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It’s the Grady Twins from “The Shining”!

Big “The Shining” Fan? Check Out These Cool Fun Facts You May Not Have Known

• Jack Nicholson napped on the floor in between scenes

Nicholson was determined to stay in character on set, so hit the floor to grab some shut-eye in between takes. “They were extremely long days and I think Stanley would have had Jack work until the matchsticks fell out of his eyes, so he needed to nap between scenes,” Louise said.

• Stories about Kubrick’s tormenting of Shelly Duvall were false

Lisa describes rumors that Kubrick tormented Duvall so badly her hair fell out and she lost weight as “complete rubbish and totally unfounded”.

• Kubrick gave them tiny bottles of fake blood on their birthday

He called it Kensington Gore and it was the same blood the twins had to lie in when axed to death by Torrance. Something to treasure forever, surely.

• The little boy who played Danny didn’t know what was going on

Danny Lloyd was only five when he was cast and Kubrick decided not to tell him the storyline. He didn’t even know he was making a horror movie, as all the gruesome scenes were hidden from him. Duvall carried a life size dummy for the scene where she runs and screams with Danny in her arms so the actor wouldn’t be scared. It is an 18 after all.

• The casting call for the Grady daughters never asked for twins

But when Lisa and Louise turned up, Kubrick released that twins were “just spookier” and they got the job.

• The snow was fake and so was that famous axe

“It was plastic and it stank and they had an awful problem getting rid of it.,” Lisa said, adding that the “Here’s Johnny!” scene also proved tricky because Nicholson couldn’t use a real axe but his fake one wouldn’t “cut through the bathroom door”.

• Danny is now a college professor and the twins aren’t acting either

The sisters found it hard to get into acting school after The Shining because they were listed as professionals. Lisa is a lawyer and Louise a scientist. Both still attend horror conventions worldwide to meet fans

Credit: independent.co.uk