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17 Suuuper Gross Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Popular Movies

While filming the prom scene in Carrie, Sissy Spacek wanted the blood on her dress to look consistent from day to day, so, for three days, she slept in the bloody dress in a trailer behind MGM Studios.

Recently, I rounded up some super gross behind-the-scenes facts about TV shows. Now, I may risk losing my lunch, but I just had to know how many movies were also secretly disgusting BTS.

Here are 17 gross behind-the-scenes facts about popular movies:

Warning: Spoilers ahead!

1. For the scene in The Paperboy where Jack gets stung by a jellyfish, Nicole Kidman peed on Zac Efron for real.

Screenshot from "The Paperboy"

Director Lee Daniels told Vulture, "We just went for it and never thought twice about it, because it made sense for the film. It was what it was. I think that I became more nervous about it in the edit room, and I thought, I’m not actually going to show this, right? Is it vulgar? And I called Nicole and said, 'I don’t know,' and she said, 'Lee, you made me pee on Zac Efron. If you don’t put it in the movie, you need to man up.' And I was like, 'All right, I ain’t gonna pussy out! Okay.'"

Here's the scene:

2. To get in character for Jungle Fever, Halle Berry "didn’t shower or take a bath for like two weeks."

Screenshot from "Jungle Fever"

On The Rosie O'Donnell Show, she said, "Nobody said anything to me, but everybody sort of started to keep their distance. It was an experience. That was my attempt at method acting."

3. While filming the prom scene in Carrie, Sissy Spacek wanted the blood on her dress to look consistent from day to day, so, for three days, she slept in the bloody dress in a trailer behind MGM Studios.