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StPaul9
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Living in Sydney working for Council for Intellectual Disabilities and trying not to be cynical about too many things.

thefangirlsdilemma reply
The Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds tangle is obviously a classic (is that the right word?)
Peter Bogndonavich leaving Polly Platt for Cybil Shepherd during the filming of The Last Picture Show.

slugsliveinmymouth reply
It’s not a secret that Thomas Wiseau is a huge jerk but my friend was a huge fan and got to work with him at his live room viewing parties. It totally turned him off that movie. He was the biggest fan of the room I knew and he was super excited to work with Tommy even knowing how he was. That first night he worked with him was his last. He came back from the theater so defeated and quit the next day because Tommy was so awful to everyone.

meetmeinthebthrm reply
Not really an actor but I served Harvey Weinstein during filming for The Hateful Eight. He was way overly entitled, a jerk, and a miserable tipper. And because he was absolutely amazing I've got to mention that Kurt Russel is awesome!

ThingCalledLight reply
My wife has insane luck and has run into many celebrities. She sees Bruce Willis on the Metro in DC, clearly trying not to be noticed, but they keep making eye contact occasionally. She’s trying to make out if it’s actually him and he’s prolly getting a little freaked out (more in that in a second). When she gets off the train, she says “I loved you in *Death Becomes Her*.” and he smiles slightly and nods.
My mom’s bf played an extra in lots of movies and he was a cop so he could get cop-like roles like coo, security guard, etc. pretty easily. He was on the set of *Unbreakable* and set Bruce Willis had an extra removed because he didn’t like how he was staring at him. I assume he’s had bad experiences in the past.

slackerdan reply
Cesar Romero used to make my dad and some other stagehands throw orange wedges at his bare bum on the set of 'Batman' in 1966.

NockerJoe reply
Jim Carrey's trailer had an astroturf roll up lawn. On this lawn was a picnic table. On this table was a vase. On this vase was a flower. I'm not sure if he makes the teamsters bring it everywhere they filmed but I imagine so.
I never met the guy himself but that honestly I respected him for it. If you're living out of a trailer for days or weeks at a time and working the kind of hours we do making it as livable as possible is a good idea. Its honestly such a minor amount of work to set up compared to all the gear that gets hauled around regularly I doubt it was a huge deal.
Beyond that I've never really run into talent being primadonnas. Which makes sense. In this industry you're only as good as your last gig and your next one. People who are straight up naturally nasty don't last long.
If you see footage of someone melting down on set you should keep in mind we're all working like 12+ hour days 5 days a week and tensions are high. Even nice, good people can often crack in these circumstances. Hence why I don't fault anyone who wants a bit of extra comfort.

ZillaSquad reply
Klaus Klinski was legendary for on set tantrums, Werner Hertzog threatened to shoot him once whilst on set haha.

anon reply
Here's some uplifting news for you in this thread: I've had the luck to speak with Tomas F Wilson (Biff Tannen, BTTF)
Contrary to his character in BTTF, he's a funny and really friendly man.

humbird09 reply
Not a movie set but I worked Guest relations/manager at the resorts at Disney and Ariana Grande was just terrible. She completely trashed the Cinderella suite. Apparently also caused damage over at Universal as well. On the other hand. Met several others. The ones that stand out are John Stamos, Chris Evans, and Prince Harry.
John Stamos was there on his honeymoon and still made time for fans.
Chris Evans was very polite and when someone recognized him through his sunglasses and ball cap disguise he was very cordial (his hotel room was a revolving door of women, but when you look like he does why not)
Prince Harry first thing he'll tell you is, it's just Harry. Extremely down to earth. Met him when we hosted the Invictus games. He cares so much about those wounded warriors.

Dunthyon reply
When I worked at Home Depot, the first line of one of the books the owners wrote was "Home Depot is not a cult.".

Avatar_ZW reply
I used to practice kung fu at what was basically the most McDojo place ever. On top of all the usual money grabbing bull, the grand master changed his title to something like His Celestial Holiness and started getting his students to travel to the woods to build his temple.
Nope!

DK__00 reply
I have a mixed race child. Originally was told it was mine until she actually gave birth. Since she was mixed, she came out pretty light skinned. Very light skinned, actually. But as she got older, her skin got darker and darker. Let the mother stick around for about a year to 2 years. She wasn't from where we were living and didn't have anywhere else to go. Didn't want to kick baby out into the streets. Finally, I had enough of her crazy and kicked her out. But, I ended up getting attached to the little girl.
Fast forward 2 years and I'm single, lonely, depressed and missing the little girl. I've had no contact with them. Through the grapevine, I hear my little girls real dad has nothing to do with her. No contact, no father. From the story I get, the real dad was married and refused her.
I set up a meeting with my little girl after two years to get a feeling on the situation and it was like those two years never happened. She ran up to me like she just saw me yesterday. I talked to the mother and I said that I'll take care of her. We never went to court. No child support has ever been filed. We don't fight about anything. I tell her if she needs anything as far as money or clothes, whatever, I'll take care of it.
She's now 10, I'm married, my wife accepts her with open arms and loves her like I do. She's an awesome kid. Great student. No troubles. I have to teach her a bit of humility because all she concerned about is being beautiful. But if that's my biggest worry with her, I think that's ok. I wouldn't change anything at all.
I will tell you one thing. I live in the south and you would think that a married white couple with 2 normal white kids and an older mixed girl, one would think you'd get more looks from white folks. Surprisingly, it's the black folks that gives us more "WTH?" looks than anything. But like I said, I wouldn't trade her for anything. I love that silly girl.

































