7 facts about the lives of celebrities that they willingly revealed in a burst of honesty

Celebrity actors don't just live adventurous lives on the big screen: Danny Trejo was a successful shoplifter, Liam Neeson was an explosive teacher, and Nicolas Cage once had trouble buying a Tyrannosaurus rex skull. Now we will tell you what happened next.

We have uncovered facts that show these celebrities in a whole new light.

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1. Morgan Freeman wears earrings to pay for his funeral.

In an interview, Morgan Freeman said that he always wears earrings that are valuable enough to pay for a coffin if he dies in an unfamiliar place. The actor said sailors wore them for the same reason.

2. Liam Neeson was a teacher but got fired for hitting a student.

When Liam Neeson was a guest on the TV show, he revealed that he worked as a high school teacher for a couple of years. One day, he asked one of his 15-year-old students to leave the classroom due to his inappropriate behavior, and the student pulled out a knife. Liam punched a student. Management did not qualify the action as self-defense, and Neeson was fired.

3. At 12, Danny Trejo started using heroin and robbing stores.

Danny Trejo spent 11 years in prison for armed robbery and drug dealing. He started using drugs at the age of 8, and when he was 12 he became addicted to heroin. He completed a 12-stage drug rehabilitation program and became a Pennsylvania boxing champion. And later he was noticed by director Andrei Konchalovsky, who made him part of his film Runaway Train.

4. Nicolas Cage bought a Tyrannosaurus rex skull for $276,000, it got stolen and he had to return it.

In 2007, during the auction, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage competed for an unusual lot - the skull of a tyrannosaurus rex. Cage offered more money. But it turned out that a rare exhibit was illegally brought from Mongolia by a merchant. Cage later agreed to return the skull to the Mongolian government.

5. Sylvester Stallone was duped into playing a role in the dreaded movie Stop or My Mom Will Shoot.

The unspoken competition between Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger once put Stallone in trouble. At first, Stallone was skeptical about participating in the action comedy Stop or My Mom Will Shoot. He didn't even want to read the script. The filmmakers then started a rumor that Schwarzenegger wanted to play the lead role. Schwarzenegger confirmed this by feigning interest in the project. And only after Stallone signed the contract, did he realizes what he was getting into. He later called the film "one of the worst movies in the entire solar system, including all the alien movies we've never seen before."

6. Hugh Grant pretended to be his agent for 4 years.

On The Howard Stern Show, Hugh Grant admitted that for 4 years he pretended to be his own agent, James. For correspondence, he created a fake email address, and when he spoke on the phone, he spoke with a Scottish accent. The actor said he must have saved his fortune.

7. Halle Berry anonymously met people on the Internet.

Halle Berry told the BBC that she used to go online without giving her true name to avoid the hype and just chat. When, after days of talking, she finally told people who she was, no one believed her. Her new friends called her crazy and one of them even told her to leave the chat.