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fidelity (kinds of love)

Tony Stark x Reader

Part Ten of the Kinds of Love Series

Summary:  *wedding march plays*

Characters/Pairings: tony stark x reader, laura barton, clint barton, natahniel barton, lila barton (mentioned), cooper barton (mentioned), nick fury (mentioned), steve rogers (mentioned), natasha romanoff, wanda maximoff (mentioned)

Warnings: pure, unadulterated fluff.

Word Count: 3.033

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Light, airy music trickled in through the ajar window along with the breeze, and you stood, moving to the window as you tried to recognize the tune. An artfully-made archway of light-colored wood had been built on the lawn outside about thirty feet from the house, draped in stark white cotton and blush-colored flowers and delicate wreaths of baby’s breath. There were no chairs – it seemed unnecessary with so few guests invited – just a small table set to the side of the arch to hold the marriage certificate.

Butterflies rose in your midsection.

You returned to the dresser, eyes on the mirror as you applied the finishing touches to your make up. You traced your lips in red, bright against the white of your wedding night lingerie and the robe you wore over it.

“Oh, honey, you look beautiful!” you glanced up, smiling widely at Laura Barton’s reflection behind you. She closed the door quietly behind her as you wrapped the robe around yourself and secured it, three-year-old Nathaniel balanced on her hip and already dressed in his own little button-down and vest.

Laura was wearing a lilac wrap dress, Nate’s tiny fist bunched in the ruffle over her shoulder. She’d tucked her curls over the other shoulder, no doubt to avoid them getting the same treatment. “Mr. Stark isn’t going to know what hit him.”

“Pretty sure he asked you to call him ‘Tony’.”

“And I will,” she smirked crookedly. “As soon as he stops calling me ‘Super-Secret Housewife’.”

You laughed, shaking your head. “I’ll have a word with him.”

“Ooh, you are going to be a wife to be reckoned with,” Laura teased, and the butterflies relaunched.

You grinned, your excitement pulling your mouth too wide. “I’m gonna be a wife.”

Laura gave a little squeak of excitement, juggling Nate to the side to wrap an around you in a hug. She touched a hand to your hair as she pulled away, smoothing a flyaway delicately. “He’s a lucky guy, Y/N.”

“Not as lucky as me,” you replied, squeezing your hands together. “Would I sound like a huge cliché if I said I can’t believe this is really happening?”

“Only as much as I did on my wedding day,” she laughed.

“Laura, thank you so much for all of this.”

You were standing in the master bedroom of the Barton farmhouse, with a garment bag hanging from the wardrobe door and the contents of your make up bag strewn across the top of Laura’s dresser. Your overnight bag sat open on Clint and Laura’s bed.

Tony had tried to convince Ross to lift Clint’s house arrest for your wedding day – set a month before the decoy date that had been leaked to the press once they’d caught wind of your nuptials – but the man hadn’t budged. So, Tony had surprised you with another idea.

He’d called Clint and surprised you with the venue change on the drive last night. He’d dropped you off with a kiss on your cheek and a friendly wave to Clint before he’d driven off to the room he’d booked in the nearest hotel. You’d woken to breakfast on the stove and a gaggle of excited kids running into the guest room to wake you.

Lila had already knocked eagerly on the door to show you her new dress, and you’d heard Clint holler more than once for her and Cooper to stop running down the hall.

“I mean, you barely know either of us, and you’ve done all this…”

“Are you kidding?” she told you, setting Nate down on the bed. “Honey, you’re family! After everything you’ve been through with Clint, and all those times those magic shields of yours have saved his life—”

“—But after everything with the Accords—”

“Families fight, Y/N. You did what you thought was right; Clint was never going to be able to hold that against you. It’s the same thing he was doing. Besides,” she continued with a warm smile. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen him as speechless as he was last night. You might have broken him.”

You snickered, your nerves stirring in your belly again as you heard a car door slam. “Is that Tony?”

“He got here an hour ago.” she said with a shake of her head. “Must be the photographer. I better go show them where to set up.”

“Okay.”

“Nate, no—” she scolded exasperatedly as he tried to climb into your suitcase, fat little fists closing around the heel of your shoe. She scooped him up into her arms before he could bring it to his mouth, giving you a smirk before she moved to leave. “Better get dressed, honey. And no more peeking out the window; you’ll ruin the effect.”

You gave her a mock-salute and a grin. “Yes ma’am.”

You turned to the window as the door closed behind her only to close the blinds before moving to unzip the garment bag. The stark white lace spilled from it, and you ran your fingertips along the pattern gently. Everything seemed so surreal.

“It’s a pretty dress.”

Your breath caught in your throat, and you spun around, eyes wide. “What are you—”

Nat smiled at you from where she stood against the door; one of those warm and familiar, one-sided smiles you’d missed so much over the last year. She was dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, and you couldn’t help but double-take as you took in once-fiery hair now hanging a pale blonde. “Did you really think I’d miss it?”

Her grin widened as you rushed to her, wrapping your arms around her neck. She squeezed you back, her chin tucked over your shoulder. She held onto you for a few long moments before holding you out at arm’s length. Your robe had loosened, and she raised a teasing eyebrow.

“Stark really never really stood a chance against you, did he?”

“You make it sound like I seduced him.”

“Only by being your incredible self.”

“Flatterer.” you said. “What are you doing here? How’d you even find out? Why the hell are you blonde…?”

She chuckled, tucking it behind her ear. “It’s easier to be lost in a crowd when they’re looking for one thing and you happen to be something else. Sometimes the simplest things can do wonders.”

“Do the others know you’re here?”

Nat shook her head. “Plausible deniability in case Ross has any questions. Although, I wouldn’t doubt that Clint has realized it by now.”

“You aren’t going to see him?”

The curve of her smile turned sad. “Don’t want to risk extending his sentence.”

“Then he didn’t tell you we were here. Or about the wedding.”

“Even off the grid we still get the news,” she replied as she stepped past you to sit on the edge of the bed. She touched a hand to the duvet, running her fingers over the material. “And you’ve been all over it. Still, the two of you caught Steve by surprise.”

“We caught each other by surprise, I think.” You said quietly, sitting beside her.

“That’s adorable.”

“Shut up,” you scoffed. “So, we caught Steve. Did we catch you?”

She smiled again, her lips pursing slightly in amusement. “You should be getting ready. Won’t be long before the wedding march starts.”

You snickered, standing and moving to take your dress from its hanger. You turned your back to her as you slipped the robe from your shoulders and went through the motions of slipping on your wedding gown. “So, if Clint isn’t the one who told you, who did?”

“Tony did.” she said simply as she stood, stepping up behind you to begin carefully fastening the many buttons that lined the back of the bodice.

You paused, surprised. “He did? How?”

“Steve sent him a phone. Said if he ever needed us, all he had to do was call.” she explained. “He didn’t tell you?”

You shook your head.

“He told him you needed us,” she continued gently, fingers soft on the back of your dress. You could hear her smile in her voice. “I don’t think it was an easy call for him to make. With his pride, I didn’t think he’d ever call at all.”

“He’s not so proud. He’s just playing pretend.” you said quietly as she stepped back, and you turned to face her. “You were supposed to be my bridesmaid, you know.”

“Who do you have now?”

“I don’t.” you shrugged, a tightness in your throat. “Couldn’t think of anyone else I wanted there with me.”

She touched a hand to your cheek. “You’re a beautiful bride, Y/N.”

You looked down at yourself, smoothing your hands anxiously over the skirt of your dress. You arranged the folds of it carefully around yourself. A simple, understated A-line cut that fell from your waist to flare ever so slightly down to the floor. A slit rose daringly high on one thigh. You ghosted your fingertips over the light corseting at your waist; nervously adjusted the deep cut of the v-neckline. You looked back up at her, biting your lip.

“I’ve missed you.”

“Missed you too,” she replied, warm and honest. “And we’re going to be here. Steve and Wanda and I. We’ll see the whole thing. We wouldn’t miss it.”

You smiled, and you could feel tears well in your eyes. “Thank you.”

“I have something for you,” she continued, as though she’d only just remembered. Hand in her pocket, she took your hand in her other. She looked down, a smile gracing her lips again. “Consider it your something blue. And something borrowed.”

She turned your hand over in hers, pressing a patch into your fingers. It was an Avengers’ ‘A’, and you ran your thumb over the material. “Is this from…?”

“Steve’s uniform.” she nodded. “Guess he wasn’t as ready to give the team up as we thought.”

You grinned, pressing your lips together in hopes that you’d keep your emotions under control. You fumbled for a place to put it for a moment before pulling your skirt aside and tucking it into the thin lace garter halfway up your thigh. Nat chuckled as you straightened.

“You’re coming home, right?”

“Someday.” she said. “World always seems to need saving, doesn’t it?”

***

“You know, Clint, I don’t think you have to escort me all the way from here. I think the edge of the porch is fine.”

Clint grinned widely, offering you the crook of his arm. You took it with a good-natured roll of your eyes, his hand warm and calloused it slid over yours, holding it in place against his forearm. “Can’t have you tripping down the stairs, can we?”

“Once. Once that happened.” you protested with a laugh as he began leading you down the stairs. “And I didn’t break anything, did I?”

“Only ‘cause you fell straight into Bruce.”

“Which I apologized for!” you said, and Clint snickered. Sobering slightly, you gave him a warm smile, squeezing his arm as you came to the foot of the stairs. “You look pretty damn good in a suit, by the way. I’m starting to see how you managed to snag a fox like Laura.”

Clint gave you a lopsided smirk and a laugh. “You don’t look so bad yourself, kid.”

“It’s my wedding day, and you still call me ‘kid’?”

“You could be eighty-three and President of these United States and you’ll still be ‘kid’ to me,” he said affectionately. He bumped his shoulder against yours playfully and you scoffed.

“Yeah? And what would that make you, old man?”

“I would hope your dashing and formidable Vice President,” he teased, and you laughed. He brought you to a stop as you came to the back door; you could just hear the sound of music and light chatter through the wood, warmth and excitement underscoring the conversations you couldn’t quite hear. He turned to face you, clearing his throat and taking your hands in his. “I, uh… I know I haven’t been… exactly…”

“Supportive?”

“There’s a word for it,” he smiled sheepishly, relaxing slightly. “I—”

“Clint, it’s okay,” you assured him. “You don’t have to give me some big speech about how you want me to be happy or how you’ve accepted me being with Tony. You’re here. You let us be here. You’re walking me down the aisle. You’ve said it already.”

“You’re a hell of a lot more eloquent about this shit than I am.”

“Pure talent, Hawkeye.”

“Sure it is, Barricade,” he snickered.

“So,” you smiled, straightening slightly and exhaling. “How ‘bout we go get me married?”

Clint grinned back at you, offering you his arm again and moving to open the door. “Let’s do it, kid.”

***

“You know, I put a lot of thought into what I was going to say today… more so than I would usually put in in any other situation.”

“So, it turns of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkeye throw a pretty good shindig, Tony said with a smile, one hand warm and delightfully possessive on the small of your back. The other was wrapped around your own; his fingertips kept finding the wedding band on your finger, like a tiny, subconscious desire to make sure it was really there. You laughed as he spun the both of you in time with the music; his body was pressed to yours, his lips touching your temple as he spoke in your ear. “Remind me to tell Ygritte they did a good job.”

“You know her name is Laura, right, honey?” Your arms were around his neck, a half-full champagne flute for the each of you in your hands. The stems clinked together with your movements, and you’d surprised even yourself that you hadn’t spilt any yet. You’d tried to tell him that as he’d pulled you into his arms, but he’d shrugged away any worry about potential damage to his tuxedo.

Tony raised an eyebrow at you with a smirk, leaning back enough to take his glass from you. “Not Laura. Her husband.”

“’Ygritte’?”

“Game of Thrones.”

“Ah,” you rolled your eyes with a smile, now empty fingertips playing idly with the hair at the nape of his neck as you sipped your champagne. “I might regret convincing you to watch that one. Your archer references are getting a little too obscure.”

He brushed hair behind your ear with a gentle hand, a light smile on his lips. “Noted.”

“I tend to just say the first thing that comes in my head… most of which is something sarcastic. But I did. I spent a lot of time over the last few weeks… hours… thinking about what it was I was going to say up here, standing here with you in front of all the… in front of some of the most important people in our lives.”

“I don’t think this quite counts as a shindig,” you replied teasingly, sliding your free hand over his shoulder and smoothing the lapel of his suit. “I haven’t seen a single wine barrel, or a bale of hay being used as furniture.”

“Ah, but that would be a hootenanny. Not a shindig.”

“Oh, of course,” you eyerolled with a smile at his scholarly tone. “How silly of me.”

“Always happy to help, Mrs. Stark.”

His lips were in your hair again, and you wanted to melt into his embrace. You settled for returning the gesture and pressing a kiss to his jaw.

“I don’t think I want to be called anything else ever again.” you blushed.

“So, no more ‘sweetheart’?”

“And just like that it turns out I was wrong,” you laughed, slinging your arm around his neck as he captured you in a kiss. It was sweet and loving, tickling with champagne and joy.

“Sweetheart Stark.”

“Great,” you joked. “It’ll sound like you married a stripper.”

“Well, you are really good at—”

“Or a My Little Pony.” you finished pointedly, pinching him by way of teasing reprimand.

“And y’know, everything sounded so cliched and old hat except for the fact that I love you. I can’t think of anything more important and more incredible than that.”

“Hey,” you started slightly as Tony found you again. The two of you had been separated by well-wishing friends; he’d been lured away by best man Rhodey with a bottle of scotch while you had danced with Lila and Cooper. His hand slid over your hip, and you smiled as you leaned back against him, interlacing your fingers with his over your side. The sun was setting, setting the lawn aglow. “What are you looking at?”

You dragged your eyes away from the edge of the Barton land reluctantly, eyes closing as he kissed your forehead. “Nothing. Good day?”

“Happiest.” He said, offering you his glass. “You sure you’re okay?”

“Couldn’t be more perfect.” you grinned warmly from over the rim of the glass. “So, are you going to tell me whether or not Fury was ordained before this wedding?”

“What, do you think he actually told me?”

“You ever gonna let each other go?” Clint called out from where he was sitting on the porch step, grin on his face and Nathanial on his knee.

“Wasn’t planning on it,” Tony called back, pulling you towards him and wrapping his arms around your waist as your back met his chest. You laughed as his lips brushed against your neck, and he rocked the two of you playfully back and forth to the music.

“God, you’re such a dork,” you said, arching your neck back to kiss him. His arms tightened possessively around you it deepened.

“You love it.”

“It might even be the biggest cliché, a guy like me telling a girl like he loves her. But maybe that’s why clichés exist. Because they’re true. Because they’re real. And there is nothing in the world that is more real to me than the way I feel about you. And I really, really love you, Y/N. More than I really thought was ever possible. And at the risk of another cliché, I gotta say, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my damn life with you.”

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Bones: The 5 Best Episodes And 5 Worst (According To IMDb)

Bones covered significant ground in its twelve-year run. As recently as 2017, we saw new episodes from the crime drama, and we're still grieving its loss. While a hit like this show has many episodes that practically glue you to your seat, there were a few others that people didn't much care for. Sometimes we were invested in the crimes, but most often we were invested in the personal lives of the characters. In particular, Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel). While some episodes did a great job of portraying either the cases or the characters, or both, some didn't have as much luck with the audience. Without further ado, here are 5 of the series' best episodes, and 5 of the worst, according to IMDb.

10 Worst: "The Crank In The Shaft" Season 4, Episode 5

For anyone that's ever feared getting stuck in an elevator, this episode is your nightmare times three thousand. A group of people get stuck and even witness a decomposed leg, with the heel still attached, fall through a ceiling panel. Not a good workday. Even by Bones standards, this episode was especially gory with the remains all over the place in the elevator shaft. We'd rate it lowly just based on that; there's only so much gore some of us can take. Nonetheless, for such a gory episode, it has something of an average plotline for the victim and the murderer, which didn't quite live up to the hype of the horror portrayed in the episode's beginning. Plus, the victim wasn't likable at all, which certainly didn't help matters.

9 Best: "The Woman In Limbo" Season 1, Episode 22

One of the highest-rated episodes of the first season, this episode finds Brennan in emotional turmoil as she begins the investigation into her family's past, following the discovery of her missing mother's previously unidentified remains in storage at the Jeffersonian. Old wounds are reopened as Brennan and the team work vigorously to uncover Brennan's mother's cause of death and where she was in the two years following her disappearance.

RELATED: Bones: All Of Brennan's Interns, Ranked

Brennan is reunited with her estranged brother and discovers that her parents were not who she believed they were. The episode ends on a cliffhanger with Brennan's father's message on her answering machine, warning her to stop investigating. This episode gives us all a deep insight into Brennan's difficult childhood and the pain she's held ever since.

8 Worst: "The Money Maker On The Merry-Go-Round" Season 10, Episode 7

There honestly wasn't much for us to care about when it comes to this episode. We were horrified that remains were found under a merry-go-round, something that's supposed to be a beloved experience for children, but beyond that, we weren't too impressed. It wasn't a case that we could get invested in, and there were too many subplots going on. Brennan and Booth spend the duration of the episode discussing how to deal with their young daughter swearing, and Aubrey (a junior FBI agent) and Brennan have a moment where they discuss their struggles with their fathers being criminals. Add in the ridiculous wife of the victim that couldn't tip and we're totally over this episode.

7 Best: "The Nightmare In The Nightmare" Season 11, Episode 22

A serial killer and Bones in danger. Not an unheard-of concept, but this particular episode stands out. For one, "The Puppeteer" lives with his victims' bodies prior to disposing of them. Disturbing on many levels, yes. Though it does pose an interesting psychological study, it's also horrifying in true Bones fashion.

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Meanwhile, Bones deals with her guilt over not catching the killer sooner and soon finds herself in a little over her head. Bones isn't afraid to get gory, deep and disturbing: this episode, as many others do, support that notion. As the series was winding down, they weren't willing to go out without a few bangs in the midst.

6 Worst: "The Boneless Bride In The River" Season 2, Episode 16

No bride should be dead for their wedding. Much less boneless. That in itself is gory. Plus, the plotline to determine what happened to the poor woman is a tad complicated, which may have added to throwing off the audience's interest in the episode. Meanwhile, Brennan struggles with whether or not to join her boyfriend, Sully, on a sailing trip. Now, at the time, Brennan and Booth were in a will-they, won't-they phase that audiences were dedicated to following and they were probably not enthusiastic about the idea of Brennan sailing away and leaving Booth behind. Viewers were hit with too much to process: boneless brides and more Booth and Brennan drama? We need a minute to digest all that.

5 Best: "The Man In The Fallout Shelter" Season 1, Episode 9

Christmas isn't so cheery when the team is quarantined to the lab, effectively derailing everyone's Christmas plans. While the team initially struggles to stay merry, they do continue conducting their investigation and bring peace to the murdered man's girlfriend, now an elderly woman, whom he was going to marry in Paris in the 1950s. Brennan frequently shoots down any Christmastime cheer, but there's a good reason as to why: her parents disappeared just before Christmas, hence instilling bad memories around the holidays for Brennan.

RELATED: 20 Things That Make No Sense About Bones

The fallout? Everyone is cleared just in time to have something of a Christmas after all, proving that Christmas miracles truly do exist (especially when Brennan gives the murdered man's granddaughter a rare penny that he had in his remains that is worth enough money to send her to college).

4 Worst: "The Carrot In The Kudzu" Season 9, Episode 18

A children's television show star is murdered and brought to the lab. This is off-putting in itself; a children's show TV star, murdered? That's like finding Mister Rogers on the autopsy table, and no one wants that. Strike one. Strike two? Turns out the victim played it a little too fast-and-loose in his personal life, cheating with his brother's wife. Gross. It's no mystery as to why this episode wasn't rated too well; too many facts in the episode's plot are against any chance of success. We're happy to skip over this one in binge-watching.

3 Best: "The Doctor In The Photo" Season 6, Episode 9

The usually objective Brennan finds herself seeing double in this explosive Season 6 episode. When a doctor is found in a tree, Brennan has trouble seeing anyone other than herself, especially as she digs further in the doctor's life. No family, no friends, no significant other but a dedicated doctor with plenty of accomplishments.

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This episode is interesting because it shows us that even the most objective of people come across something that they believe are reflections of themselves, and therefore war with their own subjectivity. Not only this, but Brennan's subjectivity actually helps her solve the case, once she allows herself to be subjective, that is. For anyone that's ever been spooked by what could be their doppelganger, then this is the episode for you.

2 Worst: "The Ghost In The Machine" Season 8, Episode 9

While this episode has an interesting point of view (it's from the skull of the deceased), it's the lowest-rated episode of the series on IMDb. While the team attempt to solve the murder of a young teenager named Colin as his skull watches, a psychic (played by '80s pop star Cyndi Lauper) whisks into the Jeffersonian, claiming that the skull was "calling her." Now, it could be the psychic aspect that audiences didn't like. It could be the fact that the story was told from the skeleton's point of view (let's face it, this is a tad creepy even in Bones logic). Whatever the reason, perhaps these elements together were a bit over-the-top and unbelievable, ergo the low rating.

1 Best: "Aliens In A Spaceship" Season 2, Episode 9

This episode was nothing short of emotional or riveting. The episode begins with Brennan trapped in a car underground, alongside a badly injured Hodgins (TJ Thyne). The episode takes us back 48 hours earlier, showing us what led up to their capture, as well as the efforts made by the team to track them down before the two run out of oxygen. Brennan is forced to perform emergency surgery to save Hodgins, and the two put their heads together to get out of their situation, from Brennan hot-wiring the car to send a message to Booth through her phone to the two blowing up the car airbags hoping for freedom. In what they believe may be their last moments, Brennan and Hodgins share tearful exchanges prior to the explosion, something that still tugs at the heartstrings all these years later. This is definitely one of our favorite episodes of the series for that reason.

NEXT: Bones: Where Are They Now?

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17 Behind-The-Scenes Movie Facts That Are So Freakin' Weird, They Sound Made Up

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17 Behind-The-Scenes Movie Facts That Are So Freakin' Weird, They Sound Made Up

Jim Carrey needed CIA torture-endurance training for How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Warner Brothers HATED the original title, Beetlejuice

The studio wanted the title to be House Ghosts (no, seriously). The story goes that director Tim Burton, AS A JOKE, suggested the title Scared Sheetless (Get it? Because ghosts and sheets) as an alternate title, and the studio LOVED the suggestion. To Burton’s horror they tried to change it to that terrible pun, but Burton put his foot down.

Warner Bros.

The filmmakers weren’t convinced Patrick Swayze had a soft side, Ghost

Though he had previously appeared in Dirty Dancing, both the screenwriter and director for Ghost were not completely convinced that Swayze had a genuine “soft side,” given his action-star roles in Road House and Next of Kin. However, that changed after the screenwriter saw Swayze sob over his recently-deceased father in an interview, which convinced him he was capable of showing the emotion required for the role.

Paramount Pictures

Samuel L. Jackson only took the job because of the title, Snakes on a Plane

In the middle of filming, the title for Snakes on a Plane was changed to Pacific Air Flight 121. This is not an uncommon practice in filmmaking, but Samuel L. Jackson INSISTED that they change it back to the original title immediately. He later admitted, “That’s the only reason I took the job: I read the title.”

New Line Cinema

Tom Cruise improvised a famous kiss, Top Gun

Cruise forgot his line after a car chase scene where he was supposed to face-off with Kelly McGillis’ character in a heated argument about her treatment of him, so he kissed her instead. This improvised kiss stayed in the final cut, and ended up becoming one of the movie’s most iconic moments.

Paramount Pictures

Tina Fey’s mom inspired one of Regina George’s quips, Mean Girls

In an interview Fey said, “My mom has this habit that if she sees a lady in a really ugly hat or a glittery sweatshirt, she’ll go, ‘I love your shirt’ and I’ll say, ‘Mom, that’s really mean.’ And she’ll say, ‘clearly she wanted someone to notice that shirt. She picked it out. It has a huge teddy bear on it!’” This habit was so mean, Fey decided it would 100% be something Regina George would do.

Paramount Pictures

Ridley Scott’s children appeared in the movie so as to make the set look bigger, Alien

When the crew first discovers the massive “Space Jokey” in the film, the reason it looks so big in comparison to them is because it was actually Scott’s pre-teen children in the spacesuits. Apparently, the production company originally wanted to cut the scene because they believed it would be too expensive to create the towering structure, so Scott got crafty to create the illusion.

20th Century Fox

Stanley Kubrick banned Tom Cruise from the set to make him jealous, Eyes Wide Shut

In order to instill a genuine sense of jealousy in Cruise during shooting, Kubrick banned him from set all six days his then-wife, Nicole Kidman, was shooting her sex scene with a young male model. Kubrick also barred Kidman from discussing the scene with Cruise to create further tension between the characters.

Warner Bros.

One line saved the production $150,000, The Big Lebowski

The Rolling Stone’s “Dead Flowers” plays over the credits of the movie; however, Allen Klein, the Rolling Stone’s manager, demanded the movie pay them $150,000 for use of the song. This changed after Klein saw a screening of the film and allegedly stood up after The Dude’s line, “I hate the fucking Eagles, man” and declared, “That’s it! You can have the song.”

Working Title Films

in Diesel had a fake Dungeons and Dragons tattoo put on him because he loves D & D, xXx

Vin Diesel is obsessed with the role-playing adventure game Dungeons and Dragons, and has stated multiple times that he’s played the game for 20+ years. So, as an acknowledgement of this dedication, he had a HUGE fake tattoo of his D & D character’s name, “Melkor,” on his lower abdomen as a part of his MANY fake tattoos during the filming of this action flick.

Columbia Pictures

Alex only has a pet snake because the actor was terrified of them, A Clockwork Orange

Director Stanley Kubrick was infamous for making actors as uncomfortable as possible on set in hopes of getting their most authentic performance (see #5 on this list alone), and his most controversial movie was no exception. When he found out actor Malcom McDowell had a paralyzing fear of reptiles, he decided (for absolutely no reason given, as it was not a part of the book or original script) to give his character Alex a pet snake.

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Jim Carrey needed torture-endurance training because the make-up was too much, How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Carrey noted that the make-up took eight-and-a-half hours to complete and felt like “being buried alive.” He stated that, after the first exhausting day of shooting, he walked into his trailer, put his “leg through the wall” in anger, and told director Ron Howard he couldn’t do the movie. In disaster relief mode, producer Brian Grazer came up with the idea of hiring a gentleman who trained CIA operatives how to endure torture to help Carrey deal with the make-up. “And that’s how I got through The Grinch,” Carrey stated.

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Benicio Del Toro’s persistent farts made for an iconic moment, The Usual Suspects

One of the most iconic scenes in cinema came from a completely improvised, almost comically childish moment between a group of grown-ass men. In an interview on the Special Edition DVD for the movie, Kevin Pollak stated that the laughter in the famous line-up sequence was completely genuine and unscripted, and started when Del Toro “farted, like, 12 times in a row” as soon as they walked out. The director liked it so much, he ended up choosing that take over all the super-serious ones.

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Sean Connery had his wrist broken by an intense (and, now, infamous) instructor, Never Say Never Again

In the midst of filming the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, Connery was taking intensive martial arts classes for the role. In the process, Connery ended up actually breaking his wrist when the instructor went a little TOO hard on him. The instructor? Oh, it was Steven Seagal.

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Mandy Patinkin’s personal tragedy gave way to an iconic performance, The Princess Bride

When director Rob Reiner gave Patinkin the script for The Princess Bride, he gave him his pick of the litter as far as which character he’d like to play. After finishing the script, Patinkin knew he wanted to play Inigo Montoya, a bumbling pirate on a desperate revenge-fueled search for “the six-fingered man” who killed his father. Patinkin admitted that he identified with the character, having lost his own father early to cancer. In the moment his character finally kills the six-fingered man, Patinkin admitted his passionate delivery of the line came from his pretending he had actually destroyed the cancer that killed his father.

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Sigourney Weaver made the “impossible” basketball shot for real, Alien Resurrection

In case you ever question if Weaver is truly as badass IRL as she is in all of her movies, just take a seat for this one. In the script for the fourth Alien movie, she was required to throw a basketball behind her into the net, without ever looking. While the production team had completely planned on using CGI for the trick, they still needed to film her throwing it…and she ACTUALLY MADE IT IN. TBH, the smile on Ron Perlman’s face tells the whole story.

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The director had to prove in court that the actors were still alive, Cannibal Holocaust

One of the first films ever to utilize the mockumentary style, this 1980 gore-fest follows a group of people to the Amazon where things go horrifically wrong. The movie was so realistic, many believed it was actually a snuff film, and that the deaths depicted happened IRL. It also didn’t help that the actors had signed a contract, agreeing not to appear in the media for one full year to maintain the realness. The movie was confiscated a mere 10 days after its premiere, and the director was forced to appear in an Italian court with the actors to prove it was all fake, breaking their contract.

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