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Some scenes weren't worth the paycheck... Join us as we explore moments that left actors with serious regrets! From uncomfortable intimate scenes to dangerous stunts and degrading roles, these Hollywood stars wish they could erase these controversial moments from their filmography. Which scene do you think was the most regrettable?
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00:00It just felt wrong, so wrong on every level, because Dan Rupert and I are so much siblings.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 controversial
00:13scenes that actors regret doing. The superstar speaking out now against the violence
00:18portrayed in the film, saying there's just too much of it.
00:2110. Kurt Russell, The Hateful Eight
00:26Coming into 2015's The Hateful Eight, Jennifer Jason Leigh couldn't play the guitar. But when she was
00:41asked to play one for a scene, she learned on a vintage one from the 1800s that was lent to them
00:47from the Pennsylvania Martin Guitar Museum. Leigh was probably scared and delighted by the honor.
00:53Then, after all that learning, she was ready to shoot the scene, and then
00:57Kurt Russell grabbed the instrument and turned it into splinters. Yikes.
01:12The legendary actor didn't know it was the real Gibson at the time.
01:16He assumed it was a prop. Instead, Russell just destroyed a $40,000-worth piece of musical
01:23history. Unsurprisingly, the museum decided not to rent out its artifacts to studios anymore.
01:29And he said, what do you think? And I said, it's beautiful. And he said, well, I'd love you to
01:33sing it and play guitar. Do you play guitar? And I said, no.
01:389. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
01:442015's Fifty Shades of Grey launched a franchise, giving Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan their
01:54big breaks. As such, you might assume that they look back fondly on the experience. Some
01:59parts, maybe. Others, not so much. And of course, we're referring to the explicit scenes. Johnson
02:06spoke about how tedious filming those moments were, and that she and Dornan spent hours simulating
02:12the adult act, being very bored. Other times, Johnson found the experience awkward.
02:26Dornan has also described shooting those scenes as uncomfortable and had to apologize to Johnson
02:31regularly. In 2022, Johnson spoke candidly about the chaos behind the scenes as source author E.L.
02:38James meddled in the production, changing the film she had first agreed to. Years after her
02:44breakout role in the first film in the trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Dakota confesses she, quote,
02:49signed up to do a very different version of the film we ended up making.
02:528. Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer
02:58This scene is not controversial in the classic sense of what we see on screen. Instead, it's
03:10to do with the terrible situation behind the scenes that nearly caused the performer Jessica
03:14Alba to walk away from the industry. When shooting 2007's Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer,
03:22Alba's Sue Storm was fatally stabbed and had intense moments with her family before passing
03:28away.
03:37According to the actor, the director Tim Story told Alba that her acting was too realistic
03:42and asked her to be prettier when she cries. Yikes, misogyny. Story then asked her to make
03:49her face flat and they'll add in tears with CGI. Yep, that's what an actor wants. Not to
03:56react, but let a computer do it.
04:037. Rupert Grintz and Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
04:12After starring in the first Harry Potter film in 2001, launching a franchise, and developing
04:26lifelong friendships with each other, the time had finally come for Emma Watson's Hermione
04:31and Rupert Grintz's Ron to kiss for 2011's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
04:38And both performers hated it. On top of having a bucket of water chucked at them just before,
04:48the duo felt more like relatives after growing up together. So you can imagine playing tonsil
04:53hockey would be pretty awkward with that perception. And it probably didn't help that the cast,
04:58crew, and Daniel Radcliffe, for some reason, were really eager to be on set to watch the
05:03smooch be recorded.
05:046. Jenny Agater, Walkabout
05:22Known today for her work on the TV show Call the Midwife back in 1971, Jenny Agater was in the film
05:29Walkabout that's often considered a must-watch production by critics. Playing the lead in the
05:34Australian-based flick, several scenes involved Agater going au naturel as director Nicholas Roeg
05:41wanted to create a Garden of Eden imagery.
05:43It is the Garden of Eden. It is being able to go back. It is, you know, before one says, you know,
05:49why am I naked? It is that time when everything is open and it's beautiful. It should be beautiful.
05:55The problem, especially today, was that Agater had just turned 16 during filming. The actor has stated
06:01she doesn't regret the scene per se. Instead, Agater views it as the innocent depiction of being
06:07clothesless. But she does regret social media jumping on the moments and turning them into a darker,
06:13seedier aspect than the original intention.
06:17Put your shirt on.
06:19He hasn't got his shirt on.
06:21He hasn't got a shirt.
06:23He can have mine.
06:255. Seth Rogen, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
06:29In recent years, there are probably a few movies Seth Rogen regrets, mostly the ones involving
06:39the controversial James Franco. But a particular scene from one of his most famous roles has haunted
06:45him, that being from 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The controversial moment is when Rogen's
06:51Cal and Paul Rudd's David are playing video games and bantering about how they know the other is gay.
06:57In an interview with GQ in 2019, Rogen mentioned that people who had seen the scene had spoken to
07:03him and stated it made them feel terrible, as everyone laughed at it in the cinema. This resonated
07:09with the actor, as it's the last thing he wanted.
07:114. George Reeves, Superman and the Mole Men
07:19After Superman burst onto the live-action landscape in 1948, George Reeves was handed the titular role in 1951's
07:33Superman and the Mole Men. And even back then, apparently, kids tried to replicate what they saw on the screen.
07:39In the film, Supes is shot by a baddie, but of course, it does no damage.
07:57According to legend, when Reeves was doing promotional work in character, a boy approached him with a loaded firearm to see if he was bulletproof.
08:03Thankfully, the actor managed to talk the kid out of the experiment by claiming the bullet would have bounced off of him but hurt those around him.
08:11Reeves then began a campaign for firearm safety to make sure that didn't happen again.
08:173. Elliot Page, Juno
08:27Sometimes, moments in film age well and can be enjoyed decades later. Others age like already expired milk left outside in the hot sun.
08:39And this moment from 2007's Juno is definitely the latter, especially in lead Elliot Page's view.
08:46The scene involves Jason Bateman's Mark Loring suggesting Madison as a name for the baby he's getting from Juno.
08:53Only for the teen to question it, as the name soundsā¦
08:56Isn't that, like, a littleā¦ gay?
09:01Page said in interviews that the comment didn't register at the time.
09:04But looking back at it and other films he loved, many were littered with homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia.
09:12Page wanted to do better.
09:13When he's since done script readings for Juno, Page has skipped over the uncomfortable line.
09:19You're mad? Why are you mad?
09:20I'm not mad. I'm in a great mood.
09:232. Jim Carrey, Kick-Ass 2
09:27Okay, well, when I found you guys online, you were all swapping these awesome origin stories.
09:31I mean, Colonel, you're ex-mafia, for Christ's sake.
09:33Yo, don't take the Lord's name in vain.
09:36Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, 2013's Kick-Ass 2 was an action-packed flick that pushed its violence to the forefront.
09:44And for some, it was too much, including one of its stars, Jim Carrey.
09:49Playing Sal Bertolini, also known as the bat-wielding vigilante Colonel Stars and Stripes, he had some pretty intense scenes,
09:57especially his demise at Mother Russia's hands.
10:00Is this how you thought you'd die, Sal? Dressed like an idiot?
10:05But upon its release, Carrey distanced himself from the production he filmed a month before the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack.
10:12The tragic event made the comedian and actor change his opinion on graphic movies.
10:17Nearing its general release, Carrey tweeted his displeasure at the violence in the film and that he couldn't support it in good conscience.
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10:52One gesture in one film scene has overshadowed Sharon Stone's career for decades, and all because of a massive lie.
11:10The moment we're referring to is the infamous leg cross during the interrogation scene in 1992's Basic Instinct, which immediately went down in folklore.
11:21After being forced to not wear anything underneath, Stone was told by director Paul Verhoeven that nothing graphic would be seen.
11:28However, she was horrified when she saw the scene for the first time in the cinema.
11:33On top of telling Verhoeven he should have shown her the incident privately to check if it was okay, Stone slapped Verhoeven for his deception.
11:40In 2021, the actor continued her opposition by slating the anniversary director's XXX cut of Basic Instinct.
11:48That's pretty cold, ain't it lady?
11:50I'm a writer, I use people for what I write.
11:53Let the world beware.
11:54Did we miss any?
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