10 Actors Even More Impressive When You Know The Truth

These actors are even better than you thought.
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[@col.hertford9855]

That moment when Christopher Lee says on the set of Lord of the Rings, a person stabbed on the chest doesn’t sound like that, gives a glimpse into his military service.

[@raydunn8262]

Thank you. In 2014, Heddy Lamarr was posthumous inducted into the USA Inventors Hall of Fame.

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

1:44 James Earl Jones has a stutter too. Yep, Mufasa and Darth Vader

[@BigBadGrun]

Gary Oldman is more impressive than most people think. He is a fantastic chameleon of an actor

[@Saavik256]

He makes chameleons look like amateurs! An amazing actor!

[@speciale517]

One of the top greatest actors ever.

[@nellurban7826]

charlize theron is a generational talent imo, and as a minnesotan i almost feel proud that our accent is basically the only accent she can't do

[@richardboyd1790]

If she can't say bag right, it's a dead give away.

[@kelleyk28]

Antonio Banderas did not speak English when he did Interview With the Vampire. He had to learn his lines phonetically. I think it was his first American movie, but I'm not sure.

[@Saavik256]

I had the privilege of meeting Sir Cristopher Lee years ago when he was in my city. He was an amazing man, such charisma and energy! May he rest in peace!

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

Christopher Lee also made one of the best low-budget horror flms ( The Wicker Man, '73) for free because he knew how awesome it would be.

[@vickicole4787]

Such a great movie! It's a pity they ever did the awful remake with Nicholas Cage.

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

@vickicole4787 I'm sorry, I'm not familiar. I eternal sunshined my mind a while back, that must have been on the list.

[@kylemoss1658]

I'm surprised that Bob Hoskins wasn't on the list. The biggest reason "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" achieved what it did in a time when nothing like it had been done before was almost entirely due to Hoskins performance. Apparently, in order to work with a majority of characters that weren't real Hoskins trained himself to hallucinate. In interviews he told people that while he was performing he could see the characters that he was performing with. Animators on the project even said his performance was so perfect that they were able to use his eyeline to determine where the character was meant to be in the scene. The down side to this experience is that it took Hoskins quite a bit of time to unlearn this ability as it began to happen in his everyday life. Now that's impressive.

[@zoyadulzura7490]

Agreed. Watching the movie casually, it's easy to miss what an incredible performance it was--he was acting with nothing. He made those cartoon characters real and feel like they were there with him.

[@nancyomalley6286]

​@@zoyadulzura7490 Plus, he was a British actor doing a 40's American accent

[@jackscott5686]

NOW, imagine mace windu calling anakin and palatine motherfucka b4 he died

[@gordol66]

You mean he didn't?

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

All these muthafucka Fetts on this mfer jet….

[@ryanbauer3680]

I'm pretty sure I heard him screaming it when Palpatine force lightning'd him out of a window. Along with the N word.... Nerfherder.

[@gordol66]

That's Hedley! (oops, wrong movie.)

[@user-lf6hm5cz9k]

How did she do such wonderful tech with such little feet?! Supposedly she threatened to sue for the name. Brooks was “just give her what she wants it’s Hedy”.

[@JeffGoldblumsChest]

"This is 1874, you'll be able to sue her!"

[@PrinceIsot]

Heat is just a masterpiece of the crime genre.

[@ejgoldlust]

This is an awesome list. I'll add: Lucille Ball discovered a covert Japanese radio station sending secret messages from Hollywood during WW2. It was literally underground, under a street intersection, and she picked up signals from her fillings whenever she crossed the street there

[@rbarnett3200]

I want to see a film about Rick Moranis where Nic Cage plays Rick Moranis. That film would be guaranteed money!

[@PJWestfield]

I love Oldman! He lights up any role he is in! I really enjoy his role as Congressman Shelly Runyon in 2000's The Contender is just magical!

[@gawainethefirst]

The man actually made me believe that he was police commissioner James Gordon GCPD. And the commissioner Gordon is real, and Batman has to be real too, right?

[@Rikky2000]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE ADD CHAPTERS!!!!!

[@antoniacosta6221]

Idk why you need chapters so badly but here’s the timestamps- 0:25 Every Jason Statham movie has had a theatrical release 1:44 Sam Jackson has a stutter 2:45 Jennifer Aniston turned down SNL to do Friends 4:06 Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first million in real estate 5:08 Charlize Theron didn’t learn fluent English until she was 19 6:06 Christopher Lee was the inspiration for James Bond 7:37 Nic Cage’s epic critical winning streak since 2018 9:01 Val Kilmer impressed the SAS with his skills on Heat 10:48 Gary Oldman had to relearn his English accent 11:49 Hedy Lamar co invented the tech behind Wi-Fi, gps, and Bluetooth

[@cappyjones]

Then people won’t watch all the way through. It’s aggravating AF, but I kinda get it.

[@malikkelly]

@@antoniacosta6221Doing Gods work

[@SwizzleMeUp]

It's just over 12 minutes...it would take longer to make the chapters than to just watch it all the way through.

[@MrStringybark]

@@SwizzleMeUp BS

[@BigBadGrun]

Jennifer Aniston made the right choice.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

00:25. Jason Statham. 01:44. Samuel L. Jackson. 02:44. Jennifer Aniston. 04:06. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 05:08. Charlize Theron. 06:06. Christopher Lee. 07:38. Nicolas Cage. 09:02. Val Kilmer. 10:47. Gary Oldman. 11:50. Hedy Lamarr.

[@nicoleraco636]

Christopher Lee is one of the biggest badasses that ever lived

[@beaushepherd3890]

Jerry Seinfeld lived as a bee for a year and he receives no recognition for his work on Bee Movie

[@patrickdoyle6201]

😹😂🤣, even more impressive, I heard he actually watched the movie!😹😂🤣

[@raydunn8262]

Jerry must wished he stayed a bee instead of trying to make Pop Tarts interesting, let alone amusing.

[@donaldmacarthur]

I learned about Hedy Lamarr a couple of years ago. So impressive! How many actors can claim something so incredible like she could?

[@dennisanderson3895]

7:36 What a wonderful fact of Christopher Lee! (Additional, as some clicking the vid might not know: Ian Fleming picked the spy name James Bond from a real writer of ornithological books because he felt it was such a boring name it would fit with a spy who is supposed to be under cover.)

[@GroundhogJay]

I actually already knew the Hedy Lamarr thing....because of Legends of Tomorrow.

[@Jriwbtikwu]

Also worth of note: Audrey Hepburn!

[@redfive5856]

Oldman didn't have to "relearn how to speak English"; he had to relearn to speak it with his original accent. Maybe Ewen can go to Oldman's instructor and learn how to lose the high-pitched squeaking he does.

[@kelleyk28]

I like the way Ewen talks.

[@majestyc0359]

Ian Fleming was also in the war, and based other characters on friends, including Moneypenny and Q.

[@jules-yi8rn]

Impressive.... great list!

[@thephantomtimelord1613]

Idk if that clip with Val Kilmer is officially part of some training, but it definitely was used by my instructors at MCT.

[@jeffreysoble5369]

That’s Hedley!

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

Christopher Lee....hunting war criminals!?

[@raydunn8262]

Great list. Two suggestions might need to be combined. 1. Actors who were or suspected to be spies like Gary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Ingram Bergman. 2. Actors who helped war efforts, like udrey Hepburn M, Marlena Dietrich, and Carol Lombard, who died in a plane crash returning from a war bond tour.

[@cameronhermann9400]

I never knew Samuel L Jackson had a stutter. Respect for being able to power through acting with a speech impediment

[@Chiller11]

Hedy Lamarr was quite brilliant with major innovations to her credit. She was also in contention for the worst mother of all time.

[@privatelyprivate3285]

3:36 I doubt ANY actor would ever choose SNL’s notoriously *probationary* “featured player” spot over a shared lead in a pilot that assures you lines+exposure+regained freedom back into SNL’s revolving door even if it fails (not to mention a network contract/regular work + pay raise beyond scale if it succeeds) - Aniston’s “dilemma” was a no brainer!

[@Vontroll]

I had heard that Antonio Banderas learned English after he was cast in Desperado

[@kaseyboles30]

This Tech electrical engineer Lamar created mentioned here is spread spectrum. Not her only contribution to the Electrical Engineering. Just her most famous one.

[@Vikturus22]

0:50 “every movie has had theatrical release” but doesnt include the Netflix exclusive spy one

[@SwizzleMeUp]

Or the Amazon exclusive The Beekeeper.

[@TalentCaldwell]

What movie are you talking about? I just looked and the video is correct, every one of his movies had a theatrical release before streaming. The movies SPY, OPERATION FORTUNE, and REDEMPTION all came out in theaters. And none are Netflix exclusives.

[@TalentCaldwell]

@@SwizzleMeUpBeekeeper made $152.7 million at the box office. Just because Amazon distributed the film doesn’t mean it didn’t come out in theaters first.

[@stingrey1571]

@10:25 to get the role of jim morrison. val kilmer went outside just interacting with people going about his business as morrison and had a friend secretly film him doing it.

[@boozmiller]

Charlize Theron is a bona fide action movie badass not just eye candy!

[@warwolf88]

ive never been disappointed by a jason Statham movie😊

[@vicariously143]

Bc he's always the same person

[@garypasquill2355]

Wrath of man is shockingly bad

[@shanerasmussen5225]

Clearly you haven't watched In The Name of The King. I love Statham but nobody can really be good in a Uwe Boll movie.

[@warwolf88]

@@shanerasmussen5225 I like a good bad movie sometimes

[@ProtossOP]

@@garypasquill2355preach. My pals who saw it said they either liked or it was ok, which I just don’t get. It was so boring, so cliché with a plot twist seen from outer space.

[@wallyman292]

I always figured English was the primary language of S. Africa, so it surprised me to hear Charlese Thurone didn't speak it from from the get-go!

[@wtf1185]

All these things are nothing compared to the real impressiveness of some of these. For instance, In Immortal Beloved where Gary Oldman plays Beethoven, that's actually Gary playing all those fantastic piano pieces, in True Lies Arnold actually learned to fly that harrier jet, and in Master and Commander Russell Crow learned to play the violin for that role in just three months and said it was the hardest thing he ever had to do. Those facts are much more impressive than turning down a role or making a fortune before Hollywood stardom, or any of the other things you claim in this video as impressive.

[@Laz2022]

Schwarzenegger is not rags to riches, he is related to royalty and was born of affluence. It's the same story over and over again for those from certain families who are promoted

[@mikevonsinister3489]

THATS HEDLEY!!!

[@jonvia]

Pig is a a good movie. Go watch it!

[@danieljob3184]

They referenced Heady Lamar in an episode of DC Legends of Tomorrow. Basically, Helen of Troy scoops a role meant for her & the team finds all of their wireless tech disappearing from existence. 😲

[@Polarke27]

you could a full 30 mins on Christopher Lee and it still wouldn't be enough

[@simonjenkin]

wouldn't be true, either

[@kitkatdisney4025]

So glad that gary oldman and heddy lamar are the top 2. 🎉

[@francishollingshead2134]

The role of Rachel on Friends.....I heard somewhere that Leah Remini was offered it, and that was also the role that Lisa Kudrow wanted. Personally, I'm convinced that the best option would have been Sarah Jessica Parker.

[@zoyadulzura7490]

No hate on SJP, but Aniston is way funnier.

[@JDMdrifterboy7]

What movie is at 1:05?

[@zoyadulzura7490]

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.

[@stevekirkpatrick1612]

I gotta say in response to the first one, it's rather pathetic that a person would be shocked to hear that ...*gasp* every movie was released in theaters!?!?!? I get that direct to vhs gave rise to direct to DVD and ended in straight to streaming, but why would it be a shocker to hear that all of his movies were released in their intended environment?

[@zanethind]

I forgot but someone else was supposed to be Rachel in Friends but thank god Jennifer Aniston was Rachel. I legit can't imagine anyone else playing the character

[@dplj4428]

1:56 samuel l jackson has a stutter. never knew the matter faltered.

[@412DoublePlay]

Jennifer Aniston was in TV sitcom Muddling Through when she was cast in Friends. Quit that show to take the role of Rachel

[@bradleycotton9180]

Thats HEADLEY!

[@sockjems2558]

In regards to Nicholas Cage you forgot Willy's Wonderland in 2021

[@SwizzleMeUp]

Not sure how the Jason Statham fact is true...The Beekeeper just came out last week and is exclusively streaming on Amazon, no theatrical release.

[@TalentCaldwell]

Beekeeper came out like 3 months ago and made $152.7 million at the box office. What are you talking about? Amazon just has the exclusive distribution rights so no other streamers can stream it without licensing it from them.

[@dplj4428]

4:48 maybe supplements targeted towards bodybuilders.

[@soggycracker5934]

I always who Cage pissed off.

[@billmadison2032]

Hedy Lamarr invented the proximity fuse. Get your shit together bro

[@PaulMcElligott]

No. She didn’t.

[@pknuttarlott4934]

I stutter too. I use f@ckin to flow my speech out. Weird how such a bad word can help people communicate.

[@pknuttarlott4934]

Reply if you use the F word to flow words.

[@scoopiano]

Hedy Lamar co-invented a very rudimentary form of spread spectrum technology. Spread spectrum is used in wi-fi and GPS, but is merely a TINY part of the technology required. This is like saying that the inventor of the O ring is responsible for the internal combustion engine. It is indeed impressive that she devised such an innovative piece of technology, but your statements as to her contributions are GROSS exaggerations.

[@vicariously143]

Pig was amazing

[@IISoLiDuZII]

What ?! Jason is a A lister

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@doncarr9435]

I think Jason Statham would have been a great sub for Jennifer Aniston

[@iiblackoutx]

What about the beekeeper

[@BattleshipHughes]

Exactly

[@coachboomer6383]

Nah that had a cinema release, I saw it myself

[@TalentCaldwell]

Beekeeper made $152.7 million at the box office. What are you talking about?

[@Kathy-zf2ey]

Why do you guys never give credit to Jennifer Jason Leigh the greatest actress of our time !?

[@baxterwilson368]

11:03 He had to relearn his English accent? Did he ever learn an American one? 😋

[@iiblackoutx]

That is a key tv made release

[@simonjenkin]

christopher lee was almost certainly not the inspiration for james bond. he also quite consistently embellished (or even outright lied) about his military career. he wasn't in any of the special forces and he absolutely wasn't out hunting nazi war criminals (that part of his career was very much a desk job). the man's dead, we can stop giving into his delusions now

[@CryptikConstruct]

#1 is wrong. Australia's CSIRO invented wifi.

[@messybark]

Yes and no. She didn't directly invent WiFi, but she did develop the underlying tech. By the looks of it possibly using the bandwidth for locating/controlling things, hence why they also mention GPS and bluetooth.

[@cjryan88]

all south africans can speck english

[@davidc1721]

Christopher Lee was not THE inspiration for James Bond!

[@mquietsch6736]

swortsenayger?

[@nickbrutanna9973]

And, in the 1970s, a million dollars was *_REAL MONEY..._* LOLZ.

[@AlachiAnayo]

Did Renfield count on that cage list

[@lamarhenderson8058]

Heat is staggering, for sure - staggeringly bad. Honestly can't understand the love it gets.

[@davidc1721]

Sorry but that last one is rubbish guys.

[@richm.3853]

Gary Oldman proving the ‘English’ accent is unnatural

[@Ayrshore]

Charlize Theron didn't have a "cameo" in Children of the Corn... that's not a cameo.

[@sibertiger1970]

I would rather watch Jason Statham than Tom Cruise. He is a much better action actor.

[@roachxyz]

Statham is my favorite

[@TySama0]

Nah, Jason Statham is far better than Tom Cruise.

[@Raevon22]

Tom Cruze sucks

[@rickyfromzimbabwe]

Two pronunciation issues. The first forgiveable; Shar-leez teh-ron not charlees therin and secondly and not forgivable; sah-con-did not seconded.