1Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke (who played Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones) was doused in so much fake sticky blood during one scene that she got stuck to a toilet seat during a break.
2. Jennifer Carpenter’s character Debra Morgan in Dexter, known for her frequent swearing, used the word “fu*k” 996 times throughout the show’s 8 season run, according to a count made by a fan.
3. Anne Hathaway’s stunt double in The Dark Knight Rises broke one of the IMAX cameras when she crashed the Batpod into it. This marked the 2nd time an IMAX camera was destroyed on a Christopher Nolan Batman film. A previous camera was smashed when filming the Joker’s underground truck chase in The Dark Knight (2008).
4. Rupert Grint and Emma Watson stated in an interview that while filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows they both had casts made of their buttocks (“bum casts”) which were used to make the bicycle-like seats mounted on the broomsticks in order to make them more comfortable to ride.
5. While Claire Danes was promoting her film “Brokedown Palace”, she remarked that the city of Manila was a “ghastly and weird city” that “smelled of cockroaches, with rats all over”. As a result, she has been banned by the Philippine government from ever re-entering the country.
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6Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie revealed that while shooting a scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, she got a little lost in the moment, accidentally slapped Leonardo DiCaprio more violently than she intended to and said: “Fuck you.” There was a stunned silence on the set and then all of them burst out laughing, but she feared that DiCaprio would sue her for it. She apologized, but he was impressed with her courage and asked her to hit him again.
7. When Emily Blunt’s character is introduced in Edge of Tomorrow, she is doing a “planche” hold. Although she needed a wire for help on long takes, she is actually capable of doing that maneuver without assistance. In fact, when discussing the introduction, a cast member said “Em, show that yoga move” and she casually demonstrated it.
8. While filming the piranha tank scene in ‘Now You See Me,’ Isla Fisher was running out of air and tried to swim to the top (which was open), but the chains on the handcuffs she was wearing got stuck on the bottom of the tank. She attempted to alert the crew by hitting the glass tank, but they thought she was acting because her character was supposed to be panicked and scared. The stunt coordinator finally realized something was wrong and helped her.
9. Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey in Friends, admitted in the exit interview for the book “Friends… Til’ the End”, that he had a crush on Jennifer Aniston who plays Rachel. He said, “Now I had a little crush on Jen in the very beginning, but I think the world did too, so what are you going to do?”
10. Carrie Underwood gives her phone number to the two American Idol finalists every year but never gets called.
11Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson got some press coverage right after her birth as the country’s Centennial Baby, having been the first baby born on July 1, 1967, the 100th anniversary of Canada’s official founding via the Constitution Act, 1867.
12. Zoe Saldana nearly broke Chris Pratt’s ribs while filming a fight sequence in the Guardians of the Galaxy. During training, Pratt and Saldana would wear protective gear. However, while filming the actual scene, Pratt forgot to wear his protective gear and Saldana kicked him square in the ribs, which made Pratt fall to the ground. According to him, he had a bruise for the remainder of filming.
13. Emma Watson almost wasn’t Hermione in the Half-Blood Prince. She had considered not returning but decided that she wouldn’t be able to watch someone else play Hermione.
14. Singer Lana Del Rey called feminism boring. She said, “For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. I’m more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what’s going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities.”
15. According to actor Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence would purposely eat foods with garlic or tuna fish before any kissing scenes between the two, while filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.
16Halle Berry
Halle Berry was actually named after a department store. The actress was born Maria Halle Berry and her parents chose her middle name (which became her stage name) as a tribute to Halle’s Department Store, a local Cleveland landmark.
17. Hilary Swank was paid only $75 per day for “Boys Don’t Cry” due to which she didn’t even qualify for health insurance.
18. A kissing scene while filming Noah was shot in so many repeated takes that Emma Watson was left with bleeding lips and Douglas Booth was nursing a sore nose and swollen mouth.
19. Kate Winslet wore a pubic wig for her role in “The Reader” because she couldn't grow enough hair down there for an authentic 1950s style.
20. After being in Batman Begins, Katie Holmes turned down the offer to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes in “The Dark Knight”, in order to be in “Mad Money.”
21Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter’s maternal grandfather Eduardo Propper de Callejón saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
22. Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun when she was younger.
23. Carrie Fisher wore no underwear in StarWars because George Lucas convinced her “there is no underwear in outer space.”
24. Contrary to popular belief Marilyn Monroe was nowhere near a ‘plus’ size 12-16, she was closer to a US size 0/UK size 8.
25. For her role in “The Brothers Grimm,” Lena Headey had to lick a real toad. She didn’t get a latex replacement. She did it and later commented that it hardly had any taste. The problem was with the texture.
