Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Once the initial disgust of her first few cigarettes wore off, Paulson found herself looking forward to the scenes that required her to smoke. Marcia Clark, who Paulson was portraying in The People vs. O.J. Simpson, was a known chair-smoker in real life—which didn't bode well for the actress. Paulson said the ordeal was "a real situation."

The More You Know

While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.
Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
While Titanic holds the record for consecutive weeks at the top spot (15), E.T. beats it by one in total weeks at Number One.
No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.

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