Stars’ Wildest On-Set Demands! Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli and More Stars With Ridiculous Requests

Elizabeth Taylor

During 1994’s The Flintstones, Liz had a yabba-dabba-do time, says costar Kyle MacLachlan. In exchange for taking a role, revealed Kyle, “she had to have a gift every day, [preferably] jewelry.”

Roger Moore

Live and let smoke! When he took over the role of 007 in 1973, Roger emphasized his bond with cigars — demanding an unlimited supply of his chosen brand of stogies, Montecristos.

Liza Minnelli

To shoot an ad for Pine Brothers cough drops, Liza reportedly demanded two cartons of cigarettes, six cases of Bai antioxidant drink, black Egyptian cotton towels and a $400 coffee service. But doing the commercial was reportedly still too hard to swallow and she pulled out at the last minute.

Barbra Streisand

Designer floor lamps? Rose petals? Peach-colored toilet paper? Babs’ reported concert demands seem a bit much, but give her a break. Perhaps feeling at home backstage helps her manage stage fright.

“I don’t like [singing in public],” she says. “It gives me the willies.”

George Clooney

For his 2013 space drama Gravity, George’s out-of-this-world contract supposedly included a clause that his trailer be attached to a private beach hut featuring a hot tub, decking area, basketball court and peaceful landscaped garden.

Jack Nicholson

Jack’s contracts are fantastic. During the filming of 1989’s Batman, the legendary L.A. Lakers booster negotiated time off so he could attend every one of the NBA franchise’s home games.

Joan Crawford

Gotta have it! As the wife of Pepsi-Cola chairman Alfred Steele and the company’s spokesperson, the Oscar winner wanted bottles of Pepsi on full display during any photo ops and dispensed on all her sets — including 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Her frenemy costar Bette Davis reportedly had a Coke machine installed in her own dressing room out of spite!

Whoopi Goldberg

On advice from Elizabeth Taylor, Whoopi receives a “nice” gift for every project she works on.

“I currently have my art collection because [she] told me they would be a chronicle of my career,” says Whoopi.

Orson Welles

Citizen con? For 1950’s The Black Rose, Hollywood’s enfant terrible insisted that his character wear a coat lined with mink fur — which went missing after the shoot wrapped, only to reappear in Orson’s next movie, Othello!

Tom Cruise

“I’ve been told a few times during a stunt to stop smiling,” says Tom, who has good reason to grin: He not only enjoys doing his own action scenes, but is also rumored to have over 50 pairs of thong underwear to make athletics as comfy as possible.