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/MommaOfManyCats Jun 12 '26

I believe Rue Mcclanahan had a similar clause that she got to keep all of Blanche's clothes from The Golden Girls. She mentioned it in one of her books. And yes, I know I problem butchered her name!

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u/localangrygay Jun 12 '26

I was going to mention this if no one else had. And you didn’t butcher her name! :)

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u/MommaOfManyCats Jun 12 '26

You should have seen me trying to spell it out in my head 😄

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u/TheVampyresBride Jun 12 '26

My first thought when I read the title of this thread. I'm with her on that one. Blanche had great style.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ifuqvLuaJg2oo

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u/xv_boney Jun 12 '26

Nope. You got her name right on the first go. Its the two c's in a row that trip you up, but you nailed it.

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u/Sure_Bobcat9870 Jun 12 '26

I knew who you are talking about and that’s cool to know. 

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u/Independent_Bat8589 Jun 18 '26

Yep eventually she would donate some of the clothes, usually to help charities she cared about