Adriana Caselotti , who voice the titulary princess inSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs , was offered a spot on Jack Benny ’s radio show after the film ’s initial departure . However , Walt Disney himself reportedly blocked her from taking the job because he did n’t " desire to spoil the thaumaturgy of Snow White . "
You’ve probably heard rumors about actors putting wild demands into their contracts, but studios have enacted strange rules of their own since the Old Hollywood days.
Here are 15 wild and extreme rules actors have had to follow:
1.According to Annabelle Wallis,Tom Cruisedoesn’t allow his costars to run onscreen with him. However, she convinced him to make an exception for her inThe Mummy.
She told theHollywood Reporter , " He state me no at first . He said , ' Nobody lam onscreen [ with me ] , ' and I enunciate , ' But I ’m a really beneficial runner . ' So I would clock my tread-wheel so that he ’d take the air in and see me run . And then he tot up all these running scenes . So that was it . It was , like , good than an Oscar . I was so happy ! I was so felicitous that I got to run onscreen with Tom Cruise . "
2.During the entire three and a half months it took to filmLincoln, directorSteven Spielbergdidn’t call any of the actors by their actual names. He only referred to them by their characters' names, including callingDaniel Day-Lewis"Mr. President."
Spielberg also wore a courting every day to help immerse himself in the story .
On60 moment , he suppose , " I think that I wanted to get into that role more than anybody else , of being part of that experience . Because we were re - creating a while of account , I did n’t want to take care like the schlubby , baseball game - pileus - wearing twenty-first - century guy . I wanted to be like the shape . "
3.Because of Old Hollywood’s production code, actors playing couplesweren’t allowedto share a bed onscreen, even if their characters were married. The rule also applied to actor couples who were married in real life, such asLucille Balland Desi Arnaz inI Love Lucy.
The strict censoring rules were introduced after Mae West ’s movieI’m No Angelpremiered in 1933 .
4.During production onAvengers: Endgame, Tom Holland wasn’t allowed to see any portion of the script beyond his own lines — not even the names of the characters he was speaking to — because he “has a very difficult time keeping his mouth shut.”
During anAvengers : EndgameIndian Anthemevent in 2019 , codirector Joe Russo said , " He does n’t even have intercourse who he ’s acting face-to-face of . We ’ll just , we utilize , like , very wispy terms to distinguish to him what is happening in the scene . "
5.Bella Thorne claimed that, while she was starring onShake It Up, Disney made her use a higher-pitched voice in interviews because they didn’t think her naturally deeper voice would appeal to young viewers.
She toldHarper ’s Bazaarthat she endured " a mental capacity where you do n’t know who you are " during her time on Disney Channel .
6.During the days of Hollywood’s studio system, Lucille LeSueur’s contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerrequiredher to change her name because they thought her last name was too close to “sewer.” Rather than let her choose, they ran a magazine contest, then bestowed her with the winning name — Joan Crawford.
Shereportedlyhated the name because it sounded like " crayfish " to her .
7.Similarly, Universal arranged for Rock Hudson, who was gay, to marry Phyllis Gates, his agent’s secretary, because the studio “invested a lot of money in Rock, and it was important for his image to remain that of a lady-killer.”
In 1985 , Ken Maley , the actor ’s booster , toldPeoplemagazine , " Rock said the studio apartment set up up the marriage and promote the wedding and the honeymoon . He was very bitter about that . "
8.On the other hand, MGMallegedlyput a clause in Jean Harlow’s contract that forbade her to get married because they thought being a wife would ruin her image as a “bombshell.”
Therefore , she was n’t allow to marry her partner William Powell .
9.Rebel Wilson’sPitch Perfectcontract forbade her to lose or gain more than 10 pounds during her tenure as Fat Amy.
On theCall Her Daddypodcast , she said , " But I had been thinking for a while , like , ' Oh , I want to get healthier . ' And I was stereotype in playing that fat , funny friend , which is so arduous because I love those roles . I love doing the roles . I bed those characters . I did desire to do more things , but I felt like , being the big little girl , you ’re just more pigeonholed . "
10.When Pierce Brosnan played James Bond inGoldeneye, he wasreportedlynot allowed to wear a tuxedo in any other movies.
Reportedly , that ’s why he had to wear down his shirt unfastened and tie undo during the fancy ball scene inThe Thomas Crown Affair .
11.During his time as Jon Snow, Kit Harington’sGame of Thronescontract required him to keep his hair long, which he regretted agreeing to. He felt that he’d screwed himself over after learning that several women on the cast got around similar rules by wearing wigs.
He toldMetro , " I do n’t want the bother of it all , really . If you look a sure way or you have a certain spirit , it dominates what people reckon you are . So I ’ll abridge it off quite soon . As soon as I ’m allowed . "
12.RKO didn’t want Katharine Hepburn to wear pants, which was considered a controversial fashion choice for women at the time, so theyreportedlyconfiscated her jeans from her dressing room.
However , instead of comply by putting on a skirt , she came back to set in her underclothing until they gave her the bloomers back .
13.According to Palak Tiwari, herKisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaancostar Salman Khan has a rule regarding women’s clothing on sets that dictates the height of their necklines because he believes “all the girls should be covered, like good, proper girls.”
She toldSiddharth Kannan,“He ’s a traditionalist … he ’s always like , ' My girls should always be protected . ' If there are men around , whom she does n’t personally know , it ’s not his personal infinite where he does n’t trust everyone , he ’s like , ' The girl should be safe , always . ' "
14.In 1986, Touchstone Picturesguaranteedboth Bette Midler and Shelley Long top billing inOutrageous Fortune. Since both of their names couldn’t come first, the studio decided to give Midler top billing on one side of the US and Long top billing on the other.
Their agents reportedly pass time of day arguing over whose client should get top billing .
However , Long ’s rep distinguish theLos Angeles Times , " Shelley has generously decide not to pursue the top billing as guarantee in her declaration . "
15.And finally, Adriana Caselotti, who voiced the titular princess inSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, wasoffereda spot on Jack Benny’s radio show after the film’s initial release. However, Walt Disney himself reportedly blocked her from taking the job because “that voice can’t be used anywhere.”
Hereportedlysaid , " I do n’t require to spoil the fantasy of Snow White . "
