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Feb 19, 2024 · Paramount Pictures. We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how actors aren’t really smoking cigarettes during on-screen smoking scenes. Instead, they’re puffing on “prop cigarettes” ― herbal,...
Jul 28, 2023 · Lots of movies show characters taking drugs, but what are the actors really using? Emily Brown. Films and TV shows regularly depict people taking drugs, but since the actors can't really take illegal substances on set they're usually presented with some safer and more legal options instead.
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- Goodfellas. How could number one be anything else than the extended sequence late in Goodfellas featuring a coked-out Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) frantically running errands, some illicit and some familial, on a Sunday in May?
- Boogie Nights. A scene of several characters doing coke, shot from underneath a glass table no less, was cut from Boogie Nights, and yet the movie still has one of the most infamous cocaine sequences in all of American cinema: an addled descent into drug-caper hell, as Dirk (Mark Wahlberg), Reed (John C. Reilly) and Todd (Thomas Jane) attempt to rip off drug dealer Rahad (Alfred Molina).
- Pulp Fiction. Is there a more iconic post-bump nose-wipe than the one Uma Thurman performs in front of the bathroom mirror in Pulp Fiction? It’s a brief moment but, like so many in the film, an instant classic — and followed up by the film’s even-more-iconic dance-contest sequence (which could count as an extension of its cocaine moment, given that Thurman’s Mia Wallace is high as hell for her big moment).
- Annie Hall. In perhaps the most succinct cocaine comedy scene in movies, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) hems and haws about trying cocaine, while his girlfriend Annie (Diane Keaton) pushes him to be less cautious.
As Brooklyn quits another job, the group goes to the local community swimming pool, and are informed by New New that Big Booty Judy is throwing a party to celebrate their upcoming graduation from High School. While at the pool Ant encounters Marcus’ cousin Austin, who quit school to sell drugs for his cousin, he then introduces Ant to Marcus.
Oct 20, 2021 · What Actors Really Use When Taking Drugs In Movies. By Phil Archbold Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 5:16 pm EST. A good actor will make the drugs they take onscreen appear real, but the substances...
Oct 22, 2024 · These drug movies straddle a broad spectrum, from thought-provoking dramas about the perils of addiction to the drug dealer movies that unfold thrilling tales of crime and power, not to mention explorations of drugs in the movies through a humorous lens.
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Jul 22, 2024 · In this article, we’re going to look at fifteen great films that cover themes of addiction and alcoholism. It’s dark, it’s heavy, and it’s a great catalyst for drama. Prepare to shed a little tear watching these movies, but also take away some life-changing lessons.
