Refn referred to his bathroom breaks as "potty time" on the set of Drive (2011)
he repeatedly called Mads Mikkelsen to talk about Alejandro Jodorowsky and Seijun Suzuki in between the Pusher Trilogy films
Mads faked ear infections to avoid this
failed his driver's test 7 times and failed the written test 5 times prior. He is unable to drive to this day
didn't speak at all until age 12
took 12 more years to learn how to read
read an entire chapter to Tom Hardy about penis enlargement from Charles Bronson's Solitary Fitness book
asked Hideo Kojima for the hair locks of every famous actor he worked with on Death Stranding
claims to be in contact with aliens via an astral projection method Jodorowsky personally taught him
after each filming day was done, Refn was often seen walking around his sets with a box of cheesy whale crackers, gesticulating his free hand to gleeful babbling and headbobbing
his wife didn't want to vacation in Thailand because she feared the crime
Refn set Only God Forgives in Thailand to make her go with him
cried tears of happiness upon first meeting Ryan Gosling
becomes deeply saddened when asked about Gosling and refers to him as his "third muse in spirit"
wears a towel instead of underwear while filming to "keep the energy in"
refuses to give actors clear directions if "the energy escaped"
invites strangers he makes small talk with to watch movies at his home, and then ghosts them after the visit
repeatedly talks about speaking to Fritz Lang's spirit through a Gypsy medium while vacationing in Eastern Europe
claims that Lang's ghost told him to create a movie about vikings that he couldn't live to direct
lies about being directly related to Marco Polo
lies about watching Andrei Tarkovsky films
lies about being Jewish