15 Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets

We here are at Cracked dot com cannot get enough of behind-the-scenes facts. You see, making movies is less like an orderly, rational process and more like, say, a busy kitchen with not just too many chefs, but with people barging in and messing with the meals, picking fights with the chefs and making a mess. You've got a recipe (screenwriter), a restaurant (location scout), equipment inside the restaurant (set design), owners (producers), chefs (director and crew), and front-of-house (actors). It's like if Gordon Ramsey wrote Inception. Or Jon Favreau, we guess.

The difference between a kitchen and movies is that people have cohesive vision in kitchens, and they talk to each other from time to time. That's why movie sets are so fascinating. Nothing ever really seems to be working in total symphonic harmony, and then one day, there's a movie. It's like jazz, ba…too many metaphors? Okay. 

If you think we’re exaggerating, check these out:

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - The Thundercats voice actors would swear in the booth all the time.Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - There were guns on the set of Nickelodeon'sSource: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Filming the Chinatown sequel The TWo Jakes was a nightmare. Source: Yahoo! Movies

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Patrick Stewart asked Wil Wheaton for oral sex on The Next Generation set. Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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On the Predator shoot, Sonny Landham had a bodyguard for the Source: 6 Behind-The-Scenes Stories That Prove Hollywood's Crazy AF

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Bob Keeshan, AKA Captain Kangaroo, liked exposing himself. An announcer called MSource: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - The LivE And Let Die set was pretty racist.Source: 6 Behind-The-Scenes Stories That Prove Hollywood's Crazy AF

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - A T-shirt war broke out on the Blade Runner set.Source: Vanity Fair

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - On Galaxy Quest, Sigourney Weaver would sometimes leave Source: MTV

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A member of the Kong: Skull Island crew WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - quit because of the scene where Kong's eyes glow.Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Rian Johnson fanboyed all over Christopher Plummer during Knives Out.Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Scarlett Johansson wanted to be nude in her sex scene in The Island.Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - On every Star Trek movie from II to VI, they burned down the sets after filming.Source: IGN

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Jim Henson gave Frank Oz a bizarre Christmas present. Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - The filming of Independence Day led to UFO sighting reports. Source: FilmSchoolRejects