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Mr. T’s trademark gold neck chains…

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022Weirdo

Mr. T‘s trademark gold neck chains and jewelry was the result of customers losing the items or leaving them after a fight at the nightclub where Mr T. worked as a bouncer. A banned customer could return to claim his property from Mr. T wearing it conspicuously right out front.

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Soup Nazi

February 10, 2022Weirdo

Actor Larry Thomas was paid $2,610.00 for playing the “Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld but since then has earned his living from autograph shows, personal appearances and Cameo.

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Vin Diesel founded a game studio…

October 25, 2021Weirdo

Vin Diesel founded a game studio which has a focus on creating games featuring Vin Diesel.

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Instead of taking their usual salaries…

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021Weirdo

Instead of taking their usual salaries for “Twins”, Schwarzenegger and DeVito both agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film’s box office returns which resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers ( movie made $216 million worldwide).

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When Steve Buscemi was 4-years-old…

August 9, 2021Weirdo

When Steve Buscemi was 4-years-old he was hit by a bus and managed to survive with a fractured skull. He received a $6,000 settlement from the city that was to be collected from a trust fund when he turned 18. When Buscemi turned 18, he used part of the money to pay for full-time acting classes.

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For the first Superman movie…

July 21, 2021Weirdo

For the first Superman movie, producers wanted Christopher Reeve to wear fake muscles under his suit but he refused. He instead went on an intense training program adding 30lbs of muscle to his thin 189lb frame. He got so big they had to reshoot earlier scenes as they didnt match later shots.

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Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low…

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021Weirdo

Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low budget of only $1.9 million. Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd received only $35k for the film while Scorsese received only $65k. Despite the low budget, it went on to receive 4 nominations at the 1977 Academy Awards.

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Dan Grimaldi, who is best known…

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021Weirdo

Dan Grimaldi, who is best known for playing Patsy Parisi on “The Sopranos”, teaches in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Kingsborough Community College, as he has degrees in mathematics, operations research and data processing.

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Actor Dorian Harewood (Eightball)…

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021Weirdo

Actor Dorian Harewood (Eightball) in Full Metal Jacket asked for more money when Kubrick inevitably needed more time on the contract. Dorian asked for more money and Kubrick was furious and killed him off — in the movie. Kubrick had him laying on the cold ground for hours and riddled him with bullets.

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Following Bruce Lee’s death in 1973…

June 23, 2021Weirdo

Following Bruce Lee’s death in 1973, a series of “Brucesploitation” movies got released starring look-alike actors to capitalize on the late star’s fame. The actors had names such as Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Brute Lee, and Bruce Lie.

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