If You Ever Wondered If Actors Take Things From Sets, The Answer Is Yes — Here Are 22 Celebs Who Went On The Record With The Props They Took
5 min read
For whatever reason, it's become somewhat of a tradition for actors to steal props from movie and TV sets to keep as mementos. It can be anything from the underwear given by the costume department to large pieces of furniture.
NBC
Here are some things that actors have admitted to taking from set:
1.Daniel Radcliffe took home a lot of props from the Harry Potter movie sets, including some pairs of his iconic glasses, but the strangest thing he kept was his boneless fake arm from Chamber of Secrets.
Araya Doheny / Getty Images
This scene grosses me out, so I won't make you look at it if you don't want to:
Warner Bros.
2.Robert Downey Jr. convinced someone to send him the big Avengers "A" from Avengers: Age of Ultron to put in his office.
Vivien Killilea / Getty Images
Marvel
Advertisement
Advertisement
3.Robert also took his original Iron Man mask from the set of Iron Man, but he later gifted that to Tom Holland's brother, Paddy.
That's Paddy on the right.
Marvel
4.Tom Holland himself took home Tony Stark's glasses from Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images for SiriusXM
Sony
Advertisement
Advertisement
5.Jennifer Stone got to keep several of Harper's outfits from Wizards of Waverly Place, and her iconic marker dress even made an appearance in one of her recent TikToks.
Tibrina Hobson / Getty Images for Scale Management
Disney, jenniferlstone / TikTok / Via tiktok.com
6.Ian McKellen revealed in a Reddit AMA that he stole some of Smaug's gold coins and the key to the front door of Bag End from the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings sets.
David M. Benett / Getty Images
From what I can tell, we never actually see the key to Bag End in the movies.
Advertisement
Advertisement
7.Dan Levy kept the framed Rose Apothecary receipt from the set of Schitt's Creek.
Bruce Glikas / WireImage via Getty Images
Pop TV
8.Kit Harington took a statue of Jon Snow from the set of Game of Thrones in order to use it as a scarecrow in his garden.
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images
HBO
Advertisement
Advertisement
9.Emilia Clarke was nervous about stealing props from set, but her brother, who worked in the camera department on the show, stole a Targaryen flag and gave it to her for Christmas.
David M. Benett / Getty Images
HBO
10.Jennifer Lawrence has the original bow that she used as Katniss in The Hunger Games, but she keeps it in a closet to avoid her famous roles being all people can think about when they come to her home.
Michael Loccisano / Getty Images
Lionsgate
Advertisement
Advertisement
11.Most of the Glee cast got to take props and costumes with sentimental value from set when the show ended, but Darren Criss went so far as to take the entire couch from Principal Figgins's office.
Bruce Glikas / Getty Images
Fox
12.Joseph Quinn kept the Reebok high tops he wore as Eddie in Stranger Things and also said he had "a car full" of Hellfire Club shirts.
Michael Tran / AFP via Getty Images
Netflix
Advertisement
Advertisement
13.After The Office finished filming its final season, Jenna Fischer asked to take home Pam's watercolor painting of Dunder Mifflin, but NBC told her no. However, Prop Master Phil Shea found out, secretly made a copy for NBC to catalogue, and gave the original to Jenna.
Mark Von Holden / Variety via Getty Images
NBC
14.After filming wrapped on Modern Family, Nolan Gould took a lot of things from set, including the iconic bowl of fake fruit that sat in the Dunphy's kitchen for the whole series.
Momodu Mansaray / WireImage via Getty Images
ABC
Advertisement
Advertisement
15.Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley both took their characters' daylight rings when filming ended on The Vampire Diaries.
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for InStyle
The CW
16.Chadwick Boseman took his character's kimoyo beads from the set of Black Panther.
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for dcp
Marvel, ABC
Advertisement
Advertisement
17.Mark Hamill kept plenty of props from the Star Wars sets, including the Stormtrooper helmet and the boots he wore in the first movie.
Tiffany Rose / Getty Images for Make-A-Wish
20th Century Fox
18.Lana Condor is a self-proclaimed "thief" when it comes to props, and she took some of the letters Peter wrote to Lara Jean in the To All the Boys trilogy.
Michael Stewart / WireImage via Getty Images
Netflix
Advertisement
Advertisement
19.Reese Witherspoon had it written into her contract that she would get to keep her entire wardrobe from Legally Blonde 2.
Allen Berezovsky / Getty Images
MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection, Netflix
20.Jennifer Aniston snagged the Central Perk neon coffee sign from the Friends set.
Amy Sussman / Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter
NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection
21.The creators of How I Met Your Mother planned on keeping the famous blue French horn for themselves after filming wrapped, but when Josh Radnor asked "very humbly and sweetly" for it, they decided to let him take it.
Araya Doheny / Getty Images
CBS
22.And finally, John Stamos has the couch from the set of Fuller House, which is modeled after the iconic couches from Full House.
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images
Netflix
Here's the Full House couch for reference:
ABC
And here's the couch in John Stamos's house:
Did we miss an actor with sticky fingers when it comes to props? Let us know!
Solve the daily Crossword
34,796 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?34,796 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?


Crossword