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30 Hollywood Secrets That Celebs And Execs Would Like To Be Swept Under The Rug
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Hollywood was once the ultimate goal for many working in the film industry. But between strikes, scandals, and sinister secrets being revealed, Tinseltown seems to be losing some of its sparkle. People are beginning to realize that not all that glitters is gold. Many revelations have come out over the past few years.
Those who were once silent are speaking up. During #MeToo, we heard how some actresses were harassed after being asked to meet with producers, directors, or agents in hotel rooms. We've been made aware of discrimination, the lack of inclusivity, and other unsavory aspects of set life.
Redditor u/ramjikatidda recently asked Hollywood workers to reveal the worst things they’ve seen on the job. And people didn’t hold back. From serious allegations of criminal activity, to what happens behind the scenes at parties, there were enough comments to compile a bestseller book. We've put together the wildest ones, to give you a glimpse of just how shady Hollywood can be. And don't miss the chat Bored Panda had with director and producer duo Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker, who run Urtext Films. They shared some secrets about what it's like to work in the film industry.
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#1
There was this time around 2005 when a B-level TV celebrity was caught on an open hot mic, talking about how he would go about sexually attacking women. Groping them and kissing them without their consent. He explained that you can get away with that when you're famous. The f****d up part was he didn't lose his job. In fact he became even more popular. His acting still sucks, but half the audience believes it to be authentic to the character. Oh and then a lot of his fans began believing in conspiracy theories that Hollywood elite are preying on children yet still supported this sexual predator even after hearing about his crimes in his own voice. Unfortunately children and women are exploited and abused around the world, but for some reason, this demographic believes that Hollywood is some hotbed of deviants, when statistically speaking there is more abuse in many other industries than show business. So yeah, that's the most f****d up thing I've seen in my 25 years in the business.
JB 1 year ago
Oh, but it gets worse! This guy left the job for a couple years and became a convicted felon for his role in an attempted cover-up, but he was chosen to do that job again! Mind blowing! He almost got one of his buddies - a dude who had sex with underage girls - into a serious position of power. It's crazy!
Nimitz 1 year ago
Don't forget he was also adjudicated of being a rapist.
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Beak Hookage 1 year ago
There are far too many people out there for whom "consequences" is, at best, a word.
Marianne Grann 1 year ago
…and now the world richest man and the douchecbagg you’re talking about are the couple from Hell ready to destroy, ruin and suck out the money from the rest of the the world to themselves!
When comedian Ricky Gervais took to the stage to host the 2020 Golden Globe awards, the audience wasn’t quite prepared for what would come out of his mouth. Gervais didn’t hold back as he held Hollywood over the coals during an epic roasting session. “You’ll be pleased to know this is the last time I’m hosting these awards, so I don’t care anymore. I’m joking. I never did,” began Gervais. “NBC clearly don’t care either—fifth time. I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars for some offensive tweets—hello?”
Gervais took a jab at actors, producers, industry racism, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s penchant for much younger women. Nothing was off-limits as the Brit shamelessly shone a spotlight on the elephants in the room. “If ISIS started a streaming service you’d call your agent, wouldn’t you?” he said to the audience.
“Tonight isn’t just about the people in front of the camera. In this room are some of the most important TV and film executives in the world. People from every background,” said Gervais. “They all have one thing in common: They’re all terrified of Ronan Farrow. He’s coming for ya.”
The comedian was referring to Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s son, Satchel Ronan Farrow. He’s the investigative journalist who helped expose producer Harvey Weinstein. Farrow’s reporting earned him a Pulitzer Prize for public service and propelled the #MeToo movement.
Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker run the Brooklyn-based film production company Urtext Films. They specialize in documentaries and have traveled the world chasing interesting stories. Their latest film Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts has just premiered in Sydney, Australia. More on that later. First, we wanted to know their thoughts on Hollywood. And it turns out they have mixed reactions when it comes to Tinseltown...
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#2
I lived in LA in the 90s I worked on the fringes of the industry, but my company printed a lot of movie posters, so I saw a lot of folks when delivering proofs and such at different lots and offices.
But, where I ran into stuff was from when I had a second part-time job at Banana Republic, and the majority of the kids who worked there were all struggling actors, writers, etc. There were a lot of TV shows that were outfitted by BR, and people's party lives crossed over. The amount of times I would be at house parties in which there was a mountain of c***ine on a coffee table was mind-boggling to me, and it was usually "a gift" that was given to one of those kids from someone in the industry (according to them).
Side note: I once helped Alan Rickman with finding some pants, and he was incredibly nice. I rang him up, wrapped and bagged his stuff, and said "Here are your pants, Mr. Rickman." He chuckled at me, took his bag, turned around to the other people in line behind him and proclaimed: "Yes, THESE are Alan Rickman's trousers!" I still find it hilarious to this day.
S. Maxudov 1 year ago
Also, pants in Britain means underwear. I'm sure he understood, but that might have been part of the chuckle.
Roni Stone 1 year ago
Upvote for the Rickman anecdote. Lord, I miss living in a world where he existed.
#3
Since it's a good story I'll name drop: Will Smith. Was in Budapest with some of the production team for the world premiere of Gemini Man. Will stopped by the Buda Castle and shook hands and took selfies with all the tourists gathered there. Then later in the evening he held a concert in the downtown area. He didn't have to do any of that, but they shot a portion of the movie there and he liked the city and wanted to do something for the people. Walking around town that day everyone was pretty hyped about Will being there, and it was a fun atmosphere at night during the concert.
Edit: My bad, I just remembered this is supposed to be f****d up stories. Oh well, I'll leave the comment anyway in case anyone cares.
Lotekguy 1 year ago
Nice item. This and THE SLAP remind us that we're all too complex to be judged by one action. We're better than our worst moments, and not as good as our best.
Libstak 1 year ago
Yes and frankly, regardless of how you may view their marriage, his only public crazy was he was defending his wife against a terrible joke designed to humiliate her in front of millions of people.
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Lyoness 1 year ago
The man assaulted someone on international television for making a joke. A JOKE. Rock is a comedian, that's what they do. Granted it was a terrible joke, but it doesn't justify what Smith did. And if it bothered Jada that much she could have slapped the man herself. What Smith did was wrong, period, and he has to deal with the consequences.
Joe Reaves 1 year ago
A joke mocking his wife's medical condition. Should he have slapped Rock? No of course not. But it's not 'just' a joke. It was bullying someone in front of a global audience. BOTH of them should have consequences.
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Lupita Nyong'heaux 1 year ago
i know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but honestly, as a black woman, i ain't mad at will for slapping the s**t outta chris. frankly, chris rock is a POS and has been for a long time. he is, in many ways, anti-black and that was not the first time he has denigrated black women publicly. and, again, speaking as a black person, any black man that allows his white friends to use the hard R is not to be trusted by other black people, IMO - and he's not by many of us. we uninvited him from the cookout decades ago.
"Hollywood isn’t a place, it’s a concept. A film industry where, if you’re connected, things get easier," says Salleh during our chat. "I’m not convinced Hollywood really exists in the way we used to imagine it. I’m not sure any of the big companies really know how to handle the current media landscape."
The Director and Cinematographer adds that this doesn't mean he'd turn down an offer from Tinseltown. "They still have money – and I’d happily take that money if they offered it – but a lot of ‘Hollywood’ doesn’t know how to reach audiences anymore," he told Bored Panda. "That’s why we’ve stayed so independent. So no matter what, we can continue to make films our way, without waiting for Hollywood to come calling."
Tucker agrees. "I think we have very realistic expectations about ‘making it’ in Hollywood," said the Producer and Sound Recordist. "If Hollywood was to come calling, we would take the call, but it’s not something we have false hope over, particularly in documentary world!"
#4
I work as a 1st AC or assistant camera on film / tv shoots , the garbage treatment I’ve seen PA’s (Production Assistants) and Interns really boils my blood all the time. This is usually since they are the lowest usually on the command chain and are treated bad and do what many would call b***h work running errands, getting coffee, moving equipment and other things many times these are unpaid positions and are doing this to get experience in. Treat PA’s with respect they may be the lowest on the pole but they are trying to make it like we are and word does travel fast of ill treated crew, and people will remember you. Shout out to my PA’s on shoots thank you guys for helping our operations run smoothly, to cleaning and fetching food for us you guys are the unsung heroes of all shoots big and small.
Keith Lancaster 1 year ago
I read an interview once with Gene Simmons (Kiss) saying that when they were just starting out they were ofter treat like dirt by other bands etc. Things like having their food and drink stolen while they were on stage. Since they made it big they have always made sure that their support bands are cared for with decent food etc. Ut shouldn't matter where in the chain you are, everybody deserves respect.
Roni Stone 1 year ago
If you want to know whether someone is worth marrying/hiring/promoting/celebrating, study how they treat those lower on the totem pole than they are. This person is a keeper.
Richard Head 8 months ago
They should be more courteous, often PA's are connected, some are real Nepobabes!!
Kensington Kenny Jr. 1 year ago
Whilst I empathize and sympathize and rationalize with the plight of the proletariat, I cannot condone, justify or pardon the use of the term "b***h work". It causes muh uterus to throb in agony.
#5
Without calling out any specific artist
Honestly the horrible things that paparazzi scream at celebrities to get a response
It’s atrocious the horrible and abusive things that they scream in their face for a reaction.
Janelle Collard 1 year ago
Reminds me of the horrid s**t they used to yell at Princess Diana to get a "sad" face or "crying" face so they could make up MORE s**t up about why she was upset. (Chas, cow-face, etc.)
30ninjazinmybag 1 year ago
Doesn't help when the papers they sold to were and are supported by the royal family.
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Aprille Park 1 year ago
Paparazzi in Mexico makes the ones in the States look like philanthropists. And the ones state side are awful.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Nah. Let’s not rationalize terrible behavior.
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#6
Middle-aged men trolling young girls. It's a big problem and it's f*****g sickening to see.
Lotekguy 1 year ago
Hollywood reinforces such delusions of sex appeal. How many times has an Ann-Margret wound up with a Walter Matthau in a rom-com? Those things worm their way into the social ether.
iseefractals 1 year ago
And....? Take a look back over the past few years of people trying to "abolish unrealistic beauty standards" How long were we all expected to pretend that Lizzo was "THE" beauty standard? But i guess that standard is only meant to apply to women, right? Beyond that....if YOU don't approve of age gaps in relationships....don't engage in those kinds of relationships. My uncle met his wife when he was 41 and she was 19. Had four kids and married for nearly 35 years when he died. Everyone needs to stop infantilizing ADULT WOMEN.
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Nimitz 1 year ago
I will never understand this. The older I get, the older my preferences are. Seeing 20 year-olds dressed up sexy does very little for me now that I'm in my 40s. I really don't get these creepy guys who fetishize people a generation or more younger than themselves...
Vera Diblikova 1 year ago
Do you see other reasons for women - actresses etc or even plain ones to attire like 30years younger than to snare men by their youghness?
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Tiger 1 year ago
I’m in my 30s. An 18 year old at work took a liking to me and brought me flowers once. I thought it was adorable and I let him down gently, we’re still on good terms. My friends made fun of me FOR WEEKS. I finally shut them up when I pointed out our other MALE coworker in his early 30s was seeing a 19 year old, and nobody was saying a single word about it.
Daya Meyer 1 year ago
Maybe it would help if 'girl' is not used as a synonym for ''woman'. Just a thought.
Glen Ellyn 1 year ago
Except some of them are actually still girls. A number of creeps really do go after 11 or 12 year-olds.
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We asked Salleh what he's heard about Hollywood that left him a bit shook. "I always think about the crazy lengths some filmmakers go to get the perfect shot," he replied. "I remember hearing the story of Chris Nolan planting entire crops of corn for Interstellar, so he could get his perfect corn field shot. I also recall when Antonioni made his first film in color (Il Deserto Rosso), he had whole fields painted to get the color just right."
The duo says they've encountered some pretty crazy things while working in the film industry. "I was never a fan of low-budget film productions that expected the crew to work ridiculously long hours," said Tucker. "Crew would often wear their lack of sleep as a badge of honor. But in reality, it leads to a decrease in quality of the work, and can be very dangerous."
"One of cinema’s greatest cinematographers, Sven Nykvist believed that working when tired made the work useless," added Salleh. "He even had a bed sitting next to film sets, so he could sleep between shots. And he advocated for shorter filming days."
#7
Production assistant here. Had to sign so many NDAs about celebrities doing hard d***s between takes. The worst was watching them pressure young actresses into joining them. Some of these girls were barely 18.
similarly 1 year ago
NDAs might prevent this person talking to media, but not to law enforcement. An NDA does not protect against illegal action. If someone is doing something illegal an NDA will not prevent it being reported to police.
Colby DeYoung 1 year ago
You don't understand the industry apparently. The NDA isn't important, just legal c**p you have to do. How long do you think you will work in the industry if you said something to the police? The police who will do NOTHING to a famous or important insider? Being blacklisted is very real and will happen for wasaay less than going to the cops. You don't dare fart in the wrong person's general direction or you will never work again.
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Katy McMouse 1 year ago
D R U G S. Say it together, everyone. I promise it won't crash the site.
Vera Diblikova 1 year ago
But these girls gladly changed their youth for a role and in their not-so-attractive fifties they remembered and cried Mee to!
#8
Commercial shoot with bodybuilders. The producer asked the client on set if they wanted to be oil boys and lube up the bodybuilders. They gladly took up the offer and spent 30 minutes oiling up the bodybuilders, who had no choice but just to take it even though I could tell they weren't comfortable. At the time, everyone was laughing and joking around, including the bodybuilders, but looking back, it was pretty messed up to put them in that situation.
Nimitz 1 year ago (edited)
Yup. People will publicly molest fit men and then joke about it. Happens in bars and clubs all the time. I swear to God, next time I'm minding my own business in a gay bar and some drunk bachelorette party cow comes over and feels up my chest/arms/a*s or grabs my junk without invitation, I'm gonna slap a b***h, then call the cops and press charges with security footage. Mind. Your. F*****g. Hands. Women!
liam newton-harding 1 year ago
Henry Rollins talks about doing a photo shoot in his Black Flag days, and the photographer asked him to oil up. Henry said no, and the photographer snidely said, “ Oh, are you homophobic?” To which Henry replied, “I have never “oiled up”. Not at the gym, not at home. Why would I do it here?”
#9
I don't work in the industry but know a bunch of people who do. My favorite story is the filming of Black Hawk Down was delayed because Tom Seizmore got a really nasty infection on his face when a Moroccan [sex worker] peed on his face. Apparently that's the reason he keeps his helmet on the whole movie.
Edit: a word.
Nikole 1 year ago (edited)
Oh Tom Sizemore… Great actor, terrible drúg problem. I recommend Bringing Out the Dead.
Nimitz 1 year ago (edited)
You should look up some of the stuff he's been accused of... Including molesting an 11 year old girl. The suit was thrown out of court by a Utah judge who did not give a reason. Sizemore's lawyer later claimed it was because the statute of limitations had expired. They didn't even bother trying to cover it up
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ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago (edited)
PROSTITUTE. The OP wrote PROSTITUTE. Fúck your redactism, BP. If you steal stories to make a living, at least have some decency and steal them the way they were written.
SkippityBoppityBoo 9 months ago
Tom Sizemore... Has anyone watched "Natural Born Killers"? In that he plays a cop that is more than a tad corrupt and he *unalives* a *sex worker* (BP censors)... There's Method Acting and then there's "Method Acting".
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
What on EARTH kinda UTI can mess up a face?! 😱And THAT badly? 😫 Holy c**p! Can a urologist give us some stops, please? I had NO idea! (Not that I’ve ever been peed on, but just in case I ever decide it might be fun because someone roofied me?)
Simon Chen 1 year ago
Well, he had a job to do and he did? Could happen to anybody who is into certain kinks. Half of the people commenting here have done weirder things than that, i bet.
We were curious to know how and why Tucker and Salleh got into the film industry. "I was always obsessed with film," explained Salleh. "In college, in Australia, I worked as a video store clerk, in a very fancy video store that rented foreign and arthouse films. I watched thousands of films during that time. That was my only film education; I never attended a day of film school."
He tells us that he eventually dropped out of college to start his own film company. "The first four or five years, I experimented with other filmmakers, producing small low budget films that didn’t really go anywhere. Eventually my partner, Rose and I switched to producing commercials and freelancing to actually earn a living."
#10
I shared a flight with Gwendoline Christie from LA to London once. She was quiet and didn’t draw any attention to herself. Also, they did her dirty on GOT because she’s so much prettier in person.
Zena 1 year ago
In fairness, her GOT character is much, much uglier in the books (but with incredibly beautiful eyes). I always thought they did a good job toning down her attractiveness on the show with unflattering camera angles and such, without going overboard with heavy makeup or anything. I read that she did cry when they gave her a s****y haircut, because she had lovely long hair, but she said she got over it because the role was so good (and it wasn't that s****y; off-camera, she could style it nicely).
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago
I only ever read some of the books, so I don't know who she played, but by your description, I think it was that huge fighter, right? Rather plain looks, very muscular, tall, and I think portrayed as a bit dumb, but actually rather smart?
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iseefractals 1 year ago
They didn't "do her dirty".....that was the character she was playing. In the books the character is described as "She is tall, muscular, flat-chested, and ungainly, with long, shoulder-length brittle straw-colored hair and broad, coarse features that are covered in freckles. Brienne's teeth are prominent and crooked. Her mouth is wide, her lips are swollen, and her nose has been broken more than once" Do you also think they did colin farrell "dirty" in Penguin?
cadena kuhn 1 year ago
I read she said that her part in Wednesday was the first time she got to feel pretty on screen which is sad as she's so stunning
Simon Chen 1 year ago
Where is the bad thing here? Nice to read she is a nice person alltough i can not really see how she managed NOT to draw attention. She is a really beautiful woman and quite tall wich makes her very hard to overlook 😁
Conny Klimas 1 year ago
Nobody did her dirty. She did an absolutely amazing job at playing a strong and interesting character who was supposed to be "unattractive". Millions of fans love and respect her for that and applaud her talent and the way she brought Brienne to life.
Sherman 1 year ago
…… this isn’t the compliment you think it is. Telling someone whose entire public existence is on large n small screens that they’re so much more attractive in person is pretty rude. Not to mention skipping over their actual job, their skills n what they have trained their entire lives to achieve just to boil them down to one single character n that characters physical appearance…. Is rude af too. Telling an actor that they’re not as attractive on camera as they are in real life is just such a weird thing to say….. not to mention her character wasn’t meant to be “attractive”…. Acting isn’t about being pretty. It’s about creating a 3D character n telling the story that’s been written n captivating the audience no matter if you’re a good guy, bad guy, main character, side character… sometimes actors aren’t supposed to look “attractive” that’s part of who the character is. There’s a purpose for it.
#11
I worked for an indie film company at the end of the dot com boom. We were expanding rapidly, far beyond our means. The bosses had rented a huge multi floor office space with tons of desks and computers, but very few employees - because there was very little work coming in the door. One day, some VC investors were coming down to check us out. The bosses had us run around and put fake work on all of the computer screens. And used coffee cups. And jackets and sweaters on empty chairs. All to appear as if we were a huge bustling office, and they had just happened to come by when the entire staff was out to lunch. It was like that scene in The Sting, or a similar scene in The Grifters, where some con men fake a bustling office. The deception was shameless and probably illegal and we all felt horrible for having been forced to participate. .
#12
Worked on a movie set where a white stunt double showed up for Jonathan Majors and was in blackface. I think the excuse was they couldn’t find a black stunt double in New Mexico but he was (understandably) pissed and it made everyone super uncomfortable.
DEW 1 year ago
Millions and millions of people and they can't find a black or brown stunt double? Come on!! That's just cheap and lazy movie bosses.
David 1 year ago
That's a bit unfair. It isn't "millions and millions" of people to choose from. They have to look enough alike to be a stunt double. They have to be trained for the job. They have to be in SAG/AFTRA. And from that MUCH narrower pool of people, they have to find one who is available for their schedule. ALL of SAG/AFTRA is about 160,000 people. The internet tells me, "There are over 7,700 stunt performers in SAG-AFTRA, but only a small percentage are able to work full time in film or television." So no, not 'millions and millions'
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Jacob Ross 1 year ago
This was in New Mexico? There are union rules against this. The last time I heard of this happening was Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when they used a white man with a dark nylon over his face for Paul Winfield.
Leigh 1 year ago (edited)
So racist! What would make someone feel this is OK? I'd tell them to get lost!
StarCrossedFriday 1 year ago
Er…is it, though? I doubt they did it just to make the actor uncomfortable. They needed a stunt man, if they had no other options…we don’t know, we weren’t there. It’s awkward, yes, but not intentionally hurtful.
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Lee Henderson 1 year ago
He showed up in blackface? Why would they allow some white boy to wander the streets like that?
Magenta Blu 11 months ago
Disney does exactly this with the princesses they chose for live action movies.. the little mermaid? Snow-white?.. and what about other studios?.. Astrid from how to train your Dragon?
"I also did not attend film school," adds Tucker, revealing that she actually has a degree in biology. "When I met Matthew, I thought it would be a laugh to come out as an extra on one of his short films. Before you know it, I was working my way up through the various roles on set: continuity, first assistant director, and then producing."
Tucker says they started taking the business side of things seriously, a few years later. "We started doing a lot of commercial work to make things sustainable. We always continued working on creative film projects on the side, and discovered where our true passion and skills lie: documentary."
#13
While I've seen my fair share of d**g use and horrible people, my most f****d up moment was when Gary Busey put on a Gingerdead Man mask, grabbed me by the sides of my face and screamed crazy loud.
A portion of my soul evaporated.
liam newton-harding 1 year ago
You’re lucky he just grabbed your face, he is still known as Gary Abusey, in the industry.
#14
I was 20 or 21 and about to board a plane to a film a low budget shoot in Romania. As I was getting into the van to the airport, a producer came up to me with a blank envelope.
"Hey, I need you to give this to the producer, Vlad, when you get there."
"What is it?"
"$25,000 in cash. Don't declare it at customs."
I was a kid, so I did it.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
In fact, in the US, it's illegal to take money than $10,000 in cash without declaring the money. I'm not sure why this is so, probably has something to do with laundering. But it is easy to launder money if you're related to some orange guy.
Gloria Beacon 11 months ago
What the hell is that supposed to mean? We are not going to sit by anymore as you liberal Marxist attack our President. IT ENDS NOW. You liberals let your cities burn to the ground due to incompetence, bring in millions of illegals to start the fires and you think you are better then us? You are so far beneath us good decent American loving people you arent worth spitting on if you were the one they lit on fire.
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Didn't firsthand witness this, but I was a production coordinator on a show where one of the cameramen followed an actress back to her hotel room and tried to sexually attack her. Fortunately she was able to fight him off and get help. He was fired and charged, and she quit because she didn't feel safe anymore. The guy had a 20 year career and I can't imagine this was the first time he'd done something, but it was definitely the first time anyone found out. Terrifying. I don't know what happened to the actress after she left the show. I hope she's doing well.
Salleh says the duo made a few short documentaries on the side of their commercial work. Some did well at film festivals, they told Bored Panda. They got the opportunity to make their first feature documentary Barbecue in 2017. It gave viewers a glimpse into the barbecue culture around the world.
"Upon completing this film, we decided to move from Australia to the U.S. Shortly after moving here, 'Barbecue' was selected to premiere at SXSW, a prestigious film festival in Austin, Texas," he told Bored Panda. "The day after our world premiere, we sold the film to Netflix–our 'American Dream' was underway!"
#16
I lived in LA for 15ish years and worked in the industry. The things that are not NDA protected are:
- Seeing Lindsay Lohan doing lines of c**e off the back of a toilet in a club bathroom- this was during the height of the "fire fotch" incident.
- A ~~married~~ not married, but in a long term committed relationship Ty Pennington during Extreme Home Makeover having with local production assistants and promising to set them up in LA. One of which ended up pregnant and was forced to have an abortion by him.
- My married executive producer texting me at 3 in the morning in an attempt to get me to sleep with him (absolutely didn't happen). Then being pissed when I told everyone, and tried to say it was a joke, and I should lighten up.
- Another creepy EP that allowed rumors to spread that he was sleeping with me, and when I asked him to clear it up, he chuckled and patted my head saying something along the lines of "oh they won't believe me anyway".
- On a reality shoot, seeing cast member get groped by a rando on camera and the EP not letting me shut it down, intervene or at least pause filming once the guy left so she could process off camera and decide if she wanted to continue.
- An older (50s/60s) director of photography clearly sleeping with the 18 year old, very naive, AC who came to me asking if I could take her to get Plan B and if I could help her find an OBGYN because she had never been to one and her family wouldn't allow it. The (female) EP & Production Manager knew and encouraged it.
That's what I remember off the top of my head. That doesn't include any of the actual reality content that I worked on, just real life stuff. The best thing I ever saw was not on a set, but sitting at a bus stop on Santa Monica Blvd. An older Mercedes pulls up to the red light blaring classical music out of the open windows. I look up to see a mess of dark curly long hair and realize it's Slash. Truly a bad a*s moment!
ETA: Ty's proper marital status at the time.
Zena 1 year ago (edited)
Why is it that men who behave inappropriately with a women get all pissed when you call them out on it, and then try to pass it off as a joke? If it actually were a joke, why get pissed about other people hearing about it? You'd think they'd want to share the joke with everyone...
Ria C. 1 year ago
Because women are "sensitive" and are "overreacting". /s of course
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Jp Goat 1 year ago
AC, OBGYN, EP, ETA Estimated time of arrival? I don't understand any of this, why can't people simply type the words
Michael MacKinnon 1 year ago
Easy ones: EP is Executive Producer; OBGYN is OBstetrician GYNecologist. Guessing AC is Assistant Cameraperson; no idea why ETA is used instead of Edit.
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#17
Relatively tame, but gross, worked on a show where the lead would deliberately eat huge amounts of raw garlic, onions, and canned tuna before kissing scenes as a f****d up power play over the actresses who he was partnered with for the scene.
similarly 1 year ago
I thought I'd heard this before. Jennifer Lawrence was reported to eat garlic and canned tuna before kissing scenes with Liam Hemsworth, not as any kind of "power play", but just wasn't thinking, according to her. There have been other actors who ate garlic before kissing scenes, some because they weren't thinking, and a couple as a power play, but garlic and canned tuna is pretty specific. I'm thinking this is a person who has probably never "worked on a show", but is simply passing off Hollywood gossip for attention.
Seán Baron 1 year ago
Diana Rigg did this to George Lazenby when filming ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ for various reasons. Sh as the first to be signed up for the cast, and she expected to be opposite Sean Connery. He moved on and they got Lazenby whose last gig was as a professional tennis player! This was his very first film. With days of filming they could t stand each other, and Lazenby would go up against everyone else eventually. It got so bad between him and the director, that the director would tell the AD what he wanted Lazenby to do, whilst Lazenby was only a few feet away!
DEW 1 year ago
I think this could be George Clooney. I think he has talked about it before in interviews but I could be wrong.
Tiger 1 year ago (edited)
Honestly if I was the actor getting kissed by another actor with awful breath - I wouldn’t put up with it. I’d gag, stop the scene and refuse to continue until he brushed his teeth and got a breath mint. On threat of vomiting all over him if he doesn’t.
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Ansi 11 months ago
This is so effing weird. The other actor/actress will look like they are disgusted kissing you. The audience will see they are unwilling to kiss you. So a "power play"? More like sending a message that even if they are payed a big salary people recoil having to kiss you IRL.
Richard Head 8 months ago
Beats romantic entanglements, without need of intimacy co-ordinator's.
#18
I learned first hand that Marie Osmond is not exactly the God blessed Mormon America thinks she is.
Juley Clark 1 year ago
Considering she converted to Catholicism I'm not surprised to learn she's not following Mormon "rules"
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I'm trying to figure out which of you was worse.
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#19
I was working on an Indy film in Vancouver as a line producer's assistant. The movie was having money problems as it turned out the financing was coming out of the middle east and we almost missed payroll twice. Head of the teamsters, who was also a Hell's Angels captain sat down with the producer's.
"Hand over your passports, or I'm gonna take you out back and break both your legs. You'll get them back when everyones been paid what they're owed".
I was a volunteer at TIFF an an actress had overdosed in the bathroom, was supposed to do a Q&A after the movie. Someone involved with the movie managed to get her functional enough to get through the Q&A before calling an ambulance.
#20
I do IT for the hilariously rich in LA, so we also work with all kinds of vendors for various home theaters, technology, and random other services. We went to Tom Cruise’s house and he was so off-putting and weird about people having phones on them while in his house. Not even that there was creepy s**t to see, but he kept acting like all of us were plants to try and take pictures of his stuff or things like that. It was very strange.
Zena 1 year ago
In fairness, he probably had been so used to being harassed and stalked by the paparazzi by that point, and he probably had had some trying to get inside his house to get pictures that they could sell. Imagine having no privacy whatsoever; I'd be paranoid about any stranger entering my home, too.
Elio 1 year ago
In this case I think Tom Cruise' paranoia has justification.
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Joey Jo Jo Shabadoo 1 year ago
Are they really calling Tom Cruise paranoid when they literally posted online about going to his house?
Bear Hall 1 year ago
If somebody is one of the most photographed man alive with half of the world wanting to know what kind of toilet paper he uses sure for sure he would be paranoid about every single device capable to take pictures around him. Anybody selling a "house tour" of his home or "Tom in slippers" photo series would make a fortune. And it might even give some useful ideas for burglars.
DEW 1 year ago
I may be down voted but why does Tom Cruise get a pass for never seeing his daughter with Katie Holmes? I don't get why nobody is upset that he hasn't had anything to do with his kid for years.
Sandra Angulo 1 year ago
She literally fled with the kid while he was away. It seems at that point they made an agreement that Katie gets the kid and in return she never spoke out about how effed up Scientology is.
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#21
A major makeup artist had come to do a special event at my store. The store had some of their VIP clients book appointments ahead of time and for about 2 hours she would do 10 minute one on ones with each client which included consulting and answering questions plus applying some makeup. She arrived early and the event began on time and she was super professional throughout it and the clients loved it.
After the event was complete, I am going to one of the offices on the side of the Beauty department and I hear some howling kind of crying and I go towards the sound and I see the makeup artist is having a full on breakdown alone on the floor. Her makeup had completely ran down her face and was on her clothes and shoes and the floor. I hid on the side and then I overheard her call someone on the phone and she howled "I can't do this anymore! I hate pretending I enjoy doing this! If I didn't need the money I would have stopped years ago. S**t I have to go I think someone is coming." She hung up and pulled some sort of scarf/wrap out of her bag and wrapped it over herself and put on some oversized sunglasses and got up and walked quickly and I hid on the other side as she left.
I felt so sad for her and her situation having to do something she doesn't really like anymore.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
My careers teacher told us about a guy he knew who worked in real estate and was an absolute legend in his field, incredibly good at it, etc. As soon as he had enough money to retire on, he quit. When asked why, he said "because I f*****g HATED IT". The lesson for us kids was that just because you're good at your job that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to make you happy.
HurlWurk 1 year ago
Like Mike Rowe said. Make enough money so you can pursue your dreams, no one wants to shovel pig slop, but if that pays more than your dreams, start digging.
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meeeeeeeeeeee 1 year ago
she could always work in a call center for min wage and get screamed at all day
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I've had multiple jobs and call centre was the worst by far. Every morning waiting for the train l'd fantasise with disappearing, but obviously didn't for my daughter. I've never been verbally abused like that in a professional setting
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Tucker tells Bored Panda that Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts is "a portrait of modern-day America, as told through a collection of stories observed within the walls of former Pizza Hut buildings across the country." The making of the film saw them traveling through the country, in a bid to unearth the best Pizza Hut stories they could find.
"We filmed in everything from an LGBTQ+ church in Florida, to a cannabis dispensary in rural Colorado, to a karaoke bar in Texas – and of course, lots of restaurants," she said, adding that they shot the majority of the film throughout 2023. "It premiered in October 2024 at SXSW Sydney – a new offshoot of the famous SXSW festival in Austin, Texas," she added.
"Our US premiere took place at the prestigious Chicago International Film Festival, and the film is currently continuing to tour the film festival circuit. We plan to release the film on streaming services in 2025."
#22
There were active rumors within the Korean film industry that a certain famous Korean actor who tried to make it big in Hollywood and appeared in several Hollywood blockbusters was a little too close with his sister. She was always in his trailer and followed him around when he was working in Hollywood. I was thinking it was just a brother being overly protective over his sister, but according to almost everyone I've talked to, it's definitely more than that. Usually I take rumors like this with a grain of salt, but these people were dead serious about the whole affair, as if it's pretty much common knowledge.
The other less disgusting fact is that the actor was pretty close friends with my mom's friend's Korean American son and lived with the family for a few weeks or so near LA. And he worked his absolute a*s off to work out his English pronunciations.
Bin Miggy 1 year ago
I have seen "brothers and sisters" who, it turns out, were NOT related, but rather said they were so they could be together on set.
Rob D 1 year ago
Especially makes sense given ridiculous Korean morality expectations of their celebrities.
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Rumor has it that they are living in Alabama with two very strange offsprings.
#23
After being a studio-floor level HOD for 35 years I’ve seen a bunch of crazy d**g and sex- related stuff, but here’s an “Suitable for All Audiences” one:
I caught an Oscar-winning actress emerging from her trailer while stuffing three rolls of toilet paper from the under-sink cabinet into her Hermes backpack: a bag that was, by the way, likely worth more than $6,000.
The kicker? Of course Production was putting her up in a penthouse suite in the best apartment hotel in Vancouver. She could’ve called the desk, demanded two entire cases of premium toilet paper delivered to her room in the next half hour, and the concierge wouldn’t have even blinked.
But no, she just *had* to steal cheap, airport quality single-ply TP from her Winnebago; if the Transpo Dep’t member in charge of maintenance didn’t catch that her supply had disappeared, it’s likely he would have caught hell for slacking off.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
People get really pissed when they don't have enough TP for their bungholes.
#24
I lived there.
At the Time P!nk had a little dog named
F****R
Tome Cruise is super nice to the point of creepy. Like he has dead and intnse eyes simultaneously.
Farnzy 1 year ago
Hilarious! I think every pet has its "proper" name, it's cutesy nickname...and the one the owner yells when they're being naughty!
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Poppy 1 year ago
I believe Christian Bale based his Patrick Bateman performance off watching Tom Cruise
Anthony Levallois 1 year ago
"the intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes" as he put it
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#25
Honestly? Nothing to do with celebrities. The most f****d up thing is watching a 22 year old PA climbing into a big white box truck at the end of a 14 hour shoot at 1 AM and driving back from the boonies after crushing a few beers and a couple bumps. I've heard of some bad accidents involving sleep-deprived grunts trying to break in.
Nat Rich 1 year ago
What are boonies and bumps please anyone? And Yes i know Google is my friend but ADHD is my enemy. If I go off to Google there ain't no coming back 🤣
Montanavanna 1 year ago
The boonies are the rural areas or far away from where you are. I am heading out to the boonies to do some hunting. Bumps are referring to a dose of a powdery d**g. My friend brought over some blow and I decided to take a bump. Hope that helps.
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Felecia_1986 8 months ago
I'd like to hear how it would sound in British slang!
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#26
Worked as a PA on an end-of-the-world-type show that relocated to filming in Texas way back in the early 2010s. This was my third production working as a PA but first working in the general office production assistant work. I was excited because It was a cool cast of actors - and some people I was a personal fan of. One was a veteran actress from probably the biggest cult tv show of the 2000s (and one of my fav characters on that respective show)
Not necessarily f****d up - but more so baffling stuff i heard from colleagues in wardrobe about this actress: that would often have her period in the clothes she wore for filming….repeatedly. And she would act like nothing had happened at the end of the day offilming. Word was she didnt really do anything or try to prevent this from happening….
Because of the type of show it was, these clothes often went through aging and dyeing procedures. I know this whole thing around this actress eventually moved from a minor open-secret that crew could giggle (ie. *“shes so loopy, hippie-dippie, etc.”*) to something way more inconvenient when clothes - *beholden to story and filming continuity* - had to start getting rewashed, rebought, reaged, redyed…. you name it, which caused tons of redundant or duplicative work on behalf of the crew members (mostly in costuming) as it kept happening very frequently.
Never felt like maybe there was a medical issue or anything with this actress - just more so strange in how nonchalant and unembarrassed it all felt - like the way she handled all of this situation was a *normal* thing.
It definitely altered my perception of her to a more neutral fan standpoint.
Nikole 1 year ago (edited)
Any ideas, people? I thought it was Lost and The Walking Dead, but there’s no connection. Edit: it HAS to be Elizabeth Mitchell. Lost and Revolution.
Jacob Ross 1 year ago
I was just about to do the research. My mind went to Revolution immediately as the show. I am certain you're correct.
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#27
Not that f****d up, but Andy Garcia punched his co-star in between takes while shooting the incredibly bad film Big Gold Brick.
I'm now reflecting that my career in film was pretty tame if that's the best I've got. .
JK 1 year ago
OP says it was Emory Cohen that was punched and it was because Garcia was drunk and "a build up from not having good chemistry" - Emory took it well, so obvs no bad blood afterwards
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#28
I met Hugo Weaving on set, and said “Hi Hugo, I’m Clem.”
“Slim,” he said, and shook my hand.
“No, it’s “Clem””, I said.
“I had a cat named Slim,” he replied, and kept shaking.
That’s nice, Hugo Weaving, but it’s still not my f*****g name.
EDIT: I appreciate this isn’t exactly “f****d up”, but I still wanted to share it.
Perfectly Cromulent 1 year ago
I went to one of the early Fighter & Kid live shows and they talked about Hugo Weaving being out of his mind on coke at party.
Laura Lawson 1 year ago
Maybe it's because he's Australian & Slim is a more common name here? Or it just sounded like Slim?
#29
Gave my boss 6 months notice of my upcoming wedding. Hadn’t taken more than 3 days off in 3 years. I asked for 2 weeks, minimum 5 days.
I was the only person who did “my” job at this place.
Some new “important” project came up and of course I was asked to cut down my PTO.
Down to 3 days.
The most f****d up part is that I didn’t stand up for myself and let it happen. My first wife and I never had a proper honeymoon.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Who does this have to do with the topic - 30 Hollywood Secrets That Celebs And Execs Would Like To Be Swept Under The Rug ?
#30
I was at a brunch with an old British tv star, wife of a then and current movie star. My favorite quote from that day was about her meeting with a landscaper for her home in Hollywood: "I'm just not sure we need the third fountain, at 80 thousand dollars apiece."
Edit I recognize this isn't in the spirit is the question. Maybe question adjacent though?
#32
We were being semi-robbed (they wanted to know what was in the grip truck) on an indie movie and I was in my pickup truck with the UPM and he said:
“If he pulls a gun will you run him over? Because if not get the f**k out of the driver seat”
And I looked at him and I said:
“I’ll kill him Pete”
And at one point hit the gas to run the robber over. But the UPM stopped me so that we could see how it played out. The robbers eventually left when they realized we didn’t have anything they could easily sell.
Earlier that same night, I saw a random guy hit a pole on a Kawasaki ninja at like 90 miles an hour and died right in front of me.
I was 18, right outa HS. Been in this business for 13 years!
Simon Chen 1 year ago
I did not even bother to read more than the half of thi
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Snowy Ashton 1 year ago
In other words, Hollywood is an absolute cesspool full of perverts, jerks and sick people and it should probably be renamed Hellywood.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Hollywood has always been a dark place but social media is lifting the lid on that slowly.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
My brother-in-law installed a snooker table for one of the Bee Gees, I can't remember which one. They spoke very highly afterwards... (sorry... but he did really install the table).
Mark Olsson Moreno 1 year ago
It also avoids getting into serious legal difficulties.
Load More Replies... Snowy Ashton 1 year ago
In other words, Hollywood is an absolute cesspool full of perverts, jerks and sick people and it should probably be renamed Hellywood.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Hollywood has always been a dark place but social media is lifting the lid on that slowly.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
My brother-in-law installed a snooker table for one of the Bee Gees, I can't remember which one. They spoke very highly afterwards... (sorry... but he did really install the table).
Mark Olsson Moreno 1 year ago
It also avoids getting into serious legal difficulties.
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