Celebrities are often the target of great pranks, often as original as "an egg in the face," but sometimes working up to the orgy of creativity that is "an entire PIE in the face"! Here we see celebrities striking out for themselves, and showing us why they're the ones paid to appear in public, while mere food-flingers learn about the taste of security guard glove.
1. They Call Me Mr. Ocean
 
(Brad Pitt pranks George Clooney)
Brad Pitt scored serious prank points with Ocean's Twelve, and we don't just mean "convincing millions to spend money on it, and another even unneccessarier sequel." Heading for filming on location in Milan, he memoed out instructions to the crew that George Clooney should only be addressed as "Mr. Ocean" and -- like a hungry bear -- should not be looked in the eye. Because this is ZUG, you know we're telling the truth. And because movie people know celebrities are insane, everyone believed it. Clooney spent a month as He Who Must Not Be Named before demanding to know what the hell was happening. Which means he's either the politest man in the world, or genuinely doesn't notice what mere mortals do around him. [Read the full story here.]
2. Random R.E.M. Hitchhiker
 
(Mario Batali pranks Gwyneth Paltrow)
Gwyneth Paltrow was filming a food show in Spain with host Mario Batali. While driving along a deserted back road, Batali insisted they stop and pick up a random hitchiker. Paltrow strongly objected, on the grounds that she's been in both Se7en and The Pallbearer and therefore knows something about terrible horrors inflicted on innocent victims. Saying "it'll be fine" and allowing random strangers into your vehicle is one step below holding a Slowly Walking Backwards competition in a cursed corpse museum. Luckily the hitchhiker turned out to be Mario's friend and R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. Thereby shattering all conventional wisdom, by demonstrating that someone can both sing "Everybody Hurts" AND experience human comedy. [Read the full story here.]
3. Pranked By Aragorn
 
(Aragorn pranks Frodo)
We don't even have to describe this one. Simply typing the phrase "Pranked by Aragorn" has made the world a better place (you're welcome). If we add that it also involved Elijah Wood, the middle of the night, and a long-lost German we veer wildly off "prank" and into "horrifying fanfiction that's probably already been written" so we'll rush on to explain that Viggo Mortensen lightened up the not inconsiderable task of filming Lord of the Rings by randomly calling Frodo around midnight pretending to be an old friend. Because nothing prepares you for the ultimate rendition of a classic fantasy novel like shouting "Nein!" down a handset in the early A.M.
Luckily Elijah found the whole thing funny. Unlike an army of women, who are now crying at the thought that Viggo has nothing better to do late at night than call up other men. [Read the full story here.]
Did we miss any classic celebrity pranks? Let us know below!
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