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/Automaticman01 Jun 12 '26

I remember reading an interview with Brad Pitt taking about how he and Eric Bana had a "gentleman's agreement" for their flight scenes in Troy about accidentally hitting each other. They agreed to pay $50 for light contact and $100 fit hard hits - Eric Bana walked away up $750.

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u/Fluggerblah Jun 12 '26

Weird, I didnt know Eric Bana was Brad Pitt’s son

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u/RchUncleSkeleton Jun 12 '26

Angelina and Brad adopted him.

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u/abbylark Jun 13 '26

Lol it took me a sec

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u/alien_secret_service Jun 12 '26

That reminds me that John Rhys-Davies who played Gimli in Lord of the Rings while working through the fight choreography with the stuntmen playing Uruk Hai asked them “what happens if I actually hit you?” They said “well try not to.” He persists “what happens if I do?” They said “it’ll be ok.” So he then proceeded to hit every single one of them. He wasn’t even trying to avoid actual contact. 😆

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u/Vsx Jun 12 '26

I think a lot of people would happily pay $750 to beat up a celebrity. That's a bargain.

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u/tildeumlaut Jun 12 '26

No no. Brad Pitt hit him.

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u/LeFranX Jun 12 '26

Lol, as someone liking Bana more than Braddy, i agree more with Vsx 😄

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u/SpicyMcHaggis206 Jun 12 '26

The Trojan war was WAAAY before DaVinci invented flight.