# Actors who have been scared by their own films

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**Created:** [December 25, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-been-scared-by-their-own-films/221004 "2003-12-25T13:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-been-scared-by-their-own-films/221004/21 "2004-01-01T12:00:18Z")

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Some what similar to the Hopkins/Price stories, but totally off-topic to the OP:

I saw Joe Mantegna on Conan O’Brian once, and he described this time he went out to the movies. As it happened, he was in three of the movies whose trailers ran before the feature started. After the third one, the guy sitting in front of him turned to his wife and said, “Jesus, is Joe Mantegna _everywhere_?” So Joe leaned forward and whispered in the guy’s ear, “You got a problem with that?”

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-been-scared-by-their-own-films/221004/22 "2004-01-01T16:55:08Z")

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Another Stephen King factoid (no cite to support it, though, so take it with a grain of salt):

During the writing of _It_, I’ve heard that he had to stop writing for a while because it was scaring the hell out of him.

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**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-been-scared-by-their-own-films/221004/23 "2004-01-01T21:47:37Z")

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I saw an interview with **Vernon Wells** who played the scarry mohawked **Wez** in _The Road Warrior_ .  
He meekly told the story of the first time he saw himself in a mirror woth full costume and makeup he scared himself.

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-been-scared-by-their-own-films/221004/24 "2004-01-02T07:35:40Z")

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According to IMDB, the kid in _The Shining_ wasn’t allowed to know he was in a horror movie.

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> Because Danny Lloyd was so young and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. Through clever and creative directing, Danny didn’t know he was working on a horror movie until after it was released.

> **[The Shining (1980) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/trivia)**
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> The Shining (1980) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more...

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