By Kara Warner

Leonardo DiCaprio at the “Inception” premiere on Tuesday
Photo: Robyn Beck/ Getty Images

HOLLYWOOD — The anticipation for “Inception” hit a fever pitch Tuesday night, when the film’s stars descended upon the U.S. premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Tourists and fans alike crammed together, trying to catch a glimpse of the star-studded black-and-red carpet, backed by a continuous loop of Hans Zimmer’s intense, ominous score. The stars of Christopher Nolan’s latest mind-bender were less-than-ominous, however, when they shared the highlights of their experience working on the movie, which opens on Friday.

For Lukas Haas, the most fun aspect of shooting “Inception” was the stunt work … and getting to slap his longtime friend Leonardo DiCaprio in the face.

“I had to slap Leo a few times,” Haas told MTV News. “I was a little hesitant [to do it]. He’s been a friend of mine for a while. I pushed him in a big tub of water; it was fun. I loved the stunts.”

The stunts were also a highlight for Tom Hardy, but for different reasons. “I got the pipe and slippers job,” he admitted happily of playing Eames, an expert at assuming others’ identities within dreams. “[Joseph Gordon-Levitt] took most of the weight of that. I got to sip tea and wear slippers.”

When asked if he was harassed by fellow castmates for lounging around while they did all the work, Hardy said they hadn’t, but he was happy to relax a bit, having just finished the upcoming cage-fighting flick “Warrior.”

And though veteran actor Ken Watanabe did his share of stunts for the film, he was more frightened by the risks the movie posed to his mental state.

“I’m not a big dreamer, but after seeing the screening I had a nightmare,” Watanabe told MTV News. “I woke up and felt like I had [been the victim of] inception from Chris Nolan.”

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