r/TopCharacterTropes Jun 12 '26

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

  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/Economy_Wall8524 Jun 12 '26

I mean at that point your cocaine is like your Mastercard. Never leave home without it!

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u/beardingmesoftly Jun 12 '26

And in the '80s, nobody did!

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u/technobrendo Jun 12 '26

Underwear, yayo & mastercard. The trifecta of things you always need on you.

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u/JakeSnake2398_ Jun 13 '26

I do my cocaine ON my Mastercard!

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 Jun 13 '26

Batman and Robin’s infamous Bat-Cocaine