You know how actors get paid to endure all sorts of wild stunts on set, but imagine this: in the 1992 horror classic Candyman, the terrifying bees weren’t just there for effect—they were busy collecting a paycheck too, in a way. Director Bernard Rose promised the film’s star, Tony Todd, that for every bee sting he endured, he would earn roughly 1,000 rupees. Now, the math here gets delightfully horrifying: during one scene, 23 bees went to work, stinging Todd repeatedly. That stunt alone earned him a shocking $23,000—proof that sometimes, in Hollywood, real-life pain pays off almost as much as screen terror.
