When Chloë Grace Moretz was 15 , she run with " one of the only role player that ever made [ her ] cry on set " — a love sake in his mid-20s who told her , " I ’d never date you in a substantial life … Yeah , you ’re too big for me . "
Just like people working in any other industry, actors sometimes have to work with people who are difficult to get along with. Other times, they get along great with their costars off-set, but other factors like scary makeup and costumes, method acting techniques meant to evoke emotional reactions, or just the sheer intensity of acting can become too much to handle.
Here are 13 times directors and actors made their cast members or costars cry on set:
1.OnAustin Bulter’s first day in the recording studio forElvis, director Baz Luhrmann brought in a bunch of RCA execs, had them sit facing the actor, and instructed them to heckle him. Austin “went home in tears that night.”
He toldVMAN , " [ Then ] when we were filming this moment when Elvis first goes on stagecoach and he ’s getting hackle by the consultation , I know what that felt like . "
2.While filmingAmerican Hustle, director David O. Russell madeAmy Adamscry “not every day, but most.”
She toldBritish GQ , " He was knockout on me , that ’s for sure . It was a lot .. I was really just devastated on curing . "
3.WhenMillie Bobby Brownfirst saw Vecna, the main villain inStrangers ThingsSeason 4, she was so scared that she “burst into tears,” not realizing it was her costarJamie Campbell Bower.
Jamie toldVariety , " She would n’t face at me , and she was visibly just disgusted by the whole matter … After she cried and I made it obvious that she knew it was me , one of the things she tell was that , ' I have it off it was you when I could smell cigarettes , ' because I ’m a smoker . "
4.Hugh Grant toldEllethat hisMusic and Lyricscostar Drew Barrymore “hates” him and that he “made her cry.”
OnThe Graham Norton Show , the host read the interview back to him . Hugh explained , " She made the misapprehension of give me note of hand . "
5.While playing Pennywise inIt, Bill Skarsgård “wasn’t very friendly or goofy.” When a group of child actor extras saw him in costume for the first time, some were intrigued, but some were so terrified they cried during the take.
He toldInterview magazine , " I realized , ' Holy shit . What am I doing ? What is this ? This ishorrible . ' … But then we trend , and plain , I was all , ' Hey , I ’m sorry . This is make-believe . ' "
6.The first day Burt Reynolds came to theSwitching Channelsset, he made Kathleen Turner cry because he “said something about not taking second place to a woman.”
She toldVulture , " work with Burt Reynolds was awful … His behaviour was shocking . It never happen to me that I was n’t someone ’s adequate . I left the room sobbing . I called my husband and say , ' I do n’t know what to do . ' He said , ' You just do the job . ' It sire to be very unfriendly because the crew began taking side . But as for the performance , I was able to put the negativeness away . I ’m not convinced Burt was . "
7.When Chloë Grace Moretz was 15, she worked with “one of the only actors that ever made [her] cry on set” — an unnamed actor in his mid-20s who told her, “I’d never date you in a real life… Yeah, you’re too big for me.”
She toldVariety , " I went bawl to my blood brother , and he was like , ' What happened ? ' And I was like , ' He told me I was too with child . ' And my brother was like , ' What just happen ? ' My brother was so angry . I had to pluck it up and go back on hardening and pretend he was a love interest , and it was really hard … It just makes you realize that there are some really tough people out there , and for some reason , he felt the need to say that to me . You have to kind of forgive and not forget really , but it was just like wow . It was jarring . I take care back on it , and I was 15 , which is really , really glum . "
8.During the dodgeball scene inBilly Madison, Adam Sandler was throwing balls at child actors when he accidentally hit one kid “pretty hard,” making him cry, which in turn made his parents upset.
OnConan , Adam pronounce , " The parents all fall up to me . ' Hey , what ’s the spate ? ' And I say , ' What do you imply ? What happen ? ' They ’re like , ' The kid . You nailed that kid . ' I go , ' No , no , no , that ’s the panorama . I ’m supposed to … I ’m like a big bozo [ who ] went back to school . I ’m supposed to plug all these kids . It ’s part of the joke . ' And they were like , ' No , no , no . ' And I was like , ' What are you utter about ? … Did they read the script ? ' They go , ' They ’re 6 . They do n’t read yet . ' "
9.OnTwitter, Elizabeth Aldrich, who was Lea Michele’s understudy inRagtimeon Broadway, alleged that she “used to cry every night from the mean and manipulative things [Lea] would do.” At the time, Elizabeth was 10, and Lea was 12.
Elizabeth also said , " She was absolutely awful to me and [ the ] corps de ballet . She put down the crew and threatened to have masses dismiss if she was in any way displeased … She was terrifying . ”
10.When then-11-year-old Gaby Hoffmann worked with lead actor/director Mel Gibson inThe Man Without a Face, he “just started cursing and screaming at” her because she was “acting like a kid instead of a professional actor.” He also made her cry on set.
She toldHuffPost , " And the other [ director who did n’t really care me ] was Mel Gibson , and I think we can all agree that ’s going to be elusive for anybody . He screamed at me . Oh , God , he really screamed at me . "
11.Then-6-year-old Ellen Latzen struggled to cry on cue during scenes where her character’s parents were fighting inFatal Attraction. She told theNew York Times, “I was instructed not to speak. I was standing there with Uni, my own stuffed animal. Michael [Douglas] came up to me and said, ‘Look at that stupid unicorn. I’m going to throw it in the garbage.’ As you watch the scene, you can see I’m trying really hard to fight back tears. Finally, he was just yelling at me. I couldn’t hold it in anymore.”
She go on , " Adrian [ Lyne , the director ] said , ' Cut ! ' Immediately , Michael ran to me and hold me , and said , ' I ’m so sorry . ' It was pretty intense . "
Michael add , " I felt jolly guilty . But you ’ve got to do what you ’ve got to do . "
12.According to aVanity Fairprofile of Meryl Streep that largely discussed her work with Dustin Hoffman onKramer vs. Kramer, before filming a scene where Justin Henry, a child actor, had to cry, Dustin made him burst into real tears by telling him that he’d likely never see the crew members he’d grown close to again.
He continued to exploit Justin ’s emotional vulnerabilities throughout shoot for extract the public presentation he want . For representative , he ’d secernate him to think about mislay his dog before they shot serious scenes .
13.And finally, during aHarry Potterscene where his character lost a loved one, then-15-year-old Daniel Radcliffe struggled to put himself in Harry’s shoes. To help him learn to act “bereaved,” his costar Gary Oldman “shook” and “screamed at” him.
Daniel toldMTV News , " It ’s kind of arduous to find that level when you ’re 15 . But he get up to me and said , ' Do you mind if we get a moment intense ? ' And then he came toward me . I thought he was run to take for me , but he shook me and screamed at me ! So arduous that when he allow me go , I almost fell . I wanted to go fawn up in a fetal position . And then he said , ' Throw your question back and scream . ' And it work . "
