These Are The Greatest Action Stars of All Time

Pam Grier

The types of characters that Pam Grier played were rare in Hollywood. She always played strong, independent women who didn't let men take advantage of her. The '70s, '80s, and '90s were filled with women fitting "cookie-cutter" roles of sweet damsels, but Pam Grier broke that mold.

The More You Know

When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
Steven Spielberg pops up for a cameo in Vanilla Sky wearing a Pre-Crime baseball cap.
Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
Tom Cruise earned $75 Million for his role in Mission Impossible 2.

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