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Mel Gibson: Clowning AroundOn the Braveheart set, Mel Gibson, an inveterate prankster, began calling his character "Mad Mac" and generally strived to maintain a healthy balance between work and play. When actors were performing intensely emotional scenes, Gibson often instructed someone to stand just off-camera - wearing a red rubber clown nose.
[On her first day on the set of Conspiracy Theory, Julia Roberts was surprised to receive a "gift" from Gibson: a wrapped, stuffed rat.]
[Trivia: "The arrival of a good clown," Sir Thomas Syndenham once remarked, "exercises a more beneficial effect upon the health of a town than 20 asses laden with pills."]
Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard (1956- ) American-born Australian actor [noted for his roles in such
films as What Women Want (2000), The Patriot (2000), Chicken Run (2000, voice), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Ransom (1996), Pocahontas (1995, (voice), Braveheart (1995), Hamlet (1990), Bird on a Wire (1990), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Lethal Weapon (1987, II: 1989, III; 1992, III: 1998), Mrs. Soffel (1984), The Bounty(1984), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Gallipoli (1981), and Mad Max (1979, II: 1981, III: 1985)]
[Sources: Calgary Sun; People magazine]More Mel Gibson anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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