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It LOTR, the scene where Viggo Mortensen kicks the helmet near a pile of orcs, he actually screams so hard because he broke two toes. They actually used the footage in the movie.
When Bon Scott of AC/DC first saw Brian Johnson, his eventual replacement, perform, he told the boys in AC/DC how great he was because he was on the floor kicking and screaming. Little did he know that Brian was on the floor kicking and screaming because he had an appendicitis.
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Night terrors are only experienced in adulthood by less than 1% of the population. When a night terror happens, it is typical for a person to wake up screaming and kicking. The person may even run out of the house which can then lead to violent actions and even death.
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Viggo Mortensen, during filming of the scene in The Two Towers which Aragorn kicks an Uruk helmet, has broke 2 of his toes and that shot made it into the film with his real scream.
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"Lambeth Walk - Nazi Style", a parody of the propaganda movie Triumph of The Will, showing German soldiers apparently goose-stepping to The Lambeth Walk. Reportedly, Joseph Goebbels was so enraged after watching it, he ran out of his room, kicking chairs and screaming profanities.
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When Viggo Mortensen kick the helmet in the Two Tower's "Merry and Pippin's fate" scene, he actually broke his toes and screams from the pain.
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During the filming of "Kicking and Screaming," Mike Ditka's hip replacement popped out. He had a medic pop it back in, took some Advil, and continued filming.
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In LOTR: The Two Towers when Aragorn angrily kicks a helmet, Viggo Mortensen actually broke two toes. But because he's such a bad-ass he did another take without letting on about his injury. That's the one used, and the scream of pure agony is genuine.
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Aragorn in Lord of the Rings broke two toes kicking a helmet while filming a scene and they kept the footage of him screaming in agony in the movie.
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In LOTR, the scene where Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) believes Merry and Pippin are dead and kicks the helmet near a pile of orcs, his scream of grief is actually one of excruciating pain from breaking two toes. He played it off well enough, and Peter Jackson used the take for the scene.
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David Bowie had to do the vocals for the baby in "Magic Dance" because, as he explains, "it wouldn't work for me. I kicked it, I did everything to make it scream, but it wouldn't. It really buttoned its lips, so I ended up doing the gurgles, so I'm the baby on that track."
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Lord of the Rings: The scene where Viggo TIL Mortensen kicks the helmet near a pile of orcs, he actually screams so hard because he broke two toes. They actually used the footage in the movie.
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Bob Dylan's son, Jesse directed the 2005 film, Kicking and Screaming.
Producer Jason Blum got his first film made with Steve Martin's name. Martin, a family friend, wrote a letter endorsing the script for 'Kicking and Screaming', written by his college roommate. Blum attached the letter to copies of the script he sent to Hollywood executives to get financing. - source
English football team, Aston Villa, refused to give a Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 after being advised to by the Football Associaton. In their next game they gave a two-finger salute. The crowd went crazy; they didn't know what it meant. (Source: Kicking and Screaming, Rogan Taylor, 1998) - source
The guy who played Toby on 'The Office' never wanted to be an actor on the series, so they had to "drag him kicking and screaming" because an NBC exec thought he was hilarious
