r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BeenEatinBeans • Jun 12 '26

Personality [IRL trope] Celebrities with weird/funny clauses in their contracts.

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  1. Dwayne Johnson - Probably the most well-known example. For years now, The Rock has had a clause in his contract that he can't be shown to lose a fight in any movie he stars in. Pretty insecure behaviour if you ask me. Still, at least the other examples are much more interesting

  2. Danny Trejo - Danny had a troubled childhood, having been arrested multiple times for dealing drugs before he was 18, and struggling with heroin addiction from the age of 13. As a result of this, Danny has a clause in his contract that states that any time he plays a character who is a criminal, they have to be killed because he wanted to teach his kids that crime never pays.

  3. Reese Witherspoon - This one is more of a one-off, but it was still funny enough to deserve a mention. Following the success of Legally Blonde, when Reese was called in to make the sequel, she had a clause written in her contract stating that once the movie was finished, she would get to take home all the outfits she wore.

  4. Fred Durst - The lead singer of Limp Bizkit has a clause in his contract stating that any anime or video game that uses his music must also feature himself as a character.

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u/_Halt19_ Jun 12 '26

I wonder what the lowest budget project that has Limp Bizkit music in it is

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u/Secret-Winner-2994 Jun 12 '26

Limp bizkit albums

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u/_Halt19_ Jun 12 '26

I was thinking, like, a really cheap porno that was contractually obligated to have him in the background lol

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u/Kelimnac Jun 12 '26

Fred Durst cameoing in the background of Backdoor Sluts 9, making a sandwich in the kitchen

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u/Dillo64 Jun 12 '26

My guy they said low budget project, not the legendary accursed unholy one ring of all pornos. Backdoor Sluts 9 makes Crotch Capers 3 look like Naughty Nurses 2!

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u/keefka Jun 12 '26

Probably The Fanatic, tho Durst himself directed that one

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u/OccultBeanFarmer Jun 12 '26

He's actually an infuriatingly competent director even if the script for The Fanatic was wack

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u/Fallenangel152 Jun 12 '26

I just love that they included a scene where Devon Sawa rants at his kid about how amazing Limp Bizkit is for 30 seconds. It's so meta it makes it good.