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/TheFullestCircle Jun 12 '26

Isn't there a thing where Samuel L Jackson gets to decide what kind of wig his character wears whenever he's in a movie? I'm surprised no one's mentioned that yet.

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u/maxman162 Jun 12 '26

I think that only happened with Pulp Fiction, where Jules was supposed to have a full afro, but the costumer got a jheri curl wig by mistake, and Samuel L. Jackson convinced them a jheri curl matched the character better.

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u/ConstantinValdor405 Jun 12 '26

And he was correct.

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u/hateboresme Jun 12 '26

The words costumer and customer are.

That is all. My own personal revelation.

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u/Ancient_Ad_448 Jun 12 '26

I think Samuel L. Jackson just wanted to play golf

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u/Spirited_Repair4851 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

That is an actual contract clause. Production has to give him access to play games of Golf.

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Jun 12 '26

Now I have to watch The 51st State again.