10 Unusual Demands Made By Actors On Recent TV Shows

Trying to bring just about any television project into existence in the first place isn't what you'd class as a simple process at the best of times.

Finally finishing off that all-important script, settling on a budget, and managing to bag your talented thespians for a specific period to shoot is usually only half the battle, however. A lot of the time, trying to guide and direct a gang of typically enigmatic and free-spirited performers is usually where the real fun/work begins.

As history has shown us time and time again, on top of being some of the most skilful and dedicated artists on the planet, actors have a funny ol' habit of being a rather demanding bunch. Which can make day-to-day life on a TV set... interesting, let's say.

Now this need to obtain a certain set of circumstances isn't always a bad thing, of course, with most performers simply trying their best to add something extra to an overall production through their seemingly unorthodox requests. But that still doesn't change the fact that a great many of the following requirements range from curious to straight-up bizarre when put under a microscope.

There's a reason most productions offer the chance for an actor to step aside in favour of a stunt performer when the action on set is deemed a little too intense for the average Joe or Jill. Simply put, getting booted around a television set for takes at a time can sometimes lead to injuries that can put the entire project on hold should an actor get seriously hurt.

Yet, that still couldn't stop Jason Bateman from insisting on getting his hands dirty during the fourth and final season of Netflix's Ozark during the mid-season finale by the name of "Sanctified".

With the episode in question depicting Alfonso Herrera's Javi Elizonndro beating the stuffing out of Bateman's Marty Byrde, the former went on record to state how "generous" the latter was during the shooting of their skirmish.

As Herrera would reveal on the Post-Credit Podcast:

"What I really admired from Jason was, he was there, and he was physically there. And sometimes there was a double, and he said, 'No, no, no, no; I'm going to do it myself. It has to be that way.'"

With this need to very much be in the firing line, it's safe to say Bateman achieved his goal of making the scene and series "the best we can be".