DVD extras, on their day, are a great addition to any movie or TV show. But if you're getting as fed up with the press kit rubbish that adorns too many discs as we are, then maybe this guide can help. Here's our quick look at some of the blatant lies told on DVD extras, and what they actually mean...

LIE 1 (and arguably the biggest porky of the lot)
He was always the first choice for the role.
(...after 15 other people turned it down)

LIE 2
I got the script and couldn't put it down
(...I hadn't seen a script in some time, and I wasn't letting this one go)

LIE 3
It jumped off the page
(...and the cheque jumped straight into my bank account)

LIE 4
XXX is such an amazing director.
(...I bet Scorsese is shitting himself)

LIE 5
He's really happy to let you improvise
(... he hasn't got a clue what he wants, and I couldn't remember my lines anyway)

LIE 6
The effects guys have done an amazing job with the budget they had
(...the special effects are crap)

LIE 7
It's amazing we got it done in the time we had
(...it isn't finished)

LIE 8
He's such a generous actor
(...he lent me a fiver for a coffee)

LIE 9
I'd work with them all again in an instant
(...I haven't got another job lined up)

LIE 10
It's like no film you've ever seen before
(...it's like every film you've seen before)

Honourable mention:
He's an actor's director
(...he was just as coked up as the rest of us)

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