Bruce McGill recalls that some of John Belushi's funniest moments in the 1978 college fraternity comedy "Animal House" didn't amuse the late comic at all.

In one scene, Belushi smashes a guitar. But it didn't break on the first take.

"He went ballistic," said McGill, who played D-Day. "He was furious because he hated to look inept physically. He thought of himself as a physical guy."

Another scene of the fraternity members bringing a horse into the dean's office also didn't go as planned for Belushi, but director John Landis loved it.

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"He actually slipped for real on the wet grass and was furious that he had slipped," said James Widdoes, who played Hoover. "Landis yelled, 'Keep going! Keep going!' and that's when he got up and did three little hops."

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