Mark Henry on Vince McMahon telling him that he could take off for as long as he needed after his mom passed away
“Vince was like look I know you’re a momma’s boy. Get out of here and come back when you’re ready. I was out a year. He paid me every week.”
Jericho: “You're the best friend ever Kevin!”
Ambrose: Breaks Character
Jericho: “AJ Styles you stupid idiot!”
Ambrose: Breaks Character
Jericho: “your stupid soccer mom haircut!”
Ambrose & Reigns: Burst out laughing! 😂
Chris Jericho's "LIST" gimmick was so PEAK. 🔥😭
She wasn't acting. And Ledger knew it.
Heath Ledger refused to do the full Joker in rehearsals. No voice, no laugh, no mannerisms. Christian Bale confirmed Ledger only turned the character on when cameras rolled. The cast had no idea what was coming.
This is the party scene. Ledger is holding a knife to Gyllenhaal's face telling a fake story about his scars. Gyllenhaal couldn't maintain eye contact. She was genuinely trying to pull away from him. She was silently looking at Nolan to stop the scene.
Ledger saw her break eye contact and improvised the line "Look at me." Four syllables that turned a scripted scene into something nobody on set could control.
Michael Caine forgot his lines the first time he saw Ledger in full Joker. A 75-year-old actor with 130 films on his résumé, and his brain locked up. Caine wrote in his memoir last year that Ledger was "a lovely guy, very gentle and unassuming" between takes. Skateboarded around set. Then the camera turned on and everyone on the crew froze.
The film made $1 billion. Ledger won a posthumous Oscar, only the second actor in history to do so. He died six months before the movie opened. He was 28.
The performance that redefined what a villain could be in a studio film was built on a simple trick: never let your scene partners rehearse against the real thing. When they finally see it, you get something a director can't manufacture. Actual fear on actual faces.
That's what Nolan saw through the monitor. And that's why he didn't say cut.
Peak adults moments
- Leaving 10 mins early from work
- A quiet neighbour
- Having money left at the end of the month
- Peace at home
- Drinking coffee without rushing
- Laughing with true friends
- Have time to travel
- Saying no without guilty
- Having body that doesn't hurt
Speaking about the deep contradictions in human nature, Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada said:
“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about the relatives still in their lives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have a partner often fail to appreciate them. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the full complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.
The key to happiness is gratitude—to truly see and value what we already have, and to understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what we take for granted.”