HOLLYWOOD -5 Facts we never knew but just found out about Woody Harrelson.
We sent the FACT squad to Ebbing Missouri to find out what we could about Woody Harrelson.
1. Woody Harrelson first became famous playing Ted Danson in Cheers.
2. The Cheers star had a spin-off show called Woody in which he is continuously mistaken for Woody Allen’s brother.
3. Woody Harrelson is Woody Allen’s brother.
4. His first break into serious films was a starring role in Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers. Playing Mickey Knox a psychopathic serial killer, Harrelson said he prepared for the role by growing an unconvincing mullet. The hair cut led to the film being disowned by script writer Quentin Tarantino.
5. Since his break through he has appeared with some of the most talented film directors in the world like the Coen Brothers and the Farrelly Brothers. He has challenged himself with demanding material like Rampart and The Messenger, as well as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. He was also in War of Planet of the Apes and the Hunger Games films in which he played The Hunger. Don’t Look Now was shit though.