# Things a celebrity won't do **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526 "2006-08-06T03:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/41 "2006-08-07T14:33:49Z")
Meatloaf will do anything for love, but he won’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/42 "2006-08-07T15:56:02Z")
> [@Jean Poutine](#): > > That great thespian Will Smith insisted on a stunt double for the make-out scene with Anthony Micheal Hall in Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or whatever it was called- I guess he was afraid of losing the street cred he didn’t have in the first place? Hmm, I don’t have any street cred either, and I wouldn’t make out with Anthony Michael Hall if I could avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/43 "2006-08-07T16:15:46Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Lisa Whelchel has refused to play characters that engage in adulterous relationships or pre-marital sex. Thereby sparing us all much misery as she tries to be an actress. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/44 "2006-08-07T16:28:18Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Israel’sDavid “Dudu” Fisher is a strict Orthodox Jew who was the first actor to have a clause in his “Les Miserables” contracts stating he was not to work on the Sabbath or Jewish holidays. Which reminds me that Steven Hill left Mission Impossible after one season because he was promised they wouldn’t shoot on Shabbos – they lied (imagine some suit in Hollywood lied – what is the world coming to) So he quit. Apparently he had the same requirement in Law and Order and they followed it. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/45 "2006-08-07T16:30:42Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Which reminds me that Steven Hill left Mission Impossible after one season because he was promised they wouldn’t shoot on Shabbos – they lied (imagine some suit in Hollywood lied – what is the world coming to) So he quit. > > Apparently he had the same requirement in Law and Order and they followed it. Sorry for the repeat info – next time read the whole thread first. bad gryph, bad bad gryph. \>slap\< \>slap\< ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/46 "2006-08-07T18:47:29Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And I’ve heard that Darryl Hannah is such a strict vegan, she wouldn’t even pretend to eat a real lobster in “Spalash.” Supposedly, she required they make a plastic lobster and fill it with mashed potatoes. The story in IMDB was that the lobster shells were real, but filled with something vegan. Supposedly she cried after each take because the lobsters had to die to provide their shells. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/47 "2006-08-07T19:03:22Z")
re: Dana Plato > [@FriarTed](#): > > The sad part is that we don’t know if you’re joking. The battle is not always to the strong, nor the race to the swift, but that’s the way to bet it. Jorge Chavez refused to lose weight during the filming of _Lost_, so they had to write in extra food for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/48 "2006-08-07T19:10:43Z")
[The Avengers Forever: AvengerMyths](http://theavengers.tv/forever/myths.htm) says that Steed used a firearm four times during the Emma Peel seasons and quite often during the first three seasons. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/49 "2006-08-07T19:46:17Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Jorge Chavez refused to lose weight during the filming of _Lost_, so they had to write in extra food for him. Got a cite? I’ve heard several interviews with him where he’s talked about how much weight he’s lost since the show started. And since its been less than two months in show time they need Jorge NOT to lose weight. I doubt it is an issue of him REFUSING to do it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/50 "2006-08-07T19:50:28Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > **Things a celebrity won’t do** Shop at Wal-Mart? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/51 "2006-08-07T20:07:18Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > Got a cite? I’ve heard several interviews with him where he’s talked about how much weight he’s lost since the show started. And since its been less than two months in show time they need Jorge NOT to lose weight. I doubt it is an issue of him REFUSING to do it. Sorry, I guess it’s a totally unsubstantiated Internet rumor. Works for me, though. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/52 "2006-08-07T20:57:37Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > [The Avengers Forever: AvengerMyths](http://theavengers.tv/forever/myths.htm) says that Steed used a firearm four times during the Emma Peel seasons and quite often during the first three seasons. > > Sir Rhosis It isn’t unreasonable to imagine that after three seasons, he felt comfortable enough to demand certain concessions for his continued presence in the series – among them, the gun thing. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/53 "2006-08-07T23:07:25Z")
IIRC, Earnest Borgnine refused to swear. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/54 "2006-08-08T07:15:18Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > The sad part is that we don’t know if you’re joking. Not joking. True story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526.md?page=2)