12 People Who Totally Broke The Law To Make Great Movies

5. The Hangover Part 2 Stole A Face Doodle

Who would have thought that copyright could extend to vaguely celtic doodles misguidedly daubed onto the faces of former world champion boxers, but that was the revelation that met Warner Bros when they tried to release The Hangover 2 with Ed Helms' new bad decision on his face.

The problem of course was that they hadn't asked tattoo artist S Victor Whitmill for his permission to use the design he had created for Mike Tyson for the entirely unnecessary sequel. Whitmill inevitably took offence, sniffed some recompense and sued the studio successfully when a judge ruled in his favour.

That almost meant the film was never released as Warners considered expensively digitally altering Helms' face, though they did manage to settle out of court for a large sum, making their breaking of the law redundant as only money can do.