#11 He made Chris Reeves laugh again!
What Robbin Williams did with 'Superman' Christopher Reeves is amazing!
After Reeves met with his tragic accident at an equestrian championship, he was paralized neck and down. The man had lost all hope and was considering euthanasia when a short fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses hurried in and explained, in a Russian accent, that he was a proctologist here to perform a rectal exam. This was the first time Chris Reeves had laughed since the accident!
#10 Roots In Mime!
Mime is considered to be a rather tough form of theatre and arts and Robbin Williams loved it through and through!
The power packed performer actually learnt the tricks of the trade by cracking up people - silently! Can you imagine the man quiet?
#9 Laughing Too Hard Gives You Hernia!
Robbin Williams may have just been the funniest man alive, but his histrionics once landed his audience member in a serious bout of hernia!
Its true! Don't believe us? Check out videos from his performance on Inside The Actors Studio!
Read on to know more such quirks about Robbin Williams!
#8 Lead Role Material?
True fans of Robbin Williams would know that he was just as good with his acting as with his comedy. So it comes as no doubt that director Stanley Kubrick considered him for the lead in The Shining
Well, he was a tad too crazy for it, maybe!
#7 Mrs Doubtfire!
Undoubtedly one of Williams' finest work so far, Mrs. Doubtfire wasn't just a movie, it was a movement!
However, Robby, on the other hand underwent a process of learning. While initially he would dress up as the character to feel comfortable, later on he continued to do so in order to understand reactions. He even entered a sex shop and went complete nuts on the purchases!
#6 Stuck To His Roots!
Williams was not just a great actor, but also a really warm individual. He knew comedy was his forte and making people smile, his aim - so he did just that!
He supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and often volunteered and entertained the kids there. When Jessica Chastain of The Help and Interstellar Fame needed money to go to college, he stepped up and ensured she was the first from her entire family to have completed education!
#5 Mork-ed!
The 1978 sitcom Mork and Mindy shot Robby to instant fame. He essayed the role of an extraterrestrial from the planet Ork!
But the process of landing that role and living through it wasn't always easy. While for his auditions he stood on his head, his role constantly required him to spiral into different languages. The man being as funny as he is, used to sneakily add curse words into his dialogues sending the whole set in fits!
#4 Schindler's List Mascot!
Remember the Steven Speilbergs movie - Schindlers List? Well, most actors experienced dullness during the filming of the epic-historic-period drama!
In order to cheer them up, Speilberg would call Williams up and put him on speaker phone. The man and his words could crack even the morse-st of them all!
#3 Norm MacDonald gets stitched!
Norm MacDonald, Canadian actor of the Saturday Night Live and The Norm Show fame was once but a struggling novice. When he knew he was opening for funny man Robbin Williams, he was nervous as heck!
But hearing him mutter to his friend, William decided to use his charms to ease the boy. So he dashed into the room, pretended to be a Jewish tailor and kept checking MacDonald's seams!
Read on to know more such quirks about Robbin Williams!
#2 Quite A Prankster!
Robbin Williams had a knack to crack up people almost anywhere and in any mood!
So at his own funeral, Billy Crystal narrated a story about a time when he thought he had received a call from the late Ronald Reagan. Crystal asked how Reagan could be calling from the afterlife and Williams simply replied, "I'm in this strange place, and it seems to be quite hot here."
#1 High School Wallflower?
Robbin Williams may have been the funniest soul alive, but his childhood was rather... quiet and dull!
That is why in High School he was voted ' The Least Likely To Ever Succeed' But the votes ain't got it right this time!
These amazing facts make us want to go back and revisit all of Robbin Williams work. Do you feel the same too?
