What are your favourite urban legends about an actor, film or the movie industry?

IvaBigWun

The first two that spring to mind for me are both Bill Murray related.

1) He once went over to a stranger's table in a restaurant, took a chip and whispered "no one will ever believe you"

2) He has a number on which film directors and producers can call him on and leave a message and he doesnt accept roles in any other way.


There are of course the many urban legends about the Wizard Of Oz and Disney films but I was hoping we could post some of the lesser known ones in this thread and steer away from the usual suspects.

What are your favourite urban legends about an actor, film or the movie industry?

PirateShampoo

Richard Gere once had a Hamster stuck up his arse.

Molester Stallone II

Pierce Brosnan is a nice person

john the one

Matthew Broderick killed 2 people up in northern Ireland.

Oh, wait.....

GAAman

john the one wrote: »

Matthew Broderick killed a man up in northern Ireland.

Oh, wait.....

Two women, not a man.

mewe

That when Richard E Grant drinks the lighter fluid in Withnail and I, unbeknownst to him, the director has put vinegar in the bottle. If true it makes the scene even more brilliant!

Wedwood

William Shatner in the early 70's ran out of money after Star Trek was cancelled and was temporarily homeless for a period. During this time he lived in a mobile home and on one occasion he parked up for the night outside a random house, opened out the canopies, set out his camping gear etc.

A young kid on a bike was fascinated by this guy setting up camp outside his house, to which he then rushed inside shouting 'Mom, Captain Kirk has landed outside our house !!!!'

BabysCoffee

Andy Garcia was born with his twins head attached to his shoulder

eviltwin

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Andy Garcia was born with his twins head attached to his shoulder

Bruce Willis was born with a tail

BabysCoffee

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Andy Garcia was born with his twins head attached to his shoulder

eviltwin wrote: »

Bruce Willis was born with a tail

http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/7054/Actor-Andy-Garcia-was-born-with-a-conjoined-twin-attached-to-his-shoulder

:eek::eek::eek:

It's true!

Oafley Jones

IvaBigWun wrote: »

The first two that spring to mind for me are both Bill Murray related.

1) He once went over to a stranger's table in a restaurant, took a chip and whispered "no one will ever believe you"

2) He has a number on which film directors and producers can call him on and leave a message and he doesnt accept roles in any other way.


There are of course the many urban legends about the Wizard Of Oz and Disney films but I was hoping we could post some of the lesser known ones in this thread and steer away from the usual suspects.

What are your favourite urban legends about an actor, film or the movie industry?

How are those urban legends?!?

IvaBigWun

Oafley Jones wrote: »

How are those urban legends?!?

Because he never confirmed either story.

Do you even know what an urban legend is?

Liam McPoyle

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Because he never confirmed either story.

Do you even know what an urban legend is?

Of course.

Its a really shyte slasher movie, innit.

RobinFox

The pictured captured of a supposed ghost, believed to be a boy who died in the same house in a scene from Three Men and a Baby.

It was later found to be a cardboard cut out of Ted Danson.

MfMan

That Matt Damon has talent.

Tipsy McSwagger

IvaBigWun wrote: »

The first two that spring to mind for me are both Bill Murray related.

1) He once went over to a stranger's table in a restaurant, took a chip and whispered "no one will ever believe you"

2) He has a number on which film directors and producers can call him on and leave a message and he doesnt accept roles in any other way.


There are of course the many urban legends about the Wizard Of Oz and Disney films but I was hoping we could post some of the lesser known ones in this thread and steer away from the usual suspects.

What are your favourite urban legends about an actor, film or the movie industry?

They are not urban legends and this is just another I Love Bill Murray thread you've started.

Sam Mac

MfMan wrote: »

That Matt Damon has talent.

Have you not seen Good Will Hunting?

pc7

That Liam Neeson has a 12 inch willy

GastroBoy

Apparently, Bill Murray joined boards.ie under the username IvaBigWun :pac:

SouthTippBass

You need to stop with this Bill Murray propaganda.

newmug

That when Mel Gibson was filming Braveheart in Co. Meath, he went to the local AA meetings with a fake beard and sunglasses in an attempt to disguise himself. It didn't work.

Birneybau

braddun wrote: »

fr ted died from a heart attack aged 45

Wha'?

MfMan

Sam Mac wrote: »

Have you not seen Good Will Hunting?

I have, it was where I first noticed this deficiency.

DazMarz

Countless famous men (be they involved in film or not) are alleged to have had the two bottom ribs from their back removed so they could perform autofellatio.

A very young Jon Bon Jovi was long rumoured to have played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Despite the striking similarity, it isn't him.

Lupe Velez did not drown in her toilet.

IvaBigWun

DazMarz wrote: »

A very young Jon Bon Jovi was long rumoured to have played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Despite the striking similarity, it isn't him.

Lol. Love it.

Dirty Dingus McGee

The Cary Grant necrophilia rumours are pretty creepy and believable aswell.

IvaBigWun

That Errol Flynn was a Nazi spy.

Adamantium

newmug wrote: »

That when Mel Gibson was filming Braveheart in Co. Meath, he went to the local AA meetings with a fake beard and sunglasses in an attempt to disguise himself. It didn't work.

Remember years ago when they were making Braveheart? Everyone was saying, "Oh, its ridiculous; Mel Gibson playing a Scottish guy? That's not going to be very convincing"
But take a look at him now: an alcoholic Racist.

— Frankie Boyle

Adamantium

I'm pretty sure this is true but wasn't a major leading actress who was spying on and giving info to Dutch resistance during WW2?

Edit: Just found it was Audrey Hepburn and she was a teenager, nevermind. I'll post anyways for trivia sake.

Birneybau

Hanging munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz'.

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicide.asp

FloatingVoter

Bill Murray doesn't have an agent. I think he gets a local deli or laundromat to vet his scripts. This is true. He told me when I sold him a secondhand Oscar on ebay.

As for urban legends - if someone tells me once more in absolute confidence about Colin Farrell and Kevin Spacey they're off my blowjob list.

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcnLfLaFiY

Confirmed in this case, amazing.

R P McMurphy

DazMarz wrote: »

Countless famous men (be they involved in film or not) are alleged to have had the two bottom ribs from their back removed so they could perform autofellatio.

A very young Jon Bon Jovi was long rumoured to have played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Despite the striking similarity, it isn't him.

Lupe Velez did not drown in her toilet.

Similar to the bon jovi one but this one is actually true. The little kid doing the banjo duel in Deliverance was the first break for Thom Yorke who went on to have a successful career with radiohead

JohnFalstaff

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Similar to the bon jovi one but this one is actually true. The little kid doing the banjo duel in Deliverance was the first break for Thom Yorke who went on to have a successful career with radiohead

This is true. Unfortunately young Thom didn't actually know how to play the banjo and had to have a body double do it for him...

check_six

That the production of the movie Poltergeist was cursed by evil spirits with cast and crew dropping like flies. The little girl did fall ill and die midway through making Poltergeist 3, and the Preacher Cain guy from number 2 was on his last legs making the movie. There were a bunch of others apparently that went before their time too.

Less 'cursed by imaginary evil spirits' and more 'blighted by actual radioactive fallout' were the cast and crew of John Wayne's Genghis Khan flick "The Conqueror". The movie was filmed in the same desert they used to test atomic bombs. Lots of them fell ill directly as a result of this over the following years (including Wayne). Not a legend as such, just more sort of sad.

IvaBigWun

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Similar to the bon jovi one but this one is actually true. The little kid doing the banjo duel in Deliverance was the first break for Thom Yorke who went on to have a successful career with radiohead

I didnt know Tom was that old.

Technocentral

Unfortunately I don't have any.

IvaBigWun

Technocentral wrote: »

Unfortunately I don't have any.

Post of the year!

R P McMurphy

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I didnt know Tom was that old.

Don't let those boyish good looks fool you

danrua01

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Don't let those boyish good looks fool you

I hear he is as immortal as Keanu Reeves. Can you confirm?

R P McMurphy

danrua01 wrote: »

I hear he is as immortal as Keanu Reeves. Can you confirm?

Definitely not true, Thom is little more than a devilishly handsome swamp rat

danrua01

I hear Jack Nicholson likes to post lies on Irish forums.

karaokeman

The notion George Lucas always intended Star Wars to be a nine part series.

AnonoBoy

Michael Fassbender was one of the roller-skating Pandas in the Kit-Kat ad.

Adamantium

danrua01 wrote: »

I hear Jack Nicholson likes to post lies on Irish forums.

davidrowe

The Exorcist and The Omen were both cursed. Seriously, a lot of freaky stuff happened when those films were being made. And afterwards too.

Tipsy McSwagger

That when Bill Murray was younger he met older Bill Murray who told younger Bill Murray that someday he'd win an Oscar.