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27 Actors Underwent Distressing Filming Experiences, Even When They Returned To Their Normal Life
It’s just unbelievable that Sophie Turner had to shoot such Game of Thrones scenes when she was only 15 years old.
Below are what 27 performers shared about some of their most traumatic roles and how it impacted them afterwards. WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
Sexual assault, eating problems, and PTSD are also mentioned.
1. Sophie Turner, portraying Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, was one of the latest instances. Turner mentioned how she learned coping methods such as having fun between takes to avoid being traumatized, in an interview earlier this year.
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However, the actress also claimed, “I’m sure I’ll exhibit some symptoms of trauma down the road. At that age, I don’t think I could comprehend a lot of the scene matter.” Turner was cast in the series when she was 15 years old. She had to film some of the series’ most painful scenes, involving her character being assaulted.
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2. Tom Hanks in Cast Away is an older example. Hanks portrayed a man alone on a barren island in the movie. The individual becomes so lonely that he calls a volleyball “Wilson” and interacts with it.
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Hanks admitted that he had nearly gone insane when the film was about to be wrapped, in a recent interview with Graham Bensinger. “When Wilson was born, I had dialogue with him, and I heard his dialogue in my head. I did go crazy ’cause I never had a day off. I never had a shot off; I was never off camera for anything. It was…the whole movie was like, point and shoot. I don’t even recall hearing ‘Action’ and ‘Cut.'”
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3. In 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis stunned the world by announcing his withdrawal from acting. According to W Magazine, his ultimate movie, Phantom Thread, had enveloped him in ” such a depression that he would be prompted to publicly announce his retirement from acting.”
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“Paul [the film’s director] and I laughed a lot before we made the movie. And then we stopped laughing because we were both overwhelmed by a sense of sadness,” Day-Lewis shared. “That took us by surprise: We didn’t realize what we had given birth to. It was hard to live with. And still is.”
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4. Leonardo DiCaprio described his shooting experience of Shutter Island as “traumatic,” calling it “one of the most intense, hardcore filming experiences I’ve ever had as we explored what the mentally ill had to face in the days when mental hospitals were called insane asylums. … I went to places and unearthed some things that I didn’t think I was capable of. It was like an emotional layer cake that just kept getting deeper and deeper.”
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DiCaprio went on, “It took me back to the one time I really remembered my dreams, because I usually don’t. But when I used a nicotine patch when I was trying to quit smoking, I did have bloodcurdling nightmares of mass murders, and I woke up in the middle of the night and had to take the patches off. I guess I had moments like that in the film.”
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5. Lady Gaga remained in character for 9 months for her part in House of Gucci. She also drew on her own trauma history in the part, to the point where her own experiences merged with those of her character.
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Ridley Scott, the director, was concerned that she was “traumatizing herself,” but Gaga responded, “I already have. I’ve already been through this anyway. I might as well give it to you.” She claimed she needed a mental nurse with her at the wrap of the movie in order to feel “safer” and that she “brought the darkness with me home because [Patrizia’s] life was dark.”
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“I don’t think that any actor should push themselves to that limit,” she then said. Gaga added that she has a “romantic relationship with suffering for your art that [she] developed as a young girl, and it just sometimes goes too far. And when it does go too far, it can be hard to reel it in on your own.”
6. Despite the fact that Hannah Montana was a family-friendly show, Miley Cyrus says it created her a “identity crisis.” “I had gone from being a character almost as often as I was myself. And actually, the concept of the show is that when you’re this character, when you have this alter ego, you’re valuable. You’ve got millions of fans, you’re the biggest star in the world. And then the concept was that when I looked like myself, when I didn’t have the wig on anymore, no one cared about me, I wasn’t a star anymore. So that was drilled into my head,” she clarified.
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“I really had to break that. And I think that’s maybe why I almost created a characterized version of myself at times, in the way of being aware of how other people see me. I never created a character where it wasn’t me, but I was aware of how people saw me, and I maybe played into it a little bit,” Cyrus went on to talk about her persona after the show is finished.
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Cyrus has also discussed how the costumes and make-up took their toll on her, most likely resulting in body dysmorphia. “I’m this fragile little girl playing a 16-year-old in a wig and a ton of makeup. It was like Toddlers & Tiaras. I had fucking flippers.” She claimed that after years of being “made attractive” and forced to look like someone she wasn’t, she had no idea who she was when it was over.
7. Zac Efron had trouble splitting himself from the role of serial Ted Bundy when he came home after filming scenes for the movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Zac said in an interview with Daily Mail, “It was almost impossible. I’d like to say that I did it successfully, but I couldn’t.”
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8. Costar Lily Collins struggled with her role as Bundy’s partner Elizabeth in the film, but more during the pre-production stage than during filming. “I actually had an awful time in prep for it,” she admitted. “I woke up every single night at 3 or 4 a.m. for a month. I was woken up with visions of destruction around rooms, logs, and broken glass.”
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9. In order to play Arthur Fleck in the film Joker, Joaquin Phoenix had to shed 52 pounds and says the focus on his weight drove him to develop disordered thinking.
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“Once you reach the target weight, everything changes. Like, so much of what’s difficult is waking up every day and being obsessed over like 0.3 pounds. Right? And you really develop, like, a disorder.” He further added that dropping that much weight “affects your psychology. You start to go mad.”
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10. Michael B. Jordan claimed he separated himself and “did whatever [he] felt [he] needed to do” to prepare for the part of Killmonger in Black Panther, but he didn’t have an exit strategy.
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He later said that everything had caught up with him and that he had difficulty returning to his usual life and personality. “Readjusting to people caring about me, getting that love that I shut out,” he said. “I shut out love, I didn’t want love. I wanted to be in this lonely place as long as I could.” He then tried therapy, which he thought was quite beneficial. “Everyone needs to unpack and talk.”
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11. Kate Winslet received an Academy Award for her performance in The Reader as an ex-Nazi camp worker. “I am still coming to terms with the whole experience of having played Hannah. I really, genuinely am,” Winslet discussed her role with HuffPost.
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“We wrapped on July 12, and I sort of walked away like some car crash victim who somehow hadn’t been hurt on the outside, but I felt like I couldn’t speak [about it]. It was truly overwhelming. I really went somewhere. I was in some kind of a trance. And I’m still coming to terms with all of it. I’m so blown away by the movie.”
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12. Natalie Portman claims she was physically and emotionally exhausted after shooting Black Swan: “It was the first time I understood how you could get so wrapped up in a role that it could sort of take you down.”
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She also spoke about her weight loss and role preparation., “There were some nights that I thought I literally was going to die.” She later admitted that she “probably should have gone therapy” after filming because she was “spent” when she started filming Thor.
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13. According to Vice, Alex Wolff’s role in Hereditary has been attached to him. “When I started talking about it, all these flashes with all this disturbing shit I went through sort of came back in a flood. It kept me up at night, to where I got into a habit of emotional masochism to the point of just trying to take in every negative feeling I could draw from. I forced it upon myself rather than the opposite of what you’d usually do in life, which is sit on the heater until it starts to burn, and you jump up immediately,” he said.
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“I had to do the exact opposite of that and absorb the pain and let it burn,” Wolff went on. “It’s a reverse emotional thing. It’s hard to describe eloquently; it’s just a feeling. I don’t think you can go through something like this and not have some sort of PTSD afterward.”
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14. The notorious sexual assault scene of the character Bobby in Deliverance, in which one of the offenders shouts, “Squeal like a pig,” tormented Ned Beatty for many years simply because people kept repeating the phrase at him.
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The sequence appeared to take a toll on everyone involved, with costar Burt Reynolds claiming that it was he, not director John Boorman, who brought the scene to a halt after it had been stretched to its limits.
Afterward, Chris Dickey, the son of James Dickey, the writer for the movie, stated that “Ned [Beatty] tried to snap back out of character, to relax. But it wasn’t working. And that day, and for the rest of the time he was in north Georgia, he seemed to have changed, as if whatever sadness or insecurity he’d covered up before as a man, as Ned Beatty, just couldn’t be contained anymore.” Beatty, on the other hand, said that he was “happy” to have been a part of the tale, even writing an op-ed about the event and men’s reactions to rape victims.
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15. The famous Psycho scene in which Janet Leigh’s character, Marion, is stabbed to death in the shower left a lasting impression on her. She even stopped taking showers and started taking baths instead.
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If that wasn’t an option, “I make sure the doors and windows of the house are locked. I also leave the bathroom door open and shower curtain open. I’m always facing the door, watching, no matter where the showerhead is,” Leigh explained.
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16. Anne Hathaway, who won an Academy Award for her part as Fantine in Les Misérables, described filming the role (and the significant weight loss required for it) as “a break with reality.”
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“I was in such a state of deprivation — physical and emotional. When I got home, I couldn’t react to the chaos of the world without being overwhelmed. It took me weeks till I felt like myself again,” Hathaway added.
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17. In It (Chapters One and Two), Bill Skarsgård likened playing horror villain Pennywise to being in a bad relationship. After filming, he was relieved to be free of the persona, but he also described being at home and having “weird and intense Pennywise dreams” every night.
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18. After her debut appearance as Jen on Dead to Me, Christina Applegate claimed that the show, which deals with grief and murder, prompted her to reach therapy, particularly because it brought up her personal loss experiences.
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“It tapped into some stuff that I had to face. It was cathartic. I don’t know if [it was] therapeutic. … Did I start therapy after the show? Yes, absolutely,” Applegate responded.
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19. Dakota Johnson remarked that playing Suzy in Suspiria ” fucked me up so much that I had to go to therapy,” citing the difficult filming conditions in a forsaken hotel on a mountainside.
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She then shared, “I find sometimes when I work on a project and — I don’t have any shame in this — I’m a very porous person and I absorb a lot of people’s feelings. When you’re working sometimes with dark subject matter, it can stay with you, and then to talk to somebody really nice about it afterwards is a really nice way to move on from the project.”
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20. Mandy Patinkin famously departed his position as Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds due to dissatisfaction with the show’s content. Patinkin shared, “I thought it was something very different. I never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night, every day, week after week, year after year. It was very destructive to my soul and my personality.”
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21. In the hybrid live-action–animated picture Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Bob Hoskins played Eddie. Acting alongside cartoon figures was risky since he had “taught” himself to hallucinate in order to imitate the fictional animals.
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“In the end, it screwed up my brain,” he said. “I would be sitting, talking normally, and suddenly a weasel would creep out of the wall at me.” After doctors advised him to take a break from acting for a few months, he didn’t act for a year.
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22. Kyle Richards was only eight years old when she played Lindsey for Halloween. It wasn’t the filming of the movie that upset Richards, but rather seeing herself in it: “I had no idea what I was in for. Seeing it for the first time all pieced together was a very, very different movie. It was just really scary, and I really did sleep with my mom until I was 15 years old after that. I was terrified,” she said.
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“I think that’s what sealed the deal for me to get out of horror films. After seeing myself in that, I was always thinking there was someone hiding behind the drapes or outside my windows or under my bed, so I would just sleep holding my mom’s arm the entire night,” Richards said.
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23. When LaKeith Stanfield portrayed Bill in Judas and the Black Messiah, he claimed he had problems isolating his emotions from his character’s, citing a poisoning scene in which he thought he was truly poisoning Fred Hampton.
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“Sometimes your body thinks that’s real, everything you’re putting it through. It’s no wonder I’ve been feeling so stressed out and having panic attacks. I realized going forward, before I step into something like that again, maybe have a therapist,” he said.
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24. In The Pianist, Adrien Brody portrayed Holocaust survivor Wadysaw Szpilman. Brody stated it took him nearly six months to “settle back into things” after spending months preparing by studying piano four hours a day, selling all of his items, starving himself, and reading Szpilman’s memoirs to immerse himself in the Holocaust.
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He even said that “there were times when I was concerned that I might not be able to get out of it sane, because I didn’t realize how far it had taken me.”
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25. To play Lou in Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal had to drop 30 pounds. He shared, “Physically, it showed itself, but chemically and mentally, I think it was even a more fascinating journey. It became a struggle for me.” Jake also added that he character continues to emerge in his nightmares, despite later claiming that he doesn’t believe in nightmares and that dreams are simply ways to connect with yourself.
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26. For his portrayal as eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon, Jim Carrey went full Method, to the point where he struggled to return to himself after shooting.
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“I was looking back at myself and going, What the hell do I believe?” he said. “That was a process.” However, he said it also helped him shed expectations of who he was supposed to be in a sort of “death.”
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27. Finally, Penn Badgley expressed his displeasure with his role as the “irredeemable” Joe on You, describing it as “routinely exhausting” and something he struggles with. He did, however, describe it as a “deep psychological exploration.”
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10 Famous People Who Choose to Live Quiet and Humble Lives When They Leave the Spotlights
When people achieve a certain degree of success, you almost expect them to change. With so much money and attention, it’s easy to fall into the pitfalls of arrogance and obnoxiousness. However, while there are lots of stuck-up celebs, there are also those who haven’t let fame go to their heads.
“Wealth and success don’t make you happy,” Leonardo DiCaprio once said. Perhaps as a result of this way of thinking, many people who work in the entertainment industry maintain a low-key lifestyle after their workday is done.
These people have succeeded in remaining grounded in an industry that tries to force them otherwise. They really understand what is truly important in life, whether it be giving money to charity, spending time with fans, or just being a good person. Millions of people from all over the world now love and appreciate them as a result. Here are 10 famous people who, when not in the spotlight, choose to lead quiet, modest lives.
#1 Angelina Jolie
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Angelina Jolie is a famous actress, yet she understands the importance of being modest. Her daughters are supposed to be careful with money and to wear her gowns on the red carpet. You can see her doing normal things like grocery shopping with her kids occasionally.
#2 Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz is an excellent example of a celebrity who is also a normal citizen. Her Instagram feed is filled with daily activities that we all do – cooking, socializing, and shopping. Nothing extravagant, just normal happy life.
#3 Halle Berry
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Halle Berry is another celebrity who loves to live a simple life. She’s occasionally seen doing grocery shopping sans makeup and looking like an ordinary person.
Halle practices self-care and fitness to live a healthy lifestyle and inspire other women to do the same: “I got diagnosed with diabetes and I quickly learned that I could control my diabetes and live a longer, healthier life if I exercised regularly, changed my diet, and did some things in my life that are called de-stressors.”
#4 Justin Bieber
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Justin Bieber chose to prioritize his family life over his career. “I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep-rooted issues that I have as most of us have so that I don’t fall apart so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be,” he wrote in an Instagram post. He tries to keep his promise and spends a lot of time with Hailey.
#5 Kate Middleton
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Kate Middleton can fit as a royal role model for many young girls. Despite her high status, she lives a normal life. Kate will even buy a dress from Zara and wear it several times. She was also found flying in economy class. For example, she and her children were seen coming off a £73 economy flight to Scotland.
#6 Leonardo DiCaprio
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From 2010 to 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio was on Forbes’ annual list of highest-paid actors. He seems to be able to buy gold toilets and a new mansion every month. Instead, he opts for a normal life. For example, he was seen giving instructions to a lost tourist on a rainy day in Manhattan.
Furthermore, DiCaprio understands the needs of the poor and gives his money to the world. His foundation will donate $3 million to Australia’s bushfire recovery efforts in 2020.
#7 Mariah Carey
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Commuting by subway is something that all of us who have to go to work or school do daily. But singer Mariah Carey thought there was no reason for her not to participate as well. She also took the subway since she wanted to be a part of this experience. But, of course, she did it her way, always looking dazzling and dressed as if she were preparing to perform. Yes, she took the subway in a gala gown in New York City, and she even captured the moment with a humorous story that she then posted on Instagram.
#8 Reese Witherspoon
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Despite her amazingly successful career, the lead actress of Legally Blonde (2001) may easily demonstrate that she is a normal caring mother. She used to take her children, Ava and Deacon, to the park and babysit them while they played on the playground, just like any other non-celebrity mom. They’d then have a picnic and a couple of delicious slices of pizza.
#9 Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley is a famous actress, environmentalist, and climate advocate. Her mother and she co-founded a non-profit organization that teaches young people empathy, compassion, and responsibility.
Woodley stays grounded and unspoiled. “I go outside whether I’m in the city or backwoods of any state. I connect with the ground, the trees, just breathing fresh air while I go for a walk and I find myself living in my heart instead of in my mind,” she says. Woodley prefers natural products and makeup and tries to live a natural life.
#10 Tobey Maguire
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Tobey’s only acting role since 2014 was in 2017’s Boss Baby. He gave up his celebrity to pursue a career as a producer. He simply disappeared from Hollywood after Spider-Man. He prefers a quiet life with friends while raising his two children.
Dumb characters never fail to tickle our ribs. From their words to their body gestures, the silliness comes and makes everybody laugh till they drop on the floor. Something about idiots is unexplainably charming. Even their breaths only can be super funny. Who will say no to a comedy about stupidity for laughter?
There are plenty of features in this genre. Even though viewers can be tickled easily by acting dumb and ridiculous punch lines, only those written and produced excellently can last and become cult classics. Their characters might look bold and brainless on the screen, but everything else about them is amazing.
Those are comedies about foolishness from clever moviemakers that will definitely entertain you to your heart’s content. Here they are.
#1. Three Idiots
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Two friends are searching for their long-lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them “idiots”.
#2. White Chicks
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Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot. The film received negative comments from critics but was a big commercial success.
#3. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
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A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. Sound funny, right?
#4. Hangover trilogy
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Doug and his three best men go to Las Vegas to celebrate his bachelor party. However, the three best men wake up the next day with a hangover and realize that Doug is missing.
#5. Zoolander
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At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Can you guess what might come next?
#6. Dumb And Dumber
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After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
#7. Tropic Thunder
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Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie is forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
#8. Idiocracy
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Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he’s easily the most intelligent person alive.
#9. They Came Together
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Molly owns a quaint little sweet shop. Joel works for a gigantic candy company threatening to shut her down. How they meet, fall in love, break up and get back together is hilariously recounted in this rom-com spoof.
#10. Addams Family Values
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The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie. They are bizarre but fabulous.
#11. The Death Of Dick Long
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Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
#12. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. Now, he is desperate.
#13. Borat
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Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
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We all are familiar with the live-action adaptation or CGI remakes of many Disney cartoons. Some notable names are Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, and the list goes on. Many animated films have regained the heat after the live-action or CGI versions hit theaters. Some mediocre cartoons even have a chance to reach the top rank if the remakes are successful. Of course, besides Disney productions, cartoons from other studios are also considered to be put on the big screen, and here are 8 of them.
Scroll down to see if your favorite one has its name on the list!
#1 The Last Unicorn (1982)
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Topcraft’s animation is the journey of the last eternal unicorn to find other members of her kind. The team of the unicorn, a bumbling magician, and a bandit’s wife sets off on a fascinating adventure and faces many dangers. On the way, the legendary creature learns many precious lessons about love and regret.
A weak point in the original version is the stiff and awkward character designs. However, it lays a strong foundation for a CGI mixed live-action remake.
#2 The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
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Will Vinton introduced the enthralling works of the father of American literature to children through this stop-motion animation. The audience would follow Tom Sawyer and his friend to discover Mark Twain’s airship. They explored the place while watching and listening to Twain’s stories before they realized the ship was heading into Halley’s Comet.
As stop-motion has many limits, the film’s CGI remake seems to promise a much better version. The lively animation associated with the famous writer’s absorbing stories will make it a top-notch movie.
#3 Perfect Blue (1997)
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Perfect Blue revolved around Mima Kirigoe, a J-pop idol-turned-actor. Mima intends to stick to her acting career, but a menace of a mysterious stalker and a series of peculiar murders around her mess up her plan.
This adult animated film could become a fascinating psychological thriller with an ideal cast as Mima and the right level of visual effects.
#4 We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
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With the time machine, a scientist decides to gift the children of the 20th century in New York City with sentimental dinosaurs brought from their natural habitats.
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story could be turned into a lovely live-action CGI hybrid film. Cinematic dinosaurs can’t be more real, and this lighthearted script will make dinosaurs’ images much better, at least compared to Jurassic Park. After all, people should be reminded that dinosaurs are more than monsters.
#5 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
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Little Nemo is upset since his parents are too busy to take him to the circus. That night, he meets members of the circus in his dream, and they introduce him to King Morpheus, ruler of Slumberland. When Nemo sees the king, he was offered an opportunity to rule the kingdom and protect it from the Nightmare King.
A dreamland like Slumberland is a perfect place for creativity, and innovative animators know how to make the best use of it. Looking at similar movies like Inside Out and Soul will make you certain about the success of this film’s CGI remake.
#6 Animal Farm (1954)
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The animated movie Animal Farm was adapted from George Orwell’s famous novel of the same name. The story is about an animal farm that represents the rise of the Soviet Union. Under the Old Major the boar’s leadership, the animals of Manor Farm chase away the farmer to gain independence. However, the utopia turns out a nightmare for the animals under the dominance of Major’s successors.
Andy Serkis is the director of the latest animated adaptation of the story. His talent combined with the assistance of CGI technology will likely guarantee a first-rate adaptation movie.
#7 Wizards (1977)
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Written by Ralph Bakshi, the movie feature the fight between two wizard brothers over the governance of a post-apocalyptic Earth. The malicious brother, Blackwolf, uses a projector with Nazi propaganda to provoke his troop. To stop his evil plan, Avatar, his brother, with some weird companions decide to confront him.
The action flick doesn’t leave much impression on the viewers due to its old-fashioned and cheap-looking animation. The battle could be more exciting and absorbing with more detailed character designs in the CGI remake.
#8 Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
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The young cat Danny is ambitious about becoming a renowned Hollywood actor. However, he gradually realized that animal actors only play cameo roles while humans take charge of all the main parts. Instead of giving up, he and his fellow actors are determined to prove their capability and get what they deserve.
Though the animation Cats Don’t Dance failed hard, the meaningful premise should be brought back to the screen. Having been successful with Space Jam: A New Legacy, Warner Brothers can definitely handle a new version with CGI models of Cats Don’t Dance.
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There’s no denying that movies are more costly than ever. It’s not rare for a production company to invest hundreds of millions ( even billions) in filmmaking. As long as you have the right actor, director, or intellectual property, you may be able to recoup your huge investment. But what about ambitious directors who can’t afford to make a film about your favorite superhero or cast any big-name actors? The independent market is for directors with a limited budget. Low investment, low return.
However, there are certain exceptions: when a low-budget film outperforms expectations. This unusual event can launch unknown actors to stardom and first-time directors to legends. You may be familiar with some breakout independent films, but you’d be shocked how many of your favorite films had a far lower budget than you expected.
To clarify, this list isn’t rated only by the lowest budget, but rather by how successful the films were given the budget they had to deal with. So, without further ado, here are 12 low-budget films that went on to become box office hits.
#1 A Nightmare on Elm Street
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- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box Office: $57,000,000
Before New Line Cinema agreed to produce the story of Freddy Krueger, which was rejected by many businesses. However, the studio had financial difficulties throughout filming. The cast and crew worked for two weeks without pay. The company was successful in attracting investors and achieving its first commercial success.
#2 Blue Valentine
Source: © Blue Valentine / The Weinstein Company
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box Office: $16,600,000
Many years passed between the time the script was written and the film’s release. The director wanted to shoot the characters at different ages, but due to financial limitations, this was not possible. He also waived his fees to help finance the film. But it all paid off when the film became a smashing blockbuster.
#3 Boyhood
Source: © Boyhood / IFC Films
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box Office: $57,300,000
It took 12 years to complete this film. The director updated the script every year, and the actors based their characters on real-life examples. The crew met 1-2 times every year for 3-4 days of filming. Despite the risks, the producers supported the extended production, which resulted in some extremely cool effects.
#4 Dirty Dancing
Source: © Dirty Dancing / Vestron Pictures
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box Office: $214,600,000
It took a lot of effort to make this film. Companies turned down the script one by one, the budget was twice as low as average, and the film’s main actors all had conflicts. Even after the film was completed, no one liked it. Despite this, it became a film classic, grossing more than $200 million.
#5 Insidious
Source: © Insidious / Blumhouse Productions
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $99,500,000
The creators of the Saw film franchise made this film. Again, a minimal budget did not prevent the crew from making a picture in three weeks and recouping expenses up to 66 times over, since the film grossed almost $100 million.
#6 Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Source: © Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels / Sony Pictures Releasing
- Budget: $1,350,000
- Box Office: $28,100,000
This was Guy Ritchie’s debut full-length film, and it pushed him to global fame. The world also met Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones, who made their film debuts. Despite its low budget, the film received numerous honors and won the hearts of audiences.
#7 Moonlight
Source: © Moonlight / A24
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $65,300,000
According to several sources, the film’s budget was $4 million. However, the director says that it was closer to 1.5 million. The shoot lasted 25 days, and none of the three actors who played the main character, Chiron, interacted with any other on set.
#8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Source: © One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / United Artists
- Budget: $4,400,000
- Box Office: $163,250,000
Producers were skeptical about this sensational film’s theme. They declined to produce the film. Kirk Douglas, who owned the story’s rights, eventually sold them to his son, Michael. He was then able to find a producer and fund the production himself.
#9 Pulp Fiction
Source: © Pulp Fiction / Miramax Films
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box Office: $213,900,000
At first, the film’s budget was significantly smaller. However, the participation of Bruce Willis in the cast helped drive the budget to $8 million. However, $5 million went to actor fees, leaving only $3 million for filming.
#10 Rocky
Source: © Rocky / United Artists
- Budget: $960,000
- Box Office: $225,000,000
Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for the film in only 3.5 days. Due to a lack of funds for filming, the actor’s family members played minor roles. His sibling sang while his father rang the bell in the ring.
#11 Saw
Source: © Saw / Lions Gate Films
- Budget: $1,200,000
- Box Office: $103,096,345
Nobody could predict the amazing Saw franchise to be so successful. The majority of the actors were unknown, and the film was classified as independent. The bathroom was the only set built for the film, which was shot in only 18 days.
#12 The Terminator
Source: © The Terminator / Orion Pictures
- Budget: $6,400,000
- Box Office: $78,300,000
Director James Cameron got the inspiration for the Terminator character from a dream he had while sick. When the script was written, financing was limited. And Cameron was forced to sell it for $1 on the condition that he become the director. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger did not believe in the film’s success, and happily, he was wrong.
An excellent poster can draw many more audiences to the theater, the live show, or any event displayed on it. A handful of fans reveal that sometimes, they are not interested in a movie but are amused and hypnotized by its poster, so they go to the cinema to watch it and fall for it forever. Posters can be considered the first faces of features and pull attention effectively.
Designing a movie poster is never a piece of cake. Poster designers don’t always have ideas to create and improvise. Hence, an internet designer and illustrator, Doaly, offers other options for those fans who don’t like their favorite flicks’ posters. His incredible skill and magical digital drawing technique are inarguably mesmerizing.
We have picked thirty re-designed movie posters from Disney cartoons to thrillers shared on Doaly’s Instagram account. Don’t miss them if you are so into art!
#1. A Spider-Verse for your feed
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#2. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2
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#3. Smile
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#4. Ant-Man
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#5. Black Panther
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#6. Deadpool
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#7. Prey
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#8. Dare Devil
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#9. Thor
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#10. Dr. Strange
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#11. Batman
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#12. Doom Patrol
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#13. Sonic The Hedgehog
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#14. Loki
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#15. Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
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#16. Lord Of The Rings trilogy
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#17. Frozen
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#18. Jaws
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#19. Jurassic Park
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#20. Onward
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#21. Star Wars: Rise Of The Skywalker
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#22. Bruce Lee
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#23. Toy Story
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#24. Mary Poppins Returns
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#25. Dumbo
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#26. Cuphead
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#27. Dug Days
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#28. Top Gun Maverick
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#29. Follow
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#30. Significant Other
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