CAM 03 · Behind the Scenes · 73 stories
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Behind the Scenes
How the scenes were made: casting, stunts, cut scenes, what the actors gave up and what they got paid.
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Mike Flanagan Hid a Detail in Carrie’s Title Card That Changes with Every Episode
Take the title card of Mike Flanagan’s new Carrie miniseries. In the first episode, the word “Carrie” appears in plain white. With every episode…
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Anjelica Huston and Bette Midler Both Turned Down Annie Wilkes in Misery Before Kathy Bates Won an Oscar for the Role
Anjelica Huston and Bette Midler both turned down the role of Annie Wilkes in Misery before Kathy Bates took it and won the Academy…
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Javier Bardem Says It Was His Idea to Make His Bond Villain Gay in ‘Skyfall’
Does adding in lust make a Bond villain creepier? Javier Bardem wanted Raoul Silva’s interest in James Bond to get personal. During a script…
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Joel Had a Much Bigger Role in Scream 2’s Original Script, Until the Script Leaked Online and Got Rewritten
In the original Scream 2 script, Joel (Duane Martin) had a much bigger role: he was dating Hallie McDaniel, Sidney’s best friend, and sat…
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Stephen King Wanted Mike Flanagan to Leave Carrie Alone Until He Read Flanagan’s Plan for the Series
Stephen King initially wanted Mike Flanagan to leave Carrie alone when Flanagan proposed a TV series. Flanagan sent him a series bible laying out…
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The Actor Who Played Jason Voorhees Drew the Line at a Scripted Dog Kick in Friday the 13th Part VIII
A barking dog was supposed to get kicked by Jason Voorhees in 1989’s Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Kane Hodder, the…
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Matthew Lillard Says He and His Wife Sold Their House After His Career Stalled Following Scooby-Doo 2
Matthew Lillard’s wife, Heather, went back to work and became their family’s main breadwinner during a prolonged slump in his acting career. He says…
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Freddy Krueger Scared Monica Keena So Badly as a Child That Her Mom Took Her to a Doctor. In Freddy Vs. Jason, She Got to Kill Him
For Monica Keena, playing Lori Campbell in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason meant getting to fight back against the horror villain who’d frightened her so…
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Mike Flanagan Says Carrie’s Prom Scene Was One of the Most Difficult Sequences of His Career
Mike Flanagan says the prom scene in his new Carrie series for Prime Video was one of the most difficult sequences of his career.…
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Glen Powell Nearly Lost His Hand After a Knife Stunt on the Running Man Set
Glen Powell needed emergency surgery after a retractable knife injured his hand during a stunt for The Running Man. At a hospital in Bulgaria,…
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Scream Composer Marco Beltrami Says ‘Scream 4’ Is the “Weakest” and “Most Uninspired” of the First Four Films
Marco Beltrami, who wrote the musical scores for Scream 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, has shared some candid thoughts about his work on…
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Summer H. Howell Says She Spent 12 Hours a Day Covered in Fake Blood While Filming Carrie’s Prom Scenes
Summer H. Howell’s prom scenes for Prime Video’s Carrie took about 2 weeks to film, with 3 blood drops performed for the cameras. For…
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Matthew Lillard Never Planned to Audition for ‘Scream’ (1996), But He Beat Out Freddie Prinze Jr. Anyway
Matthew Lillard didn’t even mean to audition for Scream — and then he went completely, unhinged, full-send feral in it anyway. Here’s the wild…