Perhaps of the greatest actors to have ever lived, Klaus Kinski is still no easy man to work with. The director Werner Herzog certainly knew this when going in but apparently didn’t want to compromise on his choice. The actor clashed with everyone.
During the filming of “Aguirre, The Wrath of God,” Kinski went overboard and aimed and shot at extras multiple times because, according to him, they were playing cards too loudly. Actors.
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence took on a lot of challenges in "The Hunger Games." Both physical and mental stresses were a big part of the production. The lead actress at one point almost suffocated in a particular scene. It happened when she was running through a tunnel and the fog machine malfunctioned.
Sometimes these props can create a lot of issues on set. That scene was super traumatic and the actress needed some recovery time before resuming the shoot. Good thing she made it through.
Isabella Adjani – Possession
As we have seen, acting in a horror can be a grueling experience for many people and the film "Possession" is no exception. The film is known for having one of the most horrific scenes in cinema history, and the woman at the center of it all was Isabella Adjani.
The actress had to go through therapy for a few years after the film was released as the trauma was just too overbearing.
Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
As the psychotic Max Cady, Robert De Niro put himself through the wringer when trying to pull this look off. He even paid a dentist a pretty penny and tried to get his teeth shaved down. The actor got semi-permanent tattoos and did an impressive amount of research on sex offenders.
The character creeped out not only viewers but the director himself Martin Scorsese. The actor even tried to freak out Scorsese with threatening messages on his voice machine.
Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer
Playing a divorced couple, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep got deep into character inevitably leading to some tension surfacing. At one point Hoffman was so deep in character that he actually ended up slapping Meryl Steep in the face.
The actress recounted that incident recently and expressed how much the Tootsie actor went too far.