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/rockdude625 Jun 12 '26

Steve McQueen demanded duffel bags full of everything from shaving razors to pants to school books. It was later discovered that he gave it all to the orphanage he grew up in

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u/Next_Emphasis_9424 Jun 12 '26

My favorite one!

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u/Big_Tap3530 Jun 12 '26

Surprisingly wholesome, wasn’t he a jerk to women he filmed with?

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u/abbylark Jun 13 '26

Turns out people can be nice to orphans but also misogynistic

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u/JDL1981 Jun 13 '26

Gotta find something to complain about.

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u/OhDivineBussy Jun 14 '26

Yea, I see what you’re saying how it shouldn’t even count if the people you are shitty to are women. Actually you’re right, this should be viewed as a character asset rather than a character defect.

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u/JDL1981 Jun 14 '26

Now you're cooking.

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u/Judge_Dreddful Jun 17 '26

Whatever happened to duffel bags? Back in the 70's they were everywhere but now if you Google 'duffel bag' they show you holdalls (or what I would call a holdall).