Actor Christopher Lee served in the British special forces during WWII. While filming The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, he was told to scream when his character gets stabbed.

He replied, “Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.”

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80-year-old Deshun Wang is widely known as China’s Hottest Grandpa. He was trained as an actor and streetcar conductor under the Communist regime, but began focusing on body sculpting and performance art at the age of 50, and walked his first catwalk at age 79. His next goal: parachuting. Source