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“Couldn’t Stop Laughing”: 57 Hollywood Posts Better Than The Actual Movies
What would we do without Hollywood? From horror to drama, comedy and Sci-Fi, our favorite films and television shows have provided us with decades of entertainment. Even off-camera, legendary action heroes, quirky characters and reality stars continue to give us gold... sometimes unexpectedly.
Perfectly polished productions take time, effort and lots of money to make. But often, the magic lies in what doesn't make it to the final cut: the bloopers and memorable moments that many of us are none the wiser about.
For example, did you know that the kiss between Keanu Reeves and Monica Bellucci took around 50 takes (shot over two days) to get right for The Matrix Reloaded? Or that the filming of Cast Away had to be paused for more than a year so that Tom Hanks could gain weight and grow a beard? Those are just some of the gems you'll find below, courtesy of an IG account called Unforgettable Bloopers.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 1 week ago
IIRC they had to film the famous scene in short bursts since the animatronic wasn't well-equipped to handle water / rain. While it was drying, it'd sometimes malfunction, move on its own and scare the shㅤit out of the staff.
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Did I say that out loud? 1 week ago
Every scene in Good Morning Vietnam where he's doing his job as a DJ was completely unscripted, just Robin doing what he did best.
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*raspberry sound 1 week ago
I read an article today, about Stephen Baldwin addressing his step back from Hollywood, however long ago, and he said he didn't want to become another Tom Cruise, as though THAT was in his trajectory.
It takes us around 2 hours to watch, but many of our favorite movies are filmed over months... sometimes, even years. And they don't come cheap. According to Investopedia, it costs, on average, around $65 million to produce a major studio movie. That doesn't even cover distribution and marketing, which can push the total cost to a cool $100 million.
Some are even more expensive to make, like Napoleon Dynamite, which saw Hollywood forking out a whopping $400,000. Star Wars: The Force Awakens cost even more, with reports citing $533.2 million in total. On the other end of the spectrum, The Blair Witch Project was one of the cheapest cheapest films ever made, costing between $35,000 and $60,000.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 1 week ago
"Looks don't matter, it's important what's inside 💖" - Hot people who wouldn't survive a week looking like me
A big chunk of a movie's budget goes towards paying our favorite actresses and actors. Brad Pitt, for example, came with a price tag of $30 million to star in and produce the 2026 Formula 1 film. And Robert Downey Jr. made around $75 million through salary and profit sharing for his role in Avengers: Endgame.
"These high costs make sense because A-list actors boost ticket sales," explains the Film Local site. "Studios view these huge salaries as investments that help guarantee audience turnout."
But celebrities aren't the only ones raking in the big bucks...
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Did I say that out loud? 1 week ago
I understand that studios look to make easy money, and remaking films for a new generation, but some things really are best left alone. Can you imagine anyone else playing Neo,Trinity, and Morpheus? Don Corleone or Helen Ripley?
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BarkingSquirell 1 week ago
I rewatched this a couple of weeks ago on Netflix. Remains among the best action films of all time.
Some of the top Hollywood directors are coining it, with A-list film directors demanding between $5-10 million per film. According to Film Local's experts, the Directors Guild of America sets minimum rates at $24,599 per week for high-budget films. But established directors earn far above these minimums, adds the site.
"A typical $200 million blockbuster spends about 9% of its total budget on three lead actors, around $18 million," it reveals. "The biggest star usually takes most of this money, reflecting both their market value and the industry’s risky nature."
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Adam Sandler hardly fails to make us laugh. But he's laughing too... all the way to the bank.
The actor raked in $48 million last year (after fees paid to his agent and manager), making him the highest paid Hollywood earner of 2025. According to Forbes, Sandler's long-term deal with Netflix means he gets paid well each year no matter what movie he puts out.
"Since 2015, he has made movies almost exclusively for Netflix under his overall deal," reports Screen Rant, revealing that Sandler's Happy Madison franchise is worth around $519 million.
Also making it onto the list of highest paid actors of 2025 were Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Jack Black and Millie Bobbie Brown, who (at just 22 years old), is the youngest actor ever featured on Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actors list.
Forbes puts the the combined earnings of the 20 highest-paid actors in Hollywood at collective $590 million. But notes that, while it may sound like a lot, actors are bringing in less than they used to.
"The haul is down 20% from last year’s $730 million, and this year’s top earner—Adam Sandler... fell well below last year’s No. 1 ($88 million)," reports the site.
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Eastendbird 1 week ago
The director, Robert Zemeckis, filmed "What Lies Beneath" during the break from filming "Cast Away".
If you think being a famous actor is all about glitz, glamor and big pay checks, think again. Many stars have revealed that they work extremely hard when on set.
When asked about filming Wednesday, Jenna Ortega said that she had to show up to set two hours early, then work a 12- to 14-hour day, and it didn't end there. The actress would then head home and attend online lessons via Zoom.
"Or show up to my apartment, [and] my cello teacher was already waiting for me," she says. "It was just constantly going, and if you could on a weekend, if we weren’t shooting the sixth day that week, it was, ‘All right, well then, we’ll get your lessons in on that day.’”
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Beak Hookage 1 week ago
I really hope she doesn't end up being yet another child actor who ends up perishing in penniless obscurity thanks to substance a.buse and mental illness. I really do. :(
Others have spoken of work days exceeding 15 hours or more.
“I was a little bit stunned at how difficult it is to shoot a show like this," said Kristen Bell of teen drama series Veronica Mars. "Because it really is a huge undertaking to have a stylized film aspect like noir and be out doing a lot of location [shoots], having a lot of night shoots. It was a real undertaking [involving]…16- or 17-hour days.”
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Andrei Iepure 1 week ago
Would have been a better ending if they didn't show him. Alfred looking up and smiling would have been a more compelling end, in my opinion.
According to Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts, Merryll Streep is by far, the hardest working actor in the business.
“I’ve never seen anyone work harder than she works. She doesn’t just snap her fingers and be a genius. She really is just the hardest-working girl in the room," said Roberts. "I was so grateful to see that up close. To work with Meryl Streep is a dream come true for anyone. To know her is an honour. She is such a beautiful person, and it was intimidating, certainly, to be in these scenes with her.”
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Skip Reynolds 1 week ago
"Desert Quarry"? Who makes up these idiotic captions? Google "Vazquez Rocks" for the facts.
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astheshadowsfall 1 week ago
One pays humans, one pays computers. At least that is how it seems to me based on two pictures.
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Sara G. 1 week ago
He was so good in all his movies I feel like. Love his acting / characters.
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Beak Hookage 1 week ago
Ford was just there for people to read off and wasn't trying to impress anyone since he'd pretty much given up on making it as an actor. But George Lucas was like wow I love this guy's "I'm all out of f***s to give" style and gave him the role.
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highwaycrossingfrog 1 week ago
Or the fact that both were playing the same character whilst staying visually faithful to a decades-long comic book history with a highly-stylised and iconic character appearance.
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martymcmatrix 1 week ago
Mr. Cruise's face seemed to have experienced 7.5 G's for quite a while after the shooting was done...✈️ ⛴️
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Wonky Donkey 1 week ago
Five seasons is a lot for a sketch show. It's better to go out on a high while a show is still popular, rather than getting cancelled because they run out of ideas.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
This was an absolutely excellent movie (Tropic Thunder.) It was SUPPOSED to make you feel uncomfortable and to think actual thoughts. It wasn't just mindless or offensive for offensiveness' sake.
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keyboardtek 1 week ago
Ha! I watched all the Matrix films and cannot remember a single thing about them. I guess one has to be of a certain generation to like those films.
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General Anaesthesia 1 week ago (edited)
Why not just post links to the original Instagram posts? There's a descriptive text there for each post. And I don't mean the little link below the posts here, I mean a big, visible, easy to click/tap, boldface URL. Better yet, copy/paste those Instagram texts while you're "aggregating" anyway so not-registered people can read it, too. We're at BP, visiting another site for complete posts should not be necessary.
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 1 week ago
I have to agree with Gold Monkey that I didn't have the first idea what most of these entries were about.
Min (she/her) 1 week ago
Thank you for not informing us all every single time. 💜
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Mike Barrette 1 week ago
What was the point of this listing? The title is misleading, and it just seems like a random collection of moments.
General Anaesthesia 1 week ago (edited)
Why not just post links to the original Instagram posts? There's a descriptive text there for each post. And I don't mean the little link below the posts here, I mean a big, visible, easy to click/tap, boldface URL. Better yet, copy/paste those Instagram texts while you're "aggregating" anyway so not-registered people can read it, too. We're at BP, visiting another site for complete posts should not be necessary.
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 1 week ago
I have to agree with Gold Monkey that I didn't have the first idea what most of these entries were about.
Min (she/her) 1 week ago
Thank you for not informing us all every single time. 💜
Load More Replies... Mike Barrette 1 week ago
What was the point of this listing? The title is misleading, and it just seems like a random collection of moments.
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