50 Hot Facts About Hollywood Actors – Part 6

31Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Robin Williams accidentally broke Robert De Niro’s nose in the 1990 movie Awakenings, but De Niro was actually fine with it. He broke his nose back in the 1980 movie Raging Bull, so breaking it again in the other direction straightened it out.


32Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel

Since the studio didn’t have enough budget to shoot Riddick (2013), Vin Diesel had to mortgage his house, obtain loans and spend most of his own money on the production.


33Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis is partially deaf in his left ear due to some of the loud explosions and gunfire while filming Die Hard. “Due to an accident on the first Die Hard, I suffer two-thirds partial hearing loss in my left ear and have a tendency to say, ‘Whaaa?’” Willis said.


34Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Chadwick Boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University, but couldn’t afford to go. He secured funding through a private benefactor, who turned out to be Denzel Washington. Over 20 years later Chadwick thanked him in person at the premiere of “Black Panther.”


35Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

At the age of 11, Hugh Jackman decided against dance lessons because his older brother told him “dancing is for sissies.” Years later his brother apologized and encouraged him to follow his passion. Hugh signed up for lessons the following day and went on to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.


36George Clooney

George Clooney

George Clooney once contemplated suicide while recovering from a head injury sustained from filming a thriller movie, as the pain was so great. He basically bruised his brain and couldn’t take painkillers due to a family history of addiction. He had to use therapy to get through it.


37Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Every door frame in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace had to be taken down and rebuilt when they proved to be too low for 6’4 tall Liam Neeson. It cost the set-crew an extra $150,000.


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38Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Three cameras were standard in multi-cam TV filming prior to the 1970s. Then Garry Marshall needed a 4th camera to solely follow Robin Williams during Mork & Mindy filming since Williams was so unpredictable with his physical comedy.


39Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood wore the same poncho, without ever having washed it, in all three of his ‘Man with No Name’ Westerns.


40Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio’s face was severely injured in 2005 when model Aretha Wilson hit him over the head with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party. She was later sentenced to 2 years in jail.

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