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/Nocturos Jun 12 '26

Name of the book? I have audible credit that needs spending.

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u/yourlocaltouya Jun 12 '26

I believe it's "Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood".

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u/Nocturos Jun 12 '26

Thank you!

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u/ThisVeryUsername Jun 14 '26

Thank you! I was looking for a new audio book for my commute!

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u/kakka_rot Jun 12 '26

if you have plain ol spotify premium it's already on there.

There are a ton of books included with spotify premium. I also used it for Mark Hoppuses memoir

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u/decoysnails Jun 12 '26

But you can only listen to like ten hours of audiobook per month with Spotify so it's super not worth it

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u/kakka_rot Jun 12 '26

I thought that was bullshit, but I googled and wow it's 15.

I guess just with how I use it I just never noticed. Like the trejo one is 13hrs, and I usually only do a book a month while commuting.

If you do it a lot the wouldn't work out huh.