Everyone loves a fake dong, but here’s a tribute to filmdom’s most overlooked prosthetic.
You know two actors whoreallygo for it?Robert De NiroandLeonardo DiCaprio.
Come awards season, that butt pad may very well get some Oscar buzz.
Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.Apple Original Films
If they gave Oscars to butt pads.
But considering how much work those faux fannies have put in over the years, why shouldn’t they?
Below, a cheeky, brief(-filling) history of the hardest working butt pads in cinema today.
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“There was some padding on his butt.
But you could tell De Niro was really hitting him,“Killerscinematographer Rodrigo Prietotold Insiderof the infamous scene.
BadunkaVision
“Do you want to talk about your butt?
Chris Evans in ‘Avengers: Endgame’.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Marvel Studios/Everett
“Elizabeth OlsenasksPaul Bettanyin adocumentaryon the making of their megahitWandaVision.
“Yeah, I did want to talk about my butt,” Bettany says.
And why wouldn’t he, it’s a work of art.
(l-r) Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire.Sony
Vision’s android rump was lovingly sculpted by the prop department.
A wild assertion, but there’s no comparison.
Those pert patriotic posteriors are all-natural, made in the U.S.A., baby.
Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Swiss Army Man’.A24/Everett
America’s Ass?
Which somehow only makes Cap’s can evenmoreof America’s Ass.
The rest of Chris Evans, however, was not padded.
Penélope Cruz in ‘Volver’.Sony Pictures Classics/Everett
And America thanks him for that.
Spider-Man: No Fake Butts?
Which is why he droppedthis butt bombonLate Night With Seth Meyers.
Tom Cruise in ‘Valkyrie’.United Artists/Everett
“I remember being on set like, ‘Wow!
Oh, hang on a minute, nah, that’s not real.”
Garfield later waded into the caboose conversation, telling Meyers that he was"totally unmodified.
Anne Hathaway reveals her favorite ‘Devil Wears Prada’ outfit.Everett Collection
“Using some basic math…carry the one…that leaves Maguire as the fake ass in question.
Our Spidey Senses, however, remain tingled.
Ass Army Man
As everyone should be made aware,Daniel Radcliffeiskeeping it real tight.
Why, you ask?
Hence, the Heinie Potter.
But Radcliffe didn’t actually wear it.
No, both a fart and a star were born in that prosthetic booty.
Bottom Gun
Tom Cruiseis insanely fit for a 60-year-old man, or anyone, really.
Cruise, however,deniedtheValkyriefakery, stating for the record that he does his own “mooning.”
Considering the man loves to do his own stunt work, that tracks.
But c’mon, look at that thing.
It’s aBehind: Impossibleand you know it.
The Devil Wears Padding
Are you wearing…Annie Hathaway’s butt pads fromThe Devil Wears Prada?
That is, if they’re still not framed in the Oscar-winner’s home.
Hathaway lost a bunch of weight to portray schlubby serious journalist turned high-fashion woman on the go!
Andy Sachs, but for her pre-makeover look, she required a little movie magic.
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