During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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Johnny Depp travels with his Capt. Jack Sparrow costume to make impromptu visits to sick kids in hospitals.
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Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover, but she declined because the screenplay "had no potential".
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Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume and nobody noticed.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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Bill Murray was arrested in 1970 for trying to smuggle 10lbs of Marijuana during his 20th Birthday.
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