Top 10 Crazy Actor Contract Demands

Vin Diesel, The Rock & Jason Statham
The “Fast & Furious” franchise features plenty of fight scenes, but some of them are more strictly negotiated than you would imagine. That’s because three of the action stars who have appeared in the series, Vin Diesel, Dawyne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham all have stipulations in their contracts that put limitations on how bad of a beating they can take on screen. Considering they’re often fighting against one another, it makes things pretty tricky. Johnson said to USA today, “It’s not always easy being an alpha. And it’s two alphas.”

Gary Busey
Gary Busey starred in the 2003 film “Quigley,”in which he played a man who was reincarnated as a pomeranian. If you haven’t heard of it, we’ll give you a pass because it wasn’t exactly well received. There’s one scene in the film that is supposed to take place in heaven, but when he arrived on set Busey demanded that they restage it. Why? Because according to Busey, he had already died and gone to heaven in real life, and he could report that there we

Paris Hilton
Considering her high class tastes and high maintenance reputation, it will probably come as no surprise that Paris Hilton has made some outlandish rider requests in her day. When she was supposed to make a cameo appearance playing herself in the 2010 comedy flick “The Other Guys,” she allegedly made a three page list of requests which caused her to be booted from the production. The list included Grey Goose vodka and for live lobsters to be brought to her whenever she wanted them. Think there’s a chance she just didn’t want to be in the movie?

Will Smith
We know that some stars have pretty lavish trailers when they’re filming a movie, especially when they’re shooting far from home. But Will Smith really took it to the next level when he was filming “Men in Black 3” in New York City. He received a massive two story, 1,150 square foot two bedroom trailer which was valued at approximately $2 million, but that wasn’t enough. He also needed an extra trailer just for his workout equipment. Yup, that’s right, he couldn’t manage to squeeze any exercise into the first one! Not only that, he was also renting a five bedroom apartment nearby.

Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis may have taken home a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Abraham Lincoln in 2012’s biopic “Lincoln,” but it sure was a long road to get there. The actor had numerous requests on set to accommodate the fact that he wanted to be in character at all times. He allegedly didn’t break character for three whole months and requested that everyone (even director Steven Spielberg) call him Mr. Lincoln. He also forbade anyone with a British accent from talking to him because it would “throw off” his method.

Eddie Murphy
When Eddie Murphy shoots a movie, he likes to feel fresh. And that includes wearing a new pair of underwear and socks every day. That doesn’t seem too unreasonable, right? Let us clarify, we mean BRAND new, like with the tags on. Allegedly he wears everything once and throws it away rather than washing and reusing it, you know, like a normal person. Let’s just say in this day and age where we’re all trying to be a big more ecologically conscious he might consider putting a stop to these wasteful habits!

Justin Timberlake
We get it - celebrities need their privacy and don’t want to bump into fans while they’re walking to the ice machine in their bathrobe. Ok, they probably have people for that. But Justin Timberlake allegedly took it to the next level when he requested that he have an entire floor of a hotel without any other guests on it. When he stayed at New Orleans’ Windsor Court Hotel he reportedly also asked the staff to clean his doorknobs every two hours. We can understand being a bit germaphobic, but that’s a little much!

Will Ferrell
We know Will Ferrell has a good sense of humor, but did you know that it translates to his riders as well? People don’t usually advocate making jokes in legal documents, but we can’t imagine this was anything other than something to make the lawyers laugh. When he was working on “Semi-Pro,” Ferrell asked for one rainbow on wheels, stipulating that it could be painted on canvas as well as a 15-20 foot tall fake tree and a “Janet Jackson style” headset microphone. What was this all for? Perhaps we’ll never know...

Barbra Streisand
Some requests seem so bizarre that they can’t possibly be true, but hey all rumors start somewhere! Barbra Streisand is one of the best known divas out there, and has made a lot of requests to back up her reputation. She has asked for rose petals in her toilets, designer lamps and towels, but most notably, she asked for a specific shade of toilet paper to match the color of her skin. Does such a thing even exist? Have we been missing out on colored toilet paper all these years? What does Babs know that we don’t?

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is known for doing his own stunts, but after you learn this factoid, you may look at his plane jumps and building climbs a little bit differently. Cruise allegedly needs a very particular type of undergarment in order to perform those death defying stunts: a thong. He requests that there be up to 50 “soft, stretchy” thongs on set when he has to do action sequences because they reportedly improve his flexibility. Hey, it kind of makes sense! Slightly less sensational is the fact that Cruise actually insisted on hiring his own screenwriter when working on 2017’s “The Mummy.”