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In Candyman, the scene where Tony Todd had bees flying out of his mouth were REAL BEES. Todd only agreed to do the scene if they pay him $1000 for every bee sting. He earned $27,000 for that scene (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 133 points 2 years ago (8 children)

$27,000 does not seem like enough money to endure 27 bee stings simultaneously.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems a bit stingy.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 years ago

Movie is from 1992, so it would be 60k today. Still not enough considering what famous movie actors make.

[–] rubicon@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

They signed him a blank cheque. I bet he was doing everything he could to get stung.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude should have asked for at least 10k/sting could have walked out with a cool $270,000 instead

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

For $270,000 I will let 27 American honeybees sting me. No Africanized bees allowed!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude I’d do this for 10% of that fee. Sure stings hurt, but not that much and it passes.

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That might depend on one's pain tolerance levels, idk.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True.

I will say it’s not worse than a tattoo and I’ve paid money to sit there for 6 hours being tattoo’d.

Not saying I’m tough, as I’m pretty soft, more that often it’s the thought that is worse than the thing.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My tattoo hurt worse than a single bee sting of course, but idk about 27. My tattoo stopped hurting the second they stopped needleing me, but stings continue to irritate. add the facts if you're not sure how many you're going to get and when exactly they will occur, And idk if they're comparable

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think that's on top of the regular salary

[–] Floey@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The words of either someone immensely privileged or deathly allergic to bees.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Has enough money to say no == immensely privileged apparently

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm neither of those things, but I think I'm partially allergic to them. Last time I got stung by a bee in my foot, it swelled up so bad I couldn't get a shoe on, and it was intensely painful. I have a high pain threshold, and it fucking hurt, bad. What's weird is that I don't have the same reaction to yellow jacket stings. Possibly because they inject less venom, but idk.