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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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Both Auditioned for 1996’s ‘Primal Fear.’ They Lost to Edward Norton, Whose Performance Earned Him an Oscar Nomination for His Very First Film Role
In 1996, a courtroom thriller called Primal Fear turned an unknown actor into an overnight Oscar contender — and sent two future stars back…
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‘Clue’ Documentarians Call on Paramount to Release the Movie’s Never-Seen Fourth Ending in Honor of Tim Curry
Clue famously had three endings, each pinning the murders on a different guest. A fourth was shot where Tim Curry‘s Wadsworth did all the…
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Underwhelmed by the First Take of Henry Winkler’s Death Scene in Scream, Wes Craven Asked, “Do You Think It Might Be More Excruciating?”
Henry Winkler will readily admit he is not a horror fan. Despite playing Principal Arthur Himbry in Wes Craven’s 1996 slasher classic ‘Scream,’ the…
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The Frantic Third Act of ‘Clue’ (1985) Left Tim Curry So Breathless a Doctor Put Him on Blood Pressure Medication
Tim Curry spends the last stretch of Clue (1985) sprinting from room to room, reconstructing every murder in real time. The movie had three…
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Watch Some Behind-the-Scenes Footage of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’!
Toho and Gkids have released a new behind-the-scenes video for Godzilla Minus Zero! Clips include set building, filming on location and in the studio,…
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Tim Curry Played the Devil in ‘Legend’ and Pennywise in ‘IT,’ but the Darkest Role He Ever Took Was a Two-Episode Serial Killer Arc on ‘Criminal Minds’
Curry played the Devil in Legend and Pennywise in the 1990 IT, but the role that rattled him most was a two-episode guest spot…
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Jane Schoenbrun Wanted Camp Miasma’s 4-Minute Slasher Sequence to Feel Like Being 12 at a Sleepover
Minor spoiler, I guess, but there’s an extended sequence of slashing in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Misama. Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun says it’s…
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Anna Faris Thought She Was “Being Put Out To Pasture,” but Recent Events Have Restored Her Confidence in Herself
By the time Anna Faris left the TV series Mom after seven seasons, she felt like her career was heading toward its end. “I…
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The ‘Fatal Attraction’ Director Says There’s One Frame of Michael Douglas’ Balls in the Movie: “It’s So Quick You Didn’t See It.”
Michael Douglas wasn’t wearing anything under his pants during the famous kitchen scene in “Fatal Attraction,” and the fumbling that followed left “one frame,…
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Josh Brolin Says He Called His Agent After One Day on Ridley Scott’s New Film and Begged to Quit: “Something’s Really Wrong And I’ve Got To Get The F— Out Of Here.”
Ridley Scott’s filmmaking process rattled Josh Brolin so badly that he panicked one day into filming “The Dog Stars.” He calmed down eventually, but…
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Marlon Wayans Says the ‘Dismantling of the Weinstein Regime’ Is Why He Came Back to ‘Scary Movie’ After 25 Years
After 25 years, the Wayans family is back in the Scary Movie franchise. Scary Movie 6 opened to $54 million and closed out its…
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The ‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel ‘Crystal Lake’ Has “Blood Everywhere,” Says Star Linda Cardellini
The gore in Crystal Lake is practical, not digital, and star Linda Cardellini says shooting some scenes got so bloody it made her wish…
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Two 90s Horror Movies Were Major Inspirations for ‘Sinners’ According to Director Ryan Coogler
Can you guess which two?
