any complications that same can't be said for buddy however who suffered with breathing problems for the rest of his life judy garland was grossly mistreated by the director the reason the filming process was a nightmare for many of the actors was because they didn't have as many laws in place to protect themselves back in the NUMBER_TOKENs many cruel treatments were considered fair game poor judy garland who was only NUMBER_TOKEN when she was cast to play dorothy gale was treated shockingly by the film's director victor fleming during the famous slap scene judy garland had a difficult time keeping a straight face many actors like to have fun while filming and some can have a hard time keeping themselves from giggling however film was and still is extremely expensive after several takes were ruined because judy garland kept giggling the director victor fleming took her to the side and slapped her in the face he told her go in there and work and thoroughly chastised judy garland got through the scene without laughing once however this was far from judy's worst experience on the set of the wizard of oz make sure you stick around until the very end where we will reveal the horrible part the film played in her untimely death and if you're enjoying this story so far please take a moment to like this video and subscribe to our channel for more the cowardly lion had an uncomfortable costume the actor for the cowardly lion bert lahr had one of the most difficult costumes to wear it was incredibly heavy weighing around NUMBER_TOKEN pounds and was made with real lion pelts the special lights used while filming got very hot and sometimes the set reached temperatures of NUMBER_TOKEN degrees poor bert lar ended up sweating so much in his costume it had to be thoroughly cleaned and dried every single night shirley temple almost played dorothy the iconic role of dorothy gail required a special kind of actor someone young and vibrant with real acting talent as well as an incredible singing voice shirley temple was a popular actor at the time and producers seriously considered her for the role of dorothy after much discussion however they knew she simply wasn't right for the role despite her talent her singing voice didn't match the role of dorothy and they realized judy garland would be the perfect choice the snow was made from asbestos the beautiful poppy field and the wizard of oz featured the talents of NUMBER_TOKEN artists these incredibly hard workers had to make forty thousand individual poppies which took a week in all however amidst the beauty of the poppy scene was a very real danger the snow that was used during the scene was actually asbestos judy and her companions were all dusted with carcinogens for the sake of the film we can only hope none of them suffered any long-term effects the wizard of oz ultimately ended judy garland's life even today hollywood often projects unhealthy physical standards on actors especially women it was even worse in the NUMBER_TOKENs even though judy garland was at a perfectly healthy weight studio executives called her horrible names with regard to her weight often referring to her as a fat little pig with pigtails even when she dieted herself to the point of being underweight they still wanted her to be skinnier as a result the studio chief of mgm louis b meyer only let
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