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TIL German actor Klaus Kinski was so difficult to work with filming the 1986 movie "Crawlspace" the director later made a short documentary called "Please Kill Mr. Kinski" about the whole mess, claiming Kinski received death threats from the crew and producers over his antics on set.

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