Jack Nicholson’s drug-fuelled A-list parties – from sex trailer to cocaine todger

American actor Jack Nicholson is one of the greatest film stars of the 20th Century.

During an epic career that spanned seven decades, he has appeared in several cinematic classics including Easy Rider, The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Along the way he collected dozens of accolades including becoming the most nominated male actor in the history of the Oscars with 12 nominations – winning three.

But while he became a Hollywood icon, Nicholson established a notorious reputation for being something of a party animal. The former hellraiser, who celebrated his 87th birthday last month, was once dubbed “the guy men want to be and women want to bed”.

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His off-screen antics saw him keeping a trailer on set just for sex and inhaling copious amounts of cocaine.

Despite the octogenarian not being on-screen since 2010, his legendary status has carried on.

Now the Daily Star has collected some of the exploits of the bloke who lived next door to Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty in a road nicknamed Bad Boy Drive.

Humble beginnings and early experiments with drugs

While starring in B-grade films Jack started dabbling with the hedonistic lifestyle in the late 50s and early sixties.

Fellow actor Harry Dead Stanton claimed when he thought of Nicholson from that era he always saw him with “cheap red wine on his lips”.

According to Marc Eliot, author of his unauthorized biography, Nicholson: “Jack’s experiences with the drug were life-changing. He believed after taking it the first time that he had seen the face of God. He also had castration fantasies, homoerotic fantasies, and revelations about not being wanted as an infant.”

Jack’s parties ran around the clock

Jack’s Hollywood Hills home was reportedly the site of constant wild excesses.

According to Eliot: “There was round-the-clock partying, drinks, drugs, sex, lots of tea (the smoking kind), and beautiful, hot, willing girls who loved to get just as high as the boys and have a good time.

“The refrigerator never had any food in it. Just milk (for Jack’s sometimes sensitive stomach), beer, and pot in the freezer to keep it fresh.”

Eliot added that Nicholson and his former roommate, Stanton, were notorious for the non-stop party at their shared abode, and then afterwards at their individual addresses.

He met The Beatles, but didn’t remember it

They were the biggest band of all time, so meeting them all at the height of their careers were would’ve been a memorable experience for anyone.

Anyone except for Nicholson it seems, whose run in with the Fab Four he only realised took place when he saw it in a documentary years later.

Speaking to Rolling Stone he explained away his forgotten encounter with the legendary band: “I saw this documentary with a scene of me and the Beatles out in Malibu, and I just couldn’t remember it. Of course, I could tell from the film I was a bit loaded—and no doubt about that…”

Jack Nicholson’s sexcapades and cocaine penis

Once described as “the most highly sexed individual” by Kim Basinger, Nicholson’s reputation precedes him when it comes to his history with women.

The actor has a long list of high profile dates, including Mamas & the Papas singer Michelle Phillips and Joni Mitchell. There was also his 17-year on-off relationship with Angelica Huston.

Nicholson’s friend Cher dismissed his behaviour by saying: “The thing about Jack is that he likes women more than any man I’ve ever known.”

During the writing of his memoir, Marc Eliot discovered that Nicholson would apply cocaine on his penis to boost his sexual abilities.

“By following what he’d heard about Errol Flynn, he learned that by putting a dab on the tip of his manhood, he could last longer, and, because of the way women reacted to that, he also believed it intensified the sensations for them,” he said.

He once offered a hit of cocaine to a British Royal

The iconic actor reportedly once offered a member of the British Royal Family the opportunity to do some cocaine with him, so “he could get to know her better”.

The hellraising actor is said to have pulled Princess Margaret aside at a glamorous dinner party held in her honour, according to a biography of Hollywood agent Sue Mengers.

Nicholson’s apparent icebreaker at the Los Angeles bash in 1979 was declined, as the princess opted to instead spend the night drinking and dancing with John Travolta, claimed the book.

It was the year after Margaret’s 18-year marriage to Lord Snowdon ended and Nicholson was still riding a wave of popularity after the success of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

Remaining a pro despite being stoned in Easy Rider scene

One of the most famous scenes in Easy Rider sees Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper smoking a joint around a campfire.

According to Peter Fonda, the guys smoked a joint every time they shot a new take, and there were a lot of takes.

Speaking about shooting the scene Nicholson said: “We were all stoned the night we shot the campfire scene. The speech about the UFOs looks improvised, but it was actually almost verbatim from the script. The story about me smoking 155 joints, that’s a little exaggerated. But each time I did a take or an angle it involved smoking almost an entire joint.”

And Laszlo Kovacs, the film’s cinematographer, backs up Jack’s story, and says he remained a pro despite the intake.

“It was so amazing when we were shooting that campfire scene how much Jack was in control,” he said. “He was so stoned, but he was so great. He remembered every word.”

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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk