Actors who quit big roles for ridiculous reasons


[post_page_title]Buddy Ebsen got physically ill from the tin man makeup[/post_page_title]
The Wizard of Oz may be a classic, but it was made back in 1939, and therefore costumes and makeup were a bit more tricky to pull off.

Buddy Ebsen got physically ill from the tin man makeup

As a result, Buddy Ebsen almost died – he was originally supposed to portray the Tin Man, but in order to do so he needed to wear aluminum dust on top of white clown makeup. Eventually he was hospitalized because he’d been inhaling aluminum dust which coated his lungs. He was okay in the end, but you can’t blame him for giving up the role.

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