00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the thespians that were
00:08under the influence of a substance while practicing their craft.
00:15It's perhaps not the first thing the audience thinks about when they watch a movie love
00:27scene.
00:28Do the actors in question feel uncomfortable if their partner in the scene happens to be
00:31married?
00:32Well, Jennifer Lawrence certainly did, during the filming of the science fiction film Passengers.
00:41The actor reportedly was so nervous about shooting her love scene with Chris Pratt, who
00:45was then married to Anna Faris, that she needed a little bit of liquid courage, but not before
00:49taking some drinks and even calling her mother for moral support.
00:55There's a lot for fans to uncover upon subsequent rewatches of David Fincher's adaptation of
01:12Fight Club.
01:13For example, those little clues concerning how the relationship between the narrator of Fight
01:16Club and his compatriot, Tyler Durden, might not exactly be what we think it is, on the
01:22surface.
01:23Meanwhile, the actual, on-set relationship between Edward Norton and Brad Pitt can be seen when
01:26the pair are golfing.
01:34The pair reportedly got along pretty well during production, which led to some drinking, which
01:38eventually led to them shooting golf balls at catering trucks.
01:42Fincher, to his credit, filmed Pitt and Norton, and the rest is history.
01:49It's a cinematic cliché that's well-worn at this point, that a group of women gathering
02:05together to sing and dance all sans the company of their significant others.
02:09Gale time, for lack of a better phrase.
02:11Practical Magic had a good example of this trope, while its 1998 release date ensured that
02:15the bloom wasn't yet off the rose when it came to these sorts of estrogen-fueled shenanigans.
02:28Emphasis on shenanigans, because it's since been revealed within outlets such as People
02:32Magazine that at least Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock were legitimately wasted during the
02:36midnight margarita scene.
02:38As for their co-stars, well, with all of that alcohol flying around, we're willing to bet
02:41that they were also having fun.
03:01We would admittedly not like to remember too much about all of the downtime we had during
03:04the global pandemic a few years ago.
03:06That said, creative types in Hollywood did manage to brainstorm some decent ideas to keep
03:10everybody busy.
03:11Josh Gad's Covid-era look-back at classic movies brought together casts of films like
03:16Splash from 1984.
03:18Director Ron Howard revealed to Gad how John Candy had a chance meet-up with Jack Nicholson
03:22on the way to set one day.
03:30One drink led to another, and the typically reliable Candy shot the racquetball sequence
03:34in Splash severely under the influence.
03:51Speaking of Jack Nicholson, this Hollywood legend is one of the OGs when it comes to performing
03:55a classic scene while enjoying a certain state of mind.
03:59Nicholson's character of George Hanson possesses a fondness for alcohol.
04:02Nicholson also got stoned on screen, which meant that Nicholson did the same.
04:17The actor told Time magazine in 2012 that, quote, he smoked about 155 joints during the
04:24production of Easy Rider.
04:25And you know what?
04:26It certainly shows in the final product.
04:28It looks like a legitimately wild time.
04:32You know what?
04:33Well, I sure could use that.
04:34Yes.
04:35We all love a little bit of bad behaviour sometimes.
04:47Bad Santa is a movie for those kinds of people, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a scandalous mall
04:52Santa Claus with a knack for foul language and even fouler behaviour.
04:56Thornton's performance of a highly inebriated Saint Nick was bolstered by some real-life boozing,
05:01that included both wine and beer before the final take was over.
05:11Bad Santa, as a result, feels like a legitimately scumming movie, anchored by Thornton's sleazeball
05:16character that's just shy of hopeless with a touch of skid row charm left intact.
05:21And since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
05:28Nicolas Cage, leaving Las Vegas.
05:37Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award for Best Actor thanks to this portrayal of a screenwriter
05:41on the brink of self-destruction.
05:43Cage's character of Ben Sanderson has come to Las Vegas with one very specific intention,
05:48to drink a fatal amount of alcohol.
05:50The actor's method approach to this role essentially meant that Cage was going to be
05:54drinking real alcohol during many of the scenes here in leaving Las Vegas.
06:10This included one where Cage freaks out in a casino and is ejected by security, hence why
06:15the end result feels so legitimately crazy and chaotic.
06:35There's always a lot of moving parts behind any movie scene, from complicated setups to
06:39elaborate lighting.
06:40This stress can often go double for sex scenes too, requiring intimacy, coordinators to ensure
06:45that everything is going as smoothly as possible for the actors.
06:48Or, you could do what Margot Robbie did in The Wolf of Wall Street, get liquored up prior
06:52to shooting that big love scene with Leonardo DiCaprio.
07:00Some shots of tequila were reportedly all it took for Robbie to feel comfortable enough to
07:04shoot what we eventually saw on screen, a brave and bold bit of nudity from a young actor
07:08fresh to American cinemas.
07:24We all have that one friend who can convince us to head out on a work night.
07:28Famous people just have famous-er friends than us, and go to parties with even cooler
07:32people who keep them out all night before a movie shoot.
07:35Harry Fisher and Harrison Ford were reportedly hanging out with Monty Python member Eric
07:39Idle and the Rolling Stones prior to shooting their scenes in Cloud City for The Empire Strikes
07:44Back.
07:52Fast forward to Han and Leia's arrival at Lando Calrissian's facility, and you have
07:56two actors who are essentially still feeling the effects of one long crazy evening.
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08:21The Filipino shooting locations of Apocalypse Now weren't exactly the most hospitable for
08:35the cast and crew back in 1979.
08:38Martin Sheen's struggles with substance use disorder were also a big part of the actor's
08:41life during this time, as evidenced by this striking sequence that was shot on Sheen's
08:46birthday.
08:56The actor is heavily intoxicated while filming a scene where his character, Captain Benjamin
09:00L Willard, angrily smashes a mirror and hurts his hand.
09:04This was no special effect, but simply the product of Sheen being legitimately drunk while
09:09shooting the scene.
09:14So, how different do you think these takes could have been had the actors been sober on
09:18set that day?
09:19Let us know your alternate history theories in the comments below.
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