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Better not tell Wilford Brimley. In Jurassic Park III, William H. Macy and Tea Leoni waded through 250 gallons of oatmeal, which subbed for, gulp, Spinosaurus droppings. Director Joe Johnston says actual dino dung would've been ''thin, watery, and white,'' but ''that didn't sound very entertaining.'' Macy, who shot the scene at 4 a.m. in winter, wasn't amused. ''I'll never eat oatmeal again,'' he says. ''It was cold and clammy.'' But Leoni made the most of it. ''It was delicious,'' she chirps. ''There was a little cinnamon in there, so I'd just lick it off after each take.'' Hubby David Duchovny has little sympathy for her sticky situation. He sniffs, ''I had to go up an [alien's] a-- in Evolution.''

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''I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.'' -- MORGAN FREEMAN, on doing love scenes


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Posted Aug 03, 2001 | Published in issue #607 Aug 03, 2001 | Order Article Reprints