Actors are often as famous for their outrageous demands as their on-screen talent. Gary Busey, for example, once asked that all mirrors be removed from his film set to make it look 'more like heaven.' A-list celebrities can wield their star power to get sweet deals, including insane contract requests. They can require a residential complex to be built on set or demand sweeping creative veto power. But often, they just want million-dollar dressing rooms. The ridiculous requests in actors' contracts have to be seen to be believed. Click through to discover the eccentricities hiding in these contracts - you'll be shocked and tickled.
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After a bad bathroom experience, Barbra Streisand decided all future bathrooms needed peach-colored toilet paper to match her complexion.Her acting contracts also require rose petals in her toilets for lesser reasons.Uma Thurman's contract for Eloise in Paris included a clause letting her veto decisions by the director or co-stars. She also asked for three cell phones.
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Uma Thurman's contract included a clause letting her veto the director's or co-stars' decisions. She also demanded access to three cell phones.Uma Thurman was in Eloise in Paris.Thurman included a clause letting her veto the director or co-stars' choices. She also asked for three cell phones.
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While filming Eloise in Paris, Uma Thurman requested something.Uma Thurman was in Eloise in Paris.Clooney did this so he would not get bored filming Gravity. He was not even the star!
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After Universal's Mummy, Tom Cruise...Tom Cruise Mummy.Paris Hilton made a specific request during her one day filming The Other Guys. The heiress asked for unlimited live lobsters and a bottle of Grey Goose vodka.Eddie Murphy apparently requests new underwear and socks every morning filming, with the tags still on. Oscar nominees might not have time for laundry.Kim Basinger will only use Evian water when washing her hair on set. The pink label and French-ness make Basinger trust it more than water from her dressing room showers.Tom Cruise suggested the movie failed partly because of him. He took over directing and ordered rookie Alex Kurtzman. Cruise allegedly asked for personal screenwriters to make the dialogue meet his standards.
Cruise's partners rewrote the whole script. We thank them for that.The Mummy.The movie has a cryptic, convoluted story.
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Tom Cruise apparently wants.Tom Cruise wants 50 custom-made thongs.Cruise wears "G-strings made of soft, stretchy material" during stunts. An unnamed source says he has 50 custom thongs awaiting him on every set.
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George Clooney, you are a movie star with movie-star demands. But while you were filming Out of Sight...George Clooney Out of Sight.His co-star Jennifer Lopez acts like a diva, wanting all-white dressing rooms.Jennifer Lopez wants all-white dressing rooms.George Clooney was in Surrey, England. He had an entire house and basketball court built for himself.George Clooney built a house and basketball court for himself.He did this so he would not get bored filming Gravity.George Clooney filmed Gravity.George Clooney was not even the star in Gravity.
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Will Smith had a two-story, marble-floored trailer on the Manhattan set of Men in Black 3.Will Smith was on the Manhattan set of Men in Black 3.Will Smith's trailer was not enough; he asked for an extra trailer for his gym equipment. He eventually moved his $2 million trailer...Will Smith moved his $2 million trailer.Soho residents complained about his trailer blocking their view, forcing him to move it to a nearby parking lot.
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Paris Hilton made a specific request during her one day of filming The Other Guys.Paris Hilton was filming The Other Guys.The heiress asked for unlimited live lobsters and a bottle of Grey Goose vodka.
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Eddie Murphy apparently requests new underwear and socks every morning of filming, with the tags still on.Eddie Murphy requests new underwear and socks daily, with the tags still on.Oscar nominees might not have time for laundry.
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Kim Basinger will only use Evian water when washing her hair on set.Kim Basinger uses Evian water for hair washing on set.There is something about Evian's pink label and French-ness that makes Basinger trust it more than water from her dressing room showers.Basinger trusts Evian water over her dressing room showers.Evian's pink label and French-ness make Basinger trust it more than her dressing room water.
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Will Ferrell's contracts for Semi-Pro...Will Ferrell's contracts for Semi-Pro.Will Ferrell's contracts apparently included.Will Ferrell's contracts included.The contracts included "one flight of stairs (approximately 6' high) on wheels," "one fake tree (approximately 15'-20' tall) on wheels," and "one rainbow (can be painted on canvas) on wheels."
Will Ferrell also requested a scooter for when he appeared on stage.
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If you dislike your movie roles, write a contract clause forbidding any future versions of those films. Major Bollywood actor Aamir Khan signed a contract for this.Dhoom 3.He requested that therenever again.be another.Dhoom.a movie in the franchise.
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Being Paul Newman's co-star onThe Towering Inferno.This wasn't enough for Steve McQueen, who was hyper-competitive. He also demanded twelve more lines of dialogue12 more lines of dialogue.so he would seem equal to Newman.
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The director, not the actor, made this request for the mandatory four-way sex scene.
Before filmingThe Canyons., Lindsay Lohan agreed to amandatory four-way sex scene.She agreed to the scene readily, but at the big moment, she asked the cast and crew to strip naked with her and only a $100 day stipend.
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Samuel L. Jackson has one of the best box office hauls. His films grossed almost six billion dollars.almost six billion dollars.Because of this, it is not surprising Jackson can add some fun to his schedule.
Jackson insists he can choose to gogolfing twice weeklywritten into every film contract.
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