12 Movie Actors Who Did Awful Things To Their Co-Stars

4. Joan Crawford Put Weights In Her Pockets To Annoy Bette Davis - What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

Gothika (2003) - Robert Downey Jr.
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The on-set mayhem that occurred on the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? have since become the stuff of legend. The reason for this stems from the highly-publicised feud between legendary actors Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, who infamously detested one another (a point which oddly contributes to the film's overall greatness, because this is Hollywood).

As a bi-product of their mutual contempt, the pair would often devise new and interesting ways to make life more difficult for each another. During one particular scene, which asked for Davis to drag Crawford across the floor, Crawford reportedly prepared by putting weights in her pockets. This, obviously, turned the relatively simple task of pulling a human across a floor into an unnecessarily arduous task - particularly asDavis had a bad back at the time.

To reiterate, this wasn't a prank that Crawford came up with to get a laugh - she genuinely wanted her co-star to suffer.

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