7 Celebs Who Took Film Roles For Uncommon Causes

Learn on to find why these actors accepted these roles…

1. Matthew McConaughey

Again within the early 2000s when Matthew McConaughey was contemplating if he ought to tackle his function in “The best way to Lose a Man in 10 Days,” he says he consulted with a fortune teller. He defined that he was on a stroll one evening on Sundown Boulevard when a psychic approached him with a message.

“This man comes up out of nowhere to me — he was a fortune teller guru [and] goes, ‘Can I let you know your fortune actual fast?’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, man. Certain.’ He instantly goes, ‘There is a film you are contemplating proper now. It’s a romantic comedy. It’s important to do that or it is going to be one of many greatest regrets of your life. It’ll be a blast, it’ll be an unbelievable expertise and it’ll make a bunch of cash,’” Matthew instructed Vanity Fair.

Whereas he thought the studio could have employed the person, it ended up making him significantly think about the function and he accepted it the subsequent day.

2. Vin Diesel

Again in 2006, Vin Diesel was requested to make a visitor look in “The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift.” On the time, Vin determined to make an unusual deal with Common Footage. As a substitute of getting paid for the looks, Vin requested if the studio would give him the rights to his “Pitch Black” character, Riddick. When Common agreed, Vin stated he would make the looks.

3. Bruce Willis

“Associates” followers in all probability keep in mind Bruce Willis’ visitor starring spot on the hit sitcom, but it surely seems he took the gig as a part of a guess. Matthew Perry defined that after assembly Bruce on the set of “The Complete 9 Yards,” the buddies positioned a guess on whether or not the film could be a success. Bruce wasn’t so certain the film would make it huge so Matthew wagered that if the movie was successful, Bruce must seem on “Associates.” When the movie was a success, Bruce headed to the “Associates” set.

“Bruce hadn’t been certain the movie would work in any respect, and I would guess him it could — if he misplaced, he needed to do a visitor spot on ‘Associates,’” Matthew wrote in his memoir, “Associates, Lovers, and the Large Horrible Factor.”

4. Richard Harris

Earlier than Richard Harris’ passing, he appeared in two “Harry Potter” movies as Dumbledore. It seems that he had initially declined the function fairly a number of occasions as a result of he did not wish to decide to all of the sequels. He ultimately agreed to hitch the forged however solely as a result of his granddaughter insisted he needed to settle for the function.

“She stated, ‘Papa, I hear you are not going to be within the ‘Harry Potter’ film’, and she or he stated, ‘In the event you do not play Dumbledore then I’ll by no means converse to you once more,’” Richard instructed Zap2it.

5. Invoice Burr

Invoice Burr has spent a whole lot of time hating on “Star Wars” in his standup act, however that is truly what landed him a task in “The Mandalorian.” When he was approached by director Jon Favreau, he defined that the truth that he’s all the time teased “Star Wars” followers is what would make the function even higher.

“I went to Mike Binder’s party, and Jon was there, and he stated, ‘Hey, we’re penning this factor. We type of have you ever in thoughts. Do you wish to do it?’ And I stated, ‘I do not know, Jon. I’ve teased Star Wars individuals rather a lot.’ He goes, ‘I do know. I take heed to the podcast rather a lot. I feel it could be humorous should you obtained in it,’ My spouse was kicking me underneath the desk, and I used to be like, ‘All proper, I will do it,’” Jon stated on the “Your Mom’s House” podcast.

6. Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone was primarily tricked into taking up his function in “Cease! Or My Mother Will Shoot,” a film he later known as “one of many worst movies in the complete photo voltaic system.” On the time, Sylvester was feuding with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was initially supplied the function within the movie. After studying the script and seeing how unhealthy it was, he turned it down — however determined to see if he might trick Sylvester into signing on. Sylvester jumped on the alternative to do the movie earlier than he even realized how unhealthy it was.

“So I went in — this was throughout our warfare — I stated to myself, I’ll leak out that I’ve large curiosity. I understand how it really works in Hollywood. I might then ask for some huge cash. So then they’d say, ‘Let’s go give it to Sly. Perhaps we will get him for cheaper.’ So that they instructed Sly, ‘Schwarzenegger’s . Here is the press clippings. He is talked about that. If you wish to seize that one away from him, that’s out there.’ And he went for it! He completely went for it. Every week later, I heard about it, ‘Sly is signing now to do that film.’ And I stated, [pumps fist] ‘Sure!’” Arnold said throughout Past Fest 2017.

7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was supplied a task in “Airplane!” he had a particular request about his wage. His agent stated that he wanted to be paid $35,000 in order that he might buy a specialty rug he wished. The payment wasn’t rather more than the studio had deliberate for so that they agreed.

“After we supplied the function [of Murdock] to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I feel we supplied him $30,000, after which the agent requested for $35,000 as a result of that is how a lot this rug value that Kareem wished to purchase. It was an oriental rug — an artwork piece, not one to stroll on, I do not suppose — so our preliminary response was, ‘That is obtained to be one of the best line we have ever heard from an agent.’ It was like, ‘Boy, this man’s actually inventive!’ However then a few weeks later, there’s an article in Time with an image of Kareem standing in entrance of the oriental rug that he’d purchased for $35,000 after we would paid him,” director Jerry Zucker instructed AV Club.