grinch in a sleigh with one of the Whos" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="the grinch in a sleigh with one of the Whos" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-669-1641411794-9.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-669-1641411794-9.jpg?resize=990:642" data-crop="64.80" data-mobile-crop="64.85" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Producer Brian Grazer was able to convince Carrey to stay by hiring an unexpected on-set expert, whom the actor described as a "gentleman who is trained to teach CIA operatives how to endure torture." The anti-torture consultant advised Carrey to eat often, distract himself with television, ask someone to smack him when he was spiraling, and smoke a frankly un-Grinch-like amount of cigarettes. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641411932-28.jpg" alt="Brian Grazer, Carrey in his Grinch costume, and Ron Howard" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Brian Grazer, Carrey in his Grinch costume, and Ron Howard" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641411932-28.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641411932-28.jpg?resize=990:767" data-crop="77.44" data-mobile-crop="77.47" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection Pictured from left to right is Brian Grazer, an actively suffering Jim Carrey, and Ron Howard. <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Carrey laughingly recalled that in order to stop his yak fur costume from igniting, he would have to smoke his prescribed cigarettes using a long, 1920s-style cigarette holder. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641412000-31.jpg" alt="The Grinch and his pet dog" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="The Grinch and his pet dog" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641412000-31.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/19/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-663-1641412000-31.jpg?resize=990:673" data-crop="68.00" data-mobile-crop="67.98" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 3. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was so adamant that the film Rampage have a happy ending that he threatened to leave if his character's gorilla companion George got killed off. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2225-1641484925-20.jpg" alt="Johnson communicating with George using sign language" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Johnson communicating with George using sign language" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2225-1641484925-20.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2225-1641484925-20.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / courtesy Everett Collectio <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Johnson fought for George's survival for two months before the producers relented. He told Rolling Stone, "I don’t like a sad ending. Life brings that shit — I don’t want it in my movies. When the credits roll, I want to feel great." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2331-1641485355-3.jpg" alt="Johnson holds out a hand to protect the massive albino gorilla George" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Johnson holds out a hand to protect the massive albino gorilla George" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2331-1641485355-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2331-1641485355-3.jpg?resize=990:415" data-crop="41.92" data-mobile-crop="41.92" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> He added, "My problem is I have a relationship with an audience around the world. For years I’ve built a trust with them that they’re gonna come to my movies and feel good. So every once in a while, you have to drop this card, which is: You’re gonna have to find another actor. We need to figure something out, otherwise I’m not gonna do the movie." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-2173-1641485415-5.jpg" alt="" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-2173-1641485415-5.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-2173-1641485415-5.jpg?resize=990:415" data-crop="41.92" data-mobile-crop="41.92" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 4. Emma Watson considered leaving the Harry Potter franchise and her role as Hermione Granger behind before filming began on the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-719-1641413338-21.jpg" alt="Hermione points her wand at someone in the woods" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Hermione points her wand at someone in the woods" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-719-1641413338-21.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-719-1641413338-21.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> During the HBO Max reunion special Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts, Watson told her co-star Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), "I think I was scared. I don’t know if you ever felt like it got to a tipping point when you were like, ‘This is kind of forever now.'” David Yates, the director of Order of the Phoenix, recalled that when he got the job, he was told that "Emma is not sure she wants to come back and do another Potter." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-720-1641413446-16.jpg" alt="Hermione and Harry at dinner in the Great Hall" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Hermione and Harry at dinner in the Great Hall" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-720-1641413446-16.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-720-1641413446-16.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.56" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> She pointed to the fact that the "fame thing had finally hit home in a big way" as the reason for her hesitation, but added that "no one had to convince me to see it through." Said Watson, "The fans genuinely wanted us to succeed, and we all genuinely had each other’s backs. How great is that?” </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-742-1641413527-1.jpg" alt="Harry, Ron, and Hermione walk through a Muggle building" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Harry, Ron, and Hermione walk through a Muggle building" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-742-1641413527-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/20/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-742-1641413527-1.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.56" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 5. Nicole Kidman wanted to back out of Being the Ricardos after there was backlash against her being cast as Lucille Ball. During an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan, Kidman said, "When the, sort of, the reality of playing her hit me, I went, 'What have I said yes to?' To which I then went, 'Oh no, I'm not right, everyone thinks I'm not right, so I'm going to try to sidestep this.'" </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/db73a374e85f/sub-buzz-9186-1641402712-9.jpg" alt="Lucille Ball presenting a CBS show" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Lucille Ball presenting a CBS show" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/db73a374e85f/sub-buzz-9186-1641402712-9.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/db73a374e85f/sub-buzz-9186-1641402712-9.jpg?resize=990:694" data-crop="70.08" data-mobile-crop="70.10" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> But director Aaron Sorkin told her she couldn't leave the role. According to Jezebel, Kidman said during a screening that she sent Sorkin an email that said, "I think I’m actually the wrong person now. I know I said 'yes,' but I’m now saying 'no.'” But Sorkin replied, "You don’t get to say 'no' now!" The actor said she was "really glad that he pushed me." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9220-1641402765-4.jpg" alt="Aaron Sorkin on set with Nicole Kidman" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Aaron Sorkin on set with Nicole Kidman" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9220-1641402765-4.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9220-1641402765-4.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 6. Emma Thompson threatened to quit Brideshead Revisited in protest after she got wind of another actor being body-shamed by producers. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-466-1641405547-1.jpg" alt="Emma Thompson in formalwear, speaking to a man" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Emma Thompson in formalwear, speaking to a man" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-466-1641405547-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-466-1641405547-1.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> According to E! Online, Thompson told the story on the Norwegian Swedish TV show Skavlan. When another (unnamed) woman in the cast was told to lose weight, Thompson said she told a producer, "If you speak to her about this again on any level, I will leave this picture. You are never to do that." She described the actor in question as "absolutely exquisite." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-473-1641405618-3.jpg" alt="Emma Thompson leading the cast on a walk around elaborate manor grounds" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Emma Thompson leading the cast on a walk around elaborate manor grounds" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-473-1641405618-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-473-1641405618-3.jpg?resize=990:731" data-crop="73.76" data-mobile-crop="73.84" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Thompson said about body-shaming, "It's evil what's happening, what's going on out there, and it's getting worse." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-477-1641405878-7.jpg" alt="A group of people in elaborate formalwear at a ball, with Thompson in center" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="A group of people in elaborate formalwear at a ball, with Thompson in center" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-477-1641405878-7.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-477-1641405878-7.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 7. Michelle Rodriguez wanted to leave The Fast and the Furious unless a major change was made to the romantic storyline of her character Letty Ortiz. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2405-1641486950-25.jpg" alt="Letty leaning against her car in the garage" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Letty leaning against her car in the garage" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2405-1641486950-25.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2405-1641486950-25.jpg?resize=990:650" data-crop="65.60" data-mobile-crop="65.66" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Originally, Letty was going to cheat on her boyfriend with another man. Rodriguez told the Daily Beast, "They just followed the format without thinking about the reality of it. Is it realistic for a Latin girl who’s with the alpha-est of the alpha males to cheat on him with the cute boy? I had to put my foot down." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2310-1641486980-7.jpg" alt="Letty sitting on top of her car and smiling" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Letty sitting on top of her car and smiling" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2310-1641486980-7.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2310-1641486980-7.jpg?resize=990:646" data-crop="65.28" data-mobile-crop="65.25" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Universal / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> She went on, "I basically cried and said I’m going to quit and, ‘Don’t sue me, please — I’m sorry, but I can’t do this in front of millions of people.'" Rodriguez's co-star Vin Diesel was on her side and told her, "I got your back. Chill out and let me handle this, and you’re right — it makes me look bad anyway." Rodriguez called this moment "the beginning of the Letty fairy tale." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2411-1641487071-9.jpg" alt="Vin Diesel holding Letty while they laugh" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Vin Diesel holding Letty while they laugh" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2411-1641487071-9.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/16/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2411-1641487071-9.jpg?resize=990:705" data-crop="71.20" data-mobile-crop="71.21" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > MCA / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 8. During an appearance on the Skimm's "Texting With" Instagram series, Jennifer Garner recalled that her co-star Mark Ruffalo almost quit 13 Going on 30 because he hated rehearsing for the "Thriller" dance scene. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/21/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641419953-25.jpg" alt="Mark Ruffalo holds Jennifer Garner on a couch" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Mark Ruffalo holds Jennifer Garner on a couch" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/21/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641419953-25.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/21/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641419953-25.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Garner said, "Our first rehearsal, I think it was like Mark, Judy [Greer], and me, and Judy and I were both dancers growing up, and poor Mark didn't know that. And he came in and hated the rehearsal process so much, he almost dropped out of the movie." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/22/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641420002-27.jpg" alt="Jennifer Garner dancing with other partygoers" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Jennifer Garner dancing with other partygoers" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/22/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641420002-27.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/22/asset/f9f43948c0e3/sub-buzz-936-1641420002-27.jpg?resize=990:659" data-crop="66.56" data-mobile-crop="66.57" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 9. Jamie Foxx wasn't sure if he could finish The Soloist, a biopic about the life of Nathaniel Ayers, a gifted musician with schizophrenia who is experiencing homelessness when he is discovered by a writer for the Los Angeles Times, because embodying the lead role became extremely psychologically taxing. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2155-1641482679-7.jpg" alt="Foxx as Ayers playing the cello" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Foxx as Ayers playing the cello" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2155-1641482679-7.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2155-1641482679-7.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Dreamworks / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Foxx told the Indianapolis Recorder, "It was something that I enjoyed, but it shredded me. I went to places that I never thought I would ever go. I just remember being in my bathroom broke down, talking to my manager like, ‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish this.’" </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2221-1641482728-1.jpg" alt="Ayers plays the cello for a fellow person experiencing homelessness" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Ayers plays the cello for a fellow person experiencing homelessness" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2221-1641482728-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2221-1641482728-1.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Dreamworks / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> He added, "You had to lose your mind every day you’re on set, and sometimes you didn’t have enough time to get your mind back before the weekend." Foxx's manager recommended that he should consult a psychiatrist, something that Foxx said he now does on a regular basis for roles, since he "had no idea that the mind could be that fragile." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2257-1641482828-23.jpg" alt="Ayers playing cello in a professional orchestra" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Ayers playing cello in a professional orchestra" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2257-1641482828-23.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2257-1641482828-23.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Dreamworks / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 10. During a 2014 interview with Marc Maron on his podcast WTF With Marc Maron, Mike Myers revealed that he threatened to quit Wayne's World if the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody" wasn't featured. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-570-1641408061-8.jpg" alt="Wayne eating a slice of pizza from a Pizza Hut box and smiling" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Wayne eating a slice of pizza from a Pizza Hut box and smiling" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-570-1641408061-8.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-570-1641408061-8.jpg?resize=990:772" data-crop="77.92" data-mobile-crop="77.98" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Originally, the car singalong scene was supposed to use a song by Guns N’ Roses. But Myers, motivated by both his love for the song and his worry that Queen was fading from the public consciousness, fought for it to be "Bohemian Rhapsody" instead. Said Myers, "I thought it was a masterpiece. So I fought really, really hard for it. And at one point I said, 'Well I’m out, I don’t want to make this movie if it’s not ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.'" </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-538-1641408105-15.jpg" alt="Wayne and Garth leaning against a car and smiling" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Wayne and Garth leaning against a car and smiling" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-538-1641408105-15.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-538-1641408105-15.jpg?resize=990:648" data-crop="65.44" data-mobile-crop="65.45" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 11. In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Ian McKellen's character Gandalf the Grey was supposed to be much taller than the other fantastical creatures, hobbits included, with whom he interacts. To achieve this effect, McKellen had to film many of his scenes alone in front of a green screen, an isolating experience that led the actor to not only consider leaving the film, but acting altogether. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9107-1641399950-12.jpg" alt="Gandalf smoking a long pipe in a tent" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Gandalf smoking a long pipe in a tent" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9107-1641399950-12.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/299dc78e4b16/sub-buzz-9107-1641399950-12.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> During his DVD commentary, McKellen said, "I felt pretty miserable…and thought perhaps, has the time come for me to stop acting altogether if I can't cope with these difficulties? ... It was so distressing and off-putting and difficult that I thought, 'I don't want to make this film if this is what I'm going to have to do.' It's not what I do for a living. I act with other people; I don't act on my own." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/402dcdd8cc14/sub-buzz-7890-1641400083-33.jpg" alt="Gandalf laughing with a bunch of hobbits" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Gandalf laughing with a bunch of hobbits" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/402dcdd8cc14/sub-buzz-7890-1641400083-33.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/402dcdd8cc14/sub-buzz-7890-1641400083-33.jpg?resize=990:427" data-crop="43.20" data-mobile-crop="43.13" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Director Peter Jackson noticed how distraught his Gandalf was, noting in commentary that he and the rest of the crew "felt sorry for him being dumped in green screen land." To cheer up McKellen, they all celebrated Gandalf Appreciation Day on set. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/a0b4956d67d1/sub-buzz-7540-1641400045-3.jpg" alt="Jackson, Martin Freeman, and Ian McKellen on set in front of a green screen" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Jackson, Martin Freeman, and Ian McKellen on set in front of a green screen" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/a0b4956d67d1/sub-buzz-7540-1641400045-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/16/asset/a0b4956d67d1/sub-buzz-7540-1641400045-3.jpg?resize=990:659" data-crop="66.56" data-mobile-crop="66.57" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 12. During a 2017 appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Lily Tomlin (along with her co-star Jane Fonda) recalled how she wanted to quit 9 to 5 after the first week of filming. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-2162-1641483731-3.jpg" alt="Lily Tomlin as a secretary on a crowded office on the phone" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Lily Tomlin as a secretary on a crowded office on the phone" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-2162-1641483731-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-2162-1641483731-3.jpg?resize=990:670" data-crop="67.68" data-mobile-crop="67.68" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Tomlin said she was reluctant to take the role in the first place because she "didn't want to do a cheap comedy." Despite the fact that she was "looking for something more serious," Tomlin took the gig after Fonda, who was also producing the film, spent a year trying to get her on board. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2275-1641483779-1.jpg" alt="" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2275-1641483779-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-2275-1641483779-1.jpg?resize=990:1408" data-crop="142.24" data-mobile-crop="142.22" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> After the first week, Tomlin asked Fonda's fellow producer to let her out of her contract; she even tried to return the money she'd earned for the few days of shooting she'd done. Apparently, Tomlin got cold feet after watching a scene she'd done with animated birds (that weren't, of course, present in the scene yet) and thinking, "Oh, I'm going to be horrible in this." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2257-1641483860-4.png" alt="" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2257-1641483860-4.png" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-2257-1641483860-4.png?resize=990:524" data-crop="52.96" data-mobile-crop="52.93" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > 20th Century Fox / youtube.com <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> But when she saw herself in a different scene the day after, Tomlin realized she was actually "so good." So she "begged" Fonda to let her back in the movie. Fonda, of course, obliged. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2193-1641483909-17.jpg" alt="the cast as secretaries in an office laughing" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="the cast as secretaries in an office laughing" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2193-1641483909-17.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/15/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2193-1641483909-17.jpg?resize=990:656" data-crop="66.24" data-mobile-crop="66.26" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > 20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 13. Lil Rel Howery told BET.com that he almost quit the hidden camera prank comedy Bad Trip on the first day of filming, because he was afraid the Netflix project would result in actual violence. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-416-1641404629-39.jpg" alt="Eric Andre and Lil Rel driving in a bright pink car and screaming" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Eric Andre and Lil Rel driving in a bright pink car and screaming" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-416-1641404629-39.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-416-1641404629-39.jpg?resize=990:557" data-crop="56.32" data-mobile-crop="56.26" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Orion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Howery said, "The first day was the craziest first day of anything I've ever shot, it was like, 'Okay, I'm gonna get murdered the first day, this is crazy. I don't know if I can do this, I quit.'" </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-443-1641404704-8.jpg" alt="Lil Rel lying on the hood of his car" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Lil Rel lying on the hood of his car" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-443-1641404704-8.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/76828e04fcd6/sub-buzz-443-1641404704-8.jpg?resize=990:538" data-crop="54.40" data-mobile-crop="54.34" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Orion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Despite those first-day jitters, he stuck around, and said about filming the pranks, "When you become these characters you have to stay those characters. There’s no getting out of there. Usually you have all these takes. We just had these pranks and we have to be committed to it. And that’s the only way it’s gonna work. And as long as I can convince people that this stuff is really happening." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-450-1641404749-1.jpg" alt="Eric and Lil Rel lying on the hood of their car and laughing" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Eric and Lil Rel lying on the hood of their car and laughing" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-450-1641404749-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/17/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-450-1641404749-1.jpg?resize=990:532" data-crop="53.76" data-mobile-crop="53.74" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Orion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 14. Chris Hemsworth told Variety that he almost quit Ghostbusters the night before filming began because promised changes hadn't been made to the script. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-576-1641409009-12.jpg" alt="Kevin at his desk pointing" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Kevin at his desk pointing" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-576-1641409009-12.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-576-1641409009-12.jpg?resize=990:661" data-crop="66.88" data-mobile-crop="66.77" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Columbia Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Hemsworth said, "The night before I was shooting, I almost pulled out. Three or four weeks prior, [director] Paul [Feig] said to me, ‘I’m going to write up the character. Don’t worry.’ And then I got the script and nothing had changed.” </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-587-1641409106-10.jpg" alt="Kevin speaks to the ghostbusters in their office" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Kevin speaks to the ghostbusters in their office" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-587-1641409106-10.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/145e6f65c6fb/sub-buzz-587-1641409106-10.jpg?resize=990:661" data-crop="66.88" data-mobile-crop="66.77" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Columbia Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Hemsworth met with Feig about his concerns, and the director reassured him that he could develop his character, receptionist Kevin Beckman, using improv. Said Hemsworth, "I was really scared walking onto that set. I had no real plan, so I was just feeding off of them, and I just felt ridiculous. So I used that." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-583-1641409064-7.jpg" alt="Kevin holding two mildly different headshots of himself as a shirtless doctor" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Kevin holding two mildly different headshots of himself as a shirtless doctor" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-583-1641409064-7.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/5/18/asset/71bee5f60e1a/sub-buzz-583-1641409064-7.jpg?resize=990:661" data-crop="66.88" data-mobile-crop="66.77" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Columbia Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> 15. And finally: Rita Moreno almost walked away from the role of Anita in the original West Side Story over offensive song lyrics about Puerto Rico. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491642-4.jpg" alt="Moreno performing in &quot;America&quot;" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Moreno performing in &quot;America&quot;" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491642-4.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491642-4.jpg?resize=990:765" data-crop="77.28" data-mobile-crop="77.27" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > United Artists / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> During an appearance on ABC News' 20/20 special "Something's Coming: West Side Story," Moreno recalled that the original lyrics to "America" disparaged her native Puerto Rico as an "ugly island" afflicted by "tropic diseases." </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491690-6.jpg" alt="Moreno as Anita sings in her bedroom" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Moreno as Anita sings in her bedroom" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491690-6.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/6c3a8d021ce4/sub-buzz-2546-1641491690-6.jpg?resize=990:525" data-crop="53.12" data-mobile-crop="53.03" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > United Artists / Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title "> Said Moreno, "And it felt awful. It felt horrible. And I thought, 'I can't do this. I can't do this to my people.' I got this close to not doing it." When Moreno received a new script shortly thereafter, the lyrics had been changed, and Puerto Rico was now referred to as "my heart's devotion." Moreno ultimately won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Anita. </h2> <br><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2637-1641491762-5.jpg" alt="Moreno holding her Oscar with her co-star" class="xs-block"/> <br><img class="subbuzz__media-image subbuzz__media-image--deferred js-subbuzz__media js-progressive-image js-pinnable" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Moreno holding her Oscar with her co-star" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2637-1641491762-5.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-01/6/17/asset/f3052e24f905/sub-buzz-2637-1641491762-5.jpg?resize=990:1420" data-crop="143.36" data-mobile-crop="143.43" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" > Courtesy Everett Collection <h2 class="share-bar_heading__Ku5eH">Share This Article</h2><br>Facebook<br>Pinterest<br>Twitter<br>Mail<br>Link<h2 class="newsletter-title_title__mJure">TV and Movies</h2>Get all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.