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Movies have the magical power of suspending our real-life problems for at least the duration of the film. Not only that, but movies can also take us to distant worlds full of fantastic characters and scenarios. So much so that sometimes you might forget that those characters are actually just people and the distant world is a film set.
The creation of a movie is a real and full-time job for the cast and crew, and same as with our lives and jobs, not only ordinary but also curious things do happen. We’ve gathered a list full of such fun facts about movies that will entertain and surprise you!
From a legendary actor going out for lunch, forgetting he was wearing robotic makeup, to a leading lady catching a nasty infection, we’ve listed some juicy movie facts that you’ll love. Behind every blockbuster is a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes antics, quirky stories, and unexpected curveballs that make for some really interesting movie facts.
So, get ready to have your mind blown as we dive into the reel and real tales, such as some Disney fun facts and horror movie facts that are quirky, bizarre, and downright cool! These fun facts about movies might even make you the reigning champion of your next movie trivia night. Grab your popcorn, folks!
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#1
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Chris Pratt apparently stole his Star-Lord costume from the set, for the sole purpose of having it available so he could show up in costume to visit sick children in the hospital, who might want to meet Star-Lord.
Mimis Nachbarin 7 years ago
Yeah. And he did demand as well to get from the factory as many starlord action figure he ever likes - to always have enough action figures for everyone whenever he visits sick children in hospitals. He's a nice guy.
Max L. 7 years ago
Most intresting trivia is when he drop the ball in the beginning of the film which was obviously unscripted, but he didn't break character, and the shot made it to the final version of the movie.
Sue Kinley 7 years ago
I read that somewhere, too. I love it when they leave things like that in movies. Especially the Indiana Jones one with the "ninja" guy. We all know about that one, so I won't waste space explaining it
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Michelle Line 7 years ago
My favorite piece of trivia is when Chris Pratt (aka Star Lord) hands the orb over to the Collector, he actually dropped it. It was not scripted. They liked it so much they kept and used that scene.
Sue Kinley 7 years ago
Me too! Like Johnny Depp showing up in the "Pirates of the Caribbean " ride in Disney Land, and him showing up at a children's hospital in full Jack Sparrow garb 😊
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#2
The Theory Of Everything
In an e-mail to director James Marsh about the portrayal by Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Hawking said there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself. In addition to his copyrighted voice, Stephen Hawking also lent the filmmakers his Companion of Honour medal and his signed thesis to use as genuine props in the film.
Han 7 years ago
Stephen Hawking held a party once. He hired a room, put up balloons and a laid out a lovely table of food. He also had a banner made especially for the guests. It read "Welcome Time Travellers"! He waited alone for many hours and then left. He advertised the party a few months later. He was just so wonderful....
Vinniegret 7 years ago
Stephen Hawking was a mensch.I think his intellectual interests, sense of humor and total self acceptance were instrumental to his kicking ALS's a*s.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
The biggest brain of my lifetime, that’s for sure!
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Shyla Clay 3 years ago
My best friend's son studied engineering at Cambridge for a semester. On the phone with his mom, he told her about his new friend Steve in the wheelchair. It seems Steve told the best jokes. My friend said, "I love you, son, but you're an idiot." The son had no idea it was Stephen Hawking.
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
I'm really not sure it is true about the copyrighted voice. It was a common piece of software used by many in the past. Plus, can anyone really imagine Stephen Hawking doing that?
Merlyn Emrys 7 years ago
absolutely. And yes, his specific voice was under his own copyright so that it felt more like a vocal natural voice. And I can totally see him insisting they use it so that the voice was accurate to him in this biopic.
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#3
Armageddon
NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
Tor Rolf Strøm 5 years ago
Why guilty pleasure? Don't make excuses, stand for what you like
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Thalia Lovering 7 years ago
It would be great if you did a piece and listed them all, or some of them.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I tell you one thing that drives me nuts is, people who think Jethro Tull is just a person in a band
#4
Dallas Buyers Club
The film's budget was so low that the makeup budget was $250. The film's artists were able to work with that, and the film's Makeup and Hairstyling won an Oscar.
Jennifer Lewis 3 years ago
Before I read the title, just glancing, I thought that was Jamie Lee Curtis sitting next to some cowboy.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
It depends on how large of a movie you’re budgeting for, how many big name you gave—on the screen and in the crew.
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#5
The Godfather
The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray that Coppola found while on the lot at Paramount, and was not originally called for in the script. So content was the cat that its purring muffled some of Brando's dialogue, and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped.
Hans 7 years ago
Apparently, the cat made an offer even Marlon brando could not refuse.
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Nicky OldfieldDesciple 7 years ago
After the film Brando adopted the cat as they formed a real bond during the film.
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
Plot twist: The cat was the real Godfather, the supplicants were talking to the cat, and simply humouring the confused old man who thought he was involved.
Elle Roque 7 years ago
Universal Studios has a large feral cat colony on the lot. Employees chip in for their vet care and food.
Joy Robinson 7 years ago
My college has the same deal for all the campus cats <3 I love that people will band together to help animals
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Jean Donahue 7 years ago
I hope it wasn't tossed aside after the film was done shooting. I truly hope someone adopted it.
Jean Donahue 7 years ago
I never could understand Brando when he spoke anyway!! :)
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The Matrix
Kung Fu choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen initially refused to work on the film, and hoped that by asking for an exorbitant fee, it would turn off the Wachowskis. It didn't. He next formulated what he considered an impossible request. He said that he'd agree only if he had complete control of the fights, and that he trained the actors for four months before they shoot. The Wachowskis complied with his request.
Grumble O'Pug 7 years ago
Epic, game changing. There's before Matrix and after Matrix fight scenes, just like there is before Blade Runner and after Blade Runner dystopian scif.i
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João Ferreira 7 years ago
My favorite fact about the Matrix is that they blew the original initial budget for the whole movie on the opening scenes alone.
Sunzilla 7 years ago
I have the same problem with crochet requests. Now I just feel guilty for over-charging on a scarf... Maybe next time I'll just say "No, I dont wanna..."
Pandykinz 7 years ago
I had to google this. Larry, now Lana, looks amazing!
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Mx. Croteau 3 years ago
the wachowskis actually know the importance of training and authority in fight scenes, unlike a lot of people in film today. please. please just give me wide shots.
#7
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
In the film, when Elizabeth arrives at St. Paul's Cathedral, construction is going on. In real life, St. Paul's actually needed repair work. Director Shekhar Kapur decided to improvise, and gave the workers costumes and period tools to cut real stone that was being installed in the cathedral. The workers in the scene are real-life stonemasons and construction workers.
Krystine Patterson 7 years ago
Now I want to see if there was any scaffolding shown and if it was steel or wood!
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Wonder if they where paid as well. Don't know what non union Extras make, but better than nothing.
#8
Django Unchained
When Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) smashes his hand on the dinner table, DiCaprio accidentally crushed a small stemmed glass with his palm and really began to bleed. He ignored it, stayed in character, and continued with the scene. Quentin Tarantino was so impressed that he used this take in the final print, and when he called cut, the room erupted in a standing ovation.
BetsyB 7 years ago
I give just as many if not more kudos to Kerry Washington for getting his real blood on her & staying in character.
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Donald Holder 7 years ago
The cut was so bad that DiCaprio has permanent nerve damage in his hand.
#9
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks was not paid for this film. Instead, he took percentage points which ultimately netted him in the region of forty million dollars.
gaston caffaratti 7 years ago
From Wikipedia: Winston Groom was paid $350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump and was contracted for a 3 percent share of the film's net profits.However, Paramount and the film's producers did not pay him, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the blockbuster film lost money. Tom Hanks, by contrast, contracted for a percent share of the film's gross receipts instead of a salary, and he and director Zemeckis each received $40 million. Additionally, Groom was not mentioned once in any of the film's six Oscar-winner speeches.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
A lot of Hollywood A listers have opted for this pay method. Thanks did the same in Castaway. Ford in the last Star Wars movie.
boredhuman 7 years ago
Risky move. The higher the risk, the higher the reward. But it could also gone very wrong.
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Nimitt Phommavongsa 7 years ago
I'm not sure to understand what these percentage points are about
IdilS 7 years ago
It means that instead of getting paid with a certain paycheck, he agreed on getting paid with a certain percentage of amount of money that the movie makes. If it's a bad movie, it won't make much, so you might get less than you would with a paycheck. If it makes a lot, then your percentage on the movie would make you a lot more than you would with the paycheck. It's risky, but when it's an actor as talented as Tom Hanks, it's worth the risk.
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Vicky Zar 7 years ago
I assume it means that he got x% of the money the filmmakers made from this movie.
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Bethany Schaefer 3 years ago
George Strait’s songs ‘Blue Clear Sky’ and ‘Baby Blue’ came from this movie.
Vinniegret 7 years ago
Stupid is as stupid does. Apparently, smart is as smart does. Too bad about the author - cheatin' is as cheatin' does as well.
#10
Titanic
After finding out that she had to be naked in front of Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet decided to break the ice, and when they first met, she flashed him.
BetsyB 7 years ago
Agreed. Some people say she weighed too much but I think she was very thin, just not as starved as some of the actresses people are used to seeing. She's perfect in every way. I've always had a crush on her.
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Interesting Facts About the Film Industry
Ever wondered just how many movies are out there or when the very first flick hit the big screen? Here are five fun facts about movies that will make you appreciate the craft even more:
How Many Movies Exist in the World?
While there is no clear way to know how many movies exist in the world, IMDb (Internet Movie Database) lists 667,381 worldwide titles as of December 2023. That’s just over half a million amazing movies! Next time you struggle to pick a title, just remember—you’ve got choices for days, literally.
#11
Schindler's List
To gather costumes for 20,000 extras, the costume designer took out advertisements seeking clothes. As economic conditions were poor in Poland, many people were eager to sell clothing they still owned from the 1930s and '40s.
Pandykinz 7 years ago
One of the greatest movies ever made. Maybe we should all give it another watch. Lest we ever forget
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
When I opened my business, Clothing from the Past, I had a woman call me to tell me that her ENTIRE gigantic mid 1800s built home was FILLED with clothing from the late 1800s to present!!! I was invited to go thru everything!! What a blast that was!!!
Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
Epic move--get what you need (historically accurate costumes) and help the local economy at the same time. Good Guy Costume Designer.
When Was the First Movie Ever Made?
There’s some debate around this. The honor of being the first-ever movie is usually given to Roundhay Garden Scene, a 2.11-second clip shot in Leeds, UK, in 1888. It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene of a family walking in a garden.
However, before this, in 1878, photographer Eadweard Muybridge took multiple photographs of a galloping horse and projected them as a motion picture using a ‘zoopraxiscope,’ a very early version of a film projector. His famous clip is called Horse in Motion.
Here’s another interesting movie fact: the very first feature-length film was The Story of the Kelly Gang released in Australia in 1908. The multi-reel movie was 70–80 minutes long and became a starting point for narrative movies.
#12
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Georgie Henley's reaction to Mr. Tumnus at the lamppost is genuine. She had not seen her castmate James McAvoy in his costume before the scene was filmed, so her screams and reaction were real. Georgie's first reaction to the snowy world of Narnia is also genuine. She was carried into the set blindfolded to make her first entrance, and her wide-eyed, delighted reactions to it, all are entirely her own.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
I never understood the appeal of that book. Got it for Christmas one year and hated it. Always have, always will. It was so dry, so lacking in human warmth, very depressing. My sister got A Wrinkle in Time that year. And I loved that one. Nobody wrote about true human warmth (not sappy) and the possibility of actual joy, love, and caring better than Madeleine L'engle.
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
Preaching and story telling are very different things, and few people do both well.
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While The Wizard of Oz (1939) is believed to be the first-ever color movie, it doesn’t even come close!
The first-ever color clip is A Visit to the Seaside from 1908. The 8-second clip was filmed using green and red filters. The results weren’t perfect, though, as all the colors couldn’t be captured. However, it was considered a huge achievement for movie-making for its time.
#13
The Dark Knight
In preparation for his role as The Joker, Heath Ledger hid away in a motel room for about six weeks. During this extended stay of seclusion, Ledger delved deep into the psychology of the character. He devoted himself to developing The Joker's every tic, namely the voice and that sadistic-sounding laugh.
varwenea 7 years ago
He set the bar of the joker so high that it might not ever be met. Talent gone too soon. I still miss him.
Sunzilla 7 years ago
Me too. His acting was so good that he completing ruined the movie for me. Way too scary. One of the few actors who are gone that I miss.
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Tracy Leonard 7 years ago
How scary for the guests roomed next to his room listening to him practice that laugh!
Just saying 7 years ago
I had heard that his preparation for this role is what actually killed him. I know it was an overdose of sleeping pills, however, I wonder if there was more to it. Such a shame. I miss him.
Dian Ella Lillie 7 years ago
I've always wondered if he went too deep into the character... :-(
Donald Holder 7 years ago
There aren't many "method" actors that have his dedication to character. So sad it probably added to his overwhelmingly depression.
What Is the World Record for the Longest Movie?
If you thought that the three-hour-long Titanic was the longest movie ever, hold on to your popcorn! IMDb cites Logistics as the longest film by running time. The 2012 Swedish film is a whopping 857 hours long. You’ll need some serious dedication to binge-watch this one.
#14
John Wick: Chapter 2
Keanu Reeves performed about 95 percent of the fight scenes himself. To prepare for the role, Keanu trained for three months. His training consisted of Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, marksmanship, and driving.
Leah Rayner 7 years ago
He actually keeps getting hotter as he gets older.
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Reeves has for long been such a dedicated artist who is willing to take on any new challenges now matter how long and remains simply devoted & focused as he must be in order to deliver his best. Believe his humbleness has always stayed within him; seems to be on higher spiritual & physical plane of existence.
Dale Henderson 2 years ago
His acting hasn't always been the greatest, though. Watch "Bram Stoker 's Dracula" where he tries an English accent.
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Jean Donahue 7 years ago
The more I learn about Keanu's personal life, the more I like him. He's definitely not your typical arrogant, ego-centric movie star!
What’s the Most Expensive Film Ever Made?
Topping the charts as the most expensive film ever made is Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). It had a jaw-dropping budget of $533.2 million. It’s also the first Star Wars movie made by Disney.
The Force Awakens surpasses Avatar: The Way of Water, widely believed to be the most expensive film of all time. Avatar 2 had a production budget of $350 million.
#15
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
The cast often had to fly to remote shoot locations by helicopter. Sean Bean (Boromir) was afraid of flying, and would only do it when absolutely necessary. When they were shooting the scenes of the Fellowship crossing the snowy mountains, he'd spend two hours every morning, climbing from the base of the mountain, to the set near the top, already dressed as Boromir. The crew being flown up, could see him from their helicopters.
Nicklas Linder 7 years ago
I'd love to see a movie where he's the only survivor in the world, after some cataclysmic event... 😂
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layne 7 years ago
He must have already contained within him all the endurance, determination, will, strength of self character & stamina he needed long before such an undertaking every morning. A man who knows who knows his own strengths & weakness. I admire that, as they're aren't many left anymore.
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Dale Henderson 2 years ago
"You're not getting me on no plane, Hannibal!".
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Camilo Gonzalez 2 years ago
Kind of fitting, seeing as Boromir makes the journey alone to Rivendell before the events happen in order to seek counsel regarding his brother's premonitions.
#16
Pretty Woman
Edward (Richard Gere) snapping the necklace case down on Vivian's (Julia Roberts) fingers, was improvised by Gere, and Roberts's reaction (laughter) was totally natural. The filmmakers liked it so much, they decided to leave it in.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
These two had such great chemistry. To bad the reports are that they despised each other and wouldn't even stay in the same room after filming the scenes.
Charlotte Brine 7 years ago
actually the full story here was that being a young actress Roberts would often party late into the night and turn up to the set hungover, tired, bleary eyed and not giving it her full attention. So the director told gere to snap the box to make her jump and wake her up!
JD Higginson 7 years ago
Worst edited movie of all time...HORRIBLE, HORRENDOUS AND SLOPPY !!! They should kiss her feet for being so good that no one noticed all the mistakes that were made !!!!!!!! I honestly still can't figure out how they either didn't notice or just thought the general public was stupid and didn't care !!!!
#17
Interstellar
For a cornfield scene, Christopher Nolan sought to grow five hundred acres of corn, which he learned was feasible from his producing of Man of Steel (2013). The corn was then sold, and actually made a profit.
Flip The Movie Script 4 months ago
The whole thing is very interesting. The very concept of Interstellar was thought up by Kip Thorne, theoretical physicist. https://flipthemoviescript.com/interstellar-film-conceived-by-theoretical-physicist-kip-thorne
Sasy 7 years ago
He did it for interstellar, he learned he could when working on Man of Steel
Load More Replies... layne 7 years ago
Couldn't have just paid any actual corn farmers' to complete the scene. Na, i'd rather make it happen by others toil & then make a tidy profit from it... no stone left unturned for making profit in H.wood.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
No need to downvote layne comment and opinion. I will say that could've risked destroying a farmers hard work and crop. I don't agree with the profit but I can understand not wanting to use a real farmers crop.
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The Terminator
One afternoon during a break in filming, Arnold Schwarzenegger went into a restaurant in downtown L.A. to get some lunch and realized all too late that he was still in Terminator makeup - with a missing eye, exposed jawbone and burned flesh.
Andres Tejeda 7 years ago
That would be funny if they had a waitress by the name of Sarah Conner.
#19
Star Trek
The sound of the automatic doors opening on the U.S.S. Enterprise, is a Russian train's toilet flushing.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Oh God yes. Terrified me as a child and I always tried holding it but 12 + hours on a plane makes it hard
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with a Y and a Z 7 years ago
Best actors hearing flushing everytime ang still keep a straigth face👍
MysticSailora 7 years ago
now you can be in space when you take a s**t! have fun bragging lmao.
Troy Currie 7 years ago
Have electric sliding doors at work that sound just like the sliding doors on the original Enterprise. Don't remember what the new movies sound like.
#20
The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio chose to devour a raw slab of bison's liver, even though he is vegetarian. He also had to learn to shoot a musket, build a fire, speak two Native American languages (Pawnee and Arikara), and study with a doctor who specializes in ancient healing techniques. DiCaprio calls it the hardest performance of his career.
Rama Llama 7 years ago
It was so painful to watch all that crawling for 2,5 hours... In a good way of course, great acting.
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
He really is a good actor. I don't think I've ever seen a movie by him I didn't like.
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
My brother and I joked on account of Leo kept getting nominated, but not winning an Oscar: 'And the Oscar goes to...Mr. Bear!!' Glad he finally won it.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
Why would he eat raw meat? People don't typically eat raw meat. There is solid evidence that the humanoid species we evolved from used fire. It may be that their use of fire to cook day old food was actually what helped allow us to evolve. We could then store meat, cook scavenged meat, which allowed for better planning, preparation, and living through lean times. All hunter-gatherer societies that we know about, anywhere in the world, always used fire, and it required the tiniest of technology. (When moving camp, they take some coals, wrap it in leaves, then when they get to the new camp, they use that to light up the campfire.)
Chek Parker 2 years ago
When does acting stop being acting because you're actually just doing everything?
#21
Jurassic Park
The sounds the Velociraptors make when communicating is the same sound tortoises make when having sex.
the_potato 7 years ago
i'll never hear the dinosaur sounds in jurassic park the same ever again...
Lizard Queen 7 years ago
Have you *seen* tortoises having sex? Tortoise penises are prehensile. They are also longer than the tortoise's body. Truly frightening.
Calypso poet 7 years ago
My husband didn’t believe when I told him this a couple years ago until I looked it up online for him. Then last year we were at the Bronx Zoo and two turtles were going at it. Yep. Sounds just like it. It was a cold winter day so not a lot of people around so we filmed those two for a half hour, laughing our butts off, and staying warm inside! They were still going at it when we finally left.
Timothy Mathews 7 years ago
I'd love to find a full dissection of the Dino sounds from this film. Some dinosaur sounds were made up of three or more different animals.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Oh God. That's why it sounded so familiar but I could never place it. (I used to watch alot of nature shows)
Chris Baker 7 years ago
I don't think so...I grew up on a property with about 20 Tortoises, who were all randy as hell...and I never heard the sound of velociraptors! They sound like human beings!
#22
The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch confessed that in one of the final scenes of the film, he couldn't stop crying and had a breakdown. It was, as he said, "Being an actor or a person that had grown incredibly fond of the character and thinking what he had suffered and how that had affected him."
logical fallacy 7 years ago
As a mathematician, I have my problems with the film, but the poor man, Alan Turing, he lived through hell...
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 7 years ago
It's sick that a man of such genius and who used it for the benefit of mankind and in turn help save the lives of so many people should be ridiculed and treated so badly because he was gay. Thankfully that wouldn't happen today and gays have the same rights as everyone else in everything they want to do. They are just the same as straight people and should be treated as such.
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SirWriteALot 7 years ago
This film shows you how wrong the world is treating people who don't follow the norm, who are not like "everybody else". It made me cry. Such intelligence, such devotion, killed just because other people were afraid of his sexual orientation.
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
agreed. he was given a royal pardon in 2013 (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) but I believe that it’s far too late (at least he got one anyway and was credited for his work)
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Christina Sersif 7 years ago
I had to read what the movie was about because I've never heard of it and I cried too. It's a shame how quick people are to crucify someone, even someone who is kind.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Haven't seen this movie. I'll have to see if it's available for streaming.
#23
I Am Legend
Will Smith grew so enamored of his canine co-star, Abbey, that he tried to adopt her when filming was finished, but the dog's trainer could not be persuaded to give her up.
BetsyB 7 years ago
I only hope it was for love & not future money the dog could earn!
Load More Replies... Christina Sersif 7 years ago
I've never seen this movie for the simple fact that dog dies. I'm weird I know, but animals dying in movies affects me more than a human.
Pandamom1981 7 years ago
You're not weird! I feel exactly the same way. Whenever someone wants to watch a movie that I know has a dog in it I always make sure the dog lives. My husband rented me The Fly when I was home on bed rest with our son and I cried for weeks over that dog! I've never forgiven him! Lol
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Elizabeth Lord Cary 7 years ago
Maybe Will should have hired the trainer to train a dog for him instead. I don't blame someone for not giving up a loved one
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
How dare you trying to buy someone else's dog . You wouldn't offer money for a child . That's how true dog owners see their dogs
Just saying 7 years ago
I'm sure it was because the owner just wanted to keep making money from him. So sad that things like this are even real.
Ingo Sauer 7 years ago
He trained the dog, and obviously trained him well. Why should he be expected to sell it like an ordinary puppy?
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Man Of Steel
Henry Cavill refused to take steroids to muscle up for the role. He also refused any digital touch-ups or enhancement to his body in his shirtless scenes. He said it would have been dishonest of him to use trickery while playing Superman, and he wanted to push his body to the limits, to develop his physique into one that was worthy of the character.
Tor Rolf Strøm 7 years ago
Wow, a hollywood star NOT wanting to use steroids? That's a breath of fresh air. Thinking about it, his body does look very natural, and pretty damn hot! ;)
Just Curious 7 years ago
Why would superman need muscles? Is his kryptonian super strength going to be more super if he's ripped?
#25
Slumdog Millionaire
Director Danny Boyle placed the money to be paid to the 3 lead child actors in a trust that is to be released to them upon their completion of grade school at 16 years of age. The production company has set up for an auto-rikshaw driver to take the kids to school everyday until they are 16 years old.
Jonny Chevalier 7 years ago
and how do you figure that? by comparing US salaries to Indian ones??
Load More Replies... SirWriteALot 7 years ago
I couldnt watch this movie. When they cauterized the kids eyes with the spoon I turned it off. I have kids, can't handle it.
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
That is ridiculous! Employers have no right paying a person the way that THEY deem to be the best.
Mykidsartrocks 3 years ago
It was probably to protect their mom ney from being spent by relatives. In America, they have laws to prevent that. Maybe the laws there wouldn't prevent the parents from keeping their children's money if given the opportunity to access it.
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Carol Taylor 7 years ago
with the interest accrued over the years it'll add up to a nice tidy sum for them to begin adult life..
#26
The Shawshank Redemption
When Andy goes to the library to begin work as Brooks' assistant and Brooks' crow, Jake, is squawking, Tim Robbins had to time his line, "Hey, Jake. Where's Brooks?" so that the crow wouldn't squawk over him, since the bird could not be trained to squawk on cue. Robbins was able to adapt to this and time his line perfectly by learning the bird's squawking patterns, for which Writer and Director Frank Darabont praised him. Robbins' improvisation is noticeable, as he watches the bird carefully while approaching it, waiting for it to squawk, and doesn't begin his line until after it does so.
#27
The Martian
Matt Damon admitted that the scene where Mark was getting emotional upon hearing Commander Lewis' voice was genuine. The other actors had wrapped and gone home, and their pre-recorded voices were actually being played to Damon from inside his spacesuit. When Damon began to think about how his character had been all alone on Mars for two years, alongside how he was only hearing pre-recorded voices of his co-stars who had already finished their scenes, he began to tear up. Ridley Scott was so impressed with Damon's performance, that he only did one take of the scene, which was used in the film.
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
Earth is pretty lonely too, if you actually think about it.
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Tiny Dancer 7 years ago
"I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight ..." (from Elton John's "Rocket Man")
#28
Titanic
The scenes set in 1912, i.e. the whole movie except the present-day scenes and the opening and ending credits, have a total length of two hours and forty minutes, the exact time it took for Titanic to sink. Also, the collision with the iceberg reportedly lasted 37 seconds, which is how long the collision scene is in the movie.
Sunzilla 7 years ago
How do they know it took 37 seconds? Did someone pull out a stopwatch mid-catastrophe?
Wynand 7 years ago
I guess if they know what speed the ship was traveling at and if they know the length of the gash that the iceberg made in the ship's hull, then you can work out how long the collision lasted.
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Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
This is the only good thing I've heard about this movie. I will never watch it (though I think DeCaprio is a phenomenal actor).
John Bennick 7 years ago
The best thing in this flick was Kate Winslet's tits. Other than that...MEH!
Load More Replies... Donald Holder 7 years ago
My question is where the HELL did they get these numbers from? The crew wasn't even prepared for the collision much less be prepared, preserve the evidence and have it survive the accident is Ludacris at best. Same with the sinking. Who the hell had a stop watch measuring the exact time from collision to total sinkage? All guess work on unavailable data.
#29
I Am Legend
While doing a press conference in Japan for the release of the movie, Will Smith accidentally revealed the ending to a collection of entertainment reporters. Warner Bros. asked the reporters and all those present to withhold the ending, and the reporters all obliged without any pay-off or consideration.
Full Name 7 years ago
That's honourable of the men. I think Will should've given them a token gift though, after the fact because that's a major, major fuckup.
Denise Renee 7 years ago
WTF Will. First you expect to get your dog costar and then you drop the ending to reporters before the film is released. You’re a little to high on yourself.
Jeff Heller 3 years ago
This is very common. If the journalists don't comply, the outlet would be blacklisted from future press junkets.
Carol Williams 7 years ago
Never would got the sentence out before it was online a man lion times here...
#30
Saving Private Ryan
Tom Sizemore was battling a drug addiction during production. Steven Spielberg gave him an ultimatum that he would be blood tested on the set every day of filming, and if he failed the test once he would be fired and the part of Horvath would be recast and re-shot with someone else, even if it was at the end of production.
Cooky Puss 7 years ago
Nice thing to do... However you cant have that deal all life long... Hence ... Look at tom.. Tommy.... Good actor.. He cant even help himself thiugh... Broken beauty
#31
Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot was a part of re-shoots for the movie (including stunts) while being five months pregnant. Her baby bump was visible, so the crew created a costume which had a green screen around her belly, which was later removed during post-production.
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
Yeah. Cranky and moody, randomly beating up folks, blaming it on hormones :D
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Joeshar 7 years ago
I wish to see Wonder Woman as pregnant along with her husband Superman with a moustache.
Jetches 7 years ago
Speaking of mustache, they had to digitally remove Cavill’s mustache in Justice League. It looked utterly terrible!
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Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
there are words that are much worse than baby bump
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Into The Woods
At a Q&A session after screening of the film, James Corden recalled an incident during rehearsals in which Meryl Streep jumped on a table and her foot got caught in her costume. She started falling backwards, head first, toward a concrete floor. Both Corden and director Rob Marshall froze in the fear that they were about to witness the death of Meryl Streep. However, a pregnant Emily Blunt stepped in and caught Streep before she hit the floor.
Daria B 7 years ago
Let's just appreciate the awsomeness of the two women, shall we? No need to turn a positive thing into something negative.
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Jeannette Treusch 7 years ago
Been fallen many times in my theatre life, also onto concrete. Mostly the male colleagues just stood there watching while the female colleagues went to help.
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
Leave it to a woman to save the day! Sad, really, that the men were useless.
Heidi Bean 7 years ago
Emily Blunt is a badass! She killed it in Sicario. Now, part 2, Sicario, Day of the Soldeado is out and I can't wait to see it.
Patricia Ross 7 years ago
Pregnant with her first kid and already the mommy skills had kicked in.
#33
Maleficent
Angelina Jolie admitted that she scared little kids while in costume on the set of Maleficent, with one kid actually saying, "Mommy, please get the mean witch to stop talking to me." She adds that her daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, who played young Aurora, was the only child who was not scared of her.
Emma B 7 years ago
Can you please remind MY mother of that? She doesn't believe me.
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#34
The Theory Of Everything
Eddie Redmayne met with Stephen Hawking only once before filming. "In the three hours I spent with him, he said maybe eight sentences," recalls Redmayne. "I just didn't feel like I could ask him intimate things." Therefore, he found other ways to prepare for the role. He lost about 15 pounds and trained for four months with a dancer to learn how to control his body. He met with 40 ALS patients, kept a chart tracking the order in which Hawking's muscles declined, and stood in front of a mirror for hours on end, contorting his face. Lastly, he remained motionless and hunched over between takes, so much so that an osteopath told him he had altered the alignment of his spine. "I fear I'm a bit of a control freak," Redmayne admits. "I was obsessive. I'm not sure it was healthy."
MBZ MetalsmithArtist 7 years ago
Eddie Redmayne is an extraordinary talent- I love watching his performances
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Just confirms my earlier comments about Cavel and Superman. Eddie's a perfect example of doing harm to himself just for a role and paycheck.
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
It must be nice to want something so badly to push the limits of your body, even if it's unhealthy. The satisfaction it must bring. The body after all is just a tool
#35
The Devil Wears Prada
On the first day of filming, Meryl Streep told Anne Hathaway, "I think you're perfect for the role. I'm so happy we're going to be working together." Then she paused and followed it up with, "That's the last nice thing I'll say to you." And it was.
Many fashion designers allowed their clothes and accessories to be used in the film, making it the most expensively-costumed film in history. Meryl Streep donated her wardrobe to a charity auction.
Katinka Min 7 years ago
I adored her in that movie!! Her role was way more interesting than the part Hathawy had.
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Coralie 7 years ago
I guess to stay in character on set. I bet she was nice again once shooting was over.
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Monica Sargent 7 years ago
Is this true? Who are the pedophiles she supports?
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Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Wand school was obligatory for several of the cast members. The actors and actresses would attend a boot camp, in order to be instructed how to move and use a wand properly.
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
And so disappointing when no magic will come out of it. I mean I read HP when I was kid, nd even though I knew there was no magic. I just wished liked hell that some how it were.
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The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
these 3 films are amazing! I do prefer them to the HP collection, only by a tiny fraction
PattonPawter 5 years ago
Tbh I probably wouldn’t need wand school-I have a wand from Universal that came with a map so I practice the wand motions( on the map it shows you what motions to do)
#37
Rocky IV
Sylvester Stallone wanted to make sure the boxing scenes looked real in Rocky IV, so he instructed Dolph Lundgren to actually hit him. A punch to the chest left Stallone in intensive care for four days.
Full Name 7 years ago
Most appropriate movie quote ever, and people downvoted you.
Load More Replies... Mimis Nachbarin 7 years ago
I guess someone did underestimate the difference between a fighter and an actor who plays a fighter...
Clinton Yew 7 years ago
they never did, it is out of professionalism that they really do it even if it hurt themselves, because it brings life to the movie.
Load More Replies... Nicklas Linder 7 years ago
Asking a huge martial arts proficient Swede to hit you, is not a good idea... 😂
Grumble O'Pug 7 years ago
Look at the reach on that guy. It must be like boxing with T rex arms for Stallone.
#38
Black Swan
Natalie Portman not only trained for a year as a dancer to prepare for the role, but paid for the the training out of her own pocket until the film found investors. Aronofsky attributed the film's getting made at all to Portman's dedication and enthusiasm.
Pamela24 7 years ago
I remember an interview with Natalie where she talked about how the budget was so small they didn't even have a medic on the set. And when she needed them (she dislocated a rib) she told them that they should take away her trailer rather than not have a medic. And that the day after, she didn't have a trailer. (Oh, I'd really like to see that interview again but I haven't been able to find it...)
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
You can't dislocate a rib can you? I mean, it's not a joint....maybe cracked?
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#39
Fight Club
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton both really learned how to make soap.
Mohd Sharif 7 years ago
and Brad Pitt had voluntarily removed pieces of his teeth because he didnt think his character tyler durden would have perfect teeth
The Milk In Your Fridge 2 years ago
don’t talk about fight club (sorry if it’s the wrong film, i’ve never seen it)
#40
Cast Away
To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island.
Emma B 7 years ago
I never understood this; it would have been a lot easier and less time consuming if he lost weight and grew facial hair first, shot those scenes, and THEN gained back the weight and shaved.
minipanda 7 years ago
That is exactly how Christian Bale did for The Machinist movie.
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varwenea 7 years ago
This was well known then. Tom Hanks was totally robbed that year losing the Oscars.
MBZ MetalsmithArtist 7 years ago
Ps- you should watch it! Really good flick
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Eastendbird 3 years ago
During the year long break, the director, Robert Zemeckis, made the film "What Lies Beneath." If you've not seen it, it's definitely worth a watch!
Dian Ella Lillie 7 years ago
It must be an introvert thing, but I reckon that I'd need more than a few years on a desert island before I started talking to a volley ball...
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
It's what we introverts would like to think, but people in general actually need other people more than they think. We're fine for a long time without much physical contact, or even talking directly to others, but remember that we're constantly reading things written by other human beings and seeing them around in the streets even if we don't interact. We also have a lot more to do than we would in a deserted island, and have a feeling of security and familiarity with our surroundings that makes it much easier to be alone.
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Christine Cameron 7 years ago
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan did a body transformation for his film Dangal to play the same character from his 20s to about 60. The director wanted him to be fit/young first and then fatten up but he felt if they went that route he wouldn't have the motivation to lose the weight so they shot his older scenes first and then he trained/dieted like a madman for five months. You can watch a short film about it here: https://tinyurl.com/gublhhn
#41
The Mummy
Brendan Fraser nearly died during a scene where his character is hanged. Rachel Weisz remembered, "He stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated."
JillVille 7 years ago
I never knew this. I adored him, still do, miss that he's not acting anymore.
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
I really like Brendan. I've not seen this movie, but loved him in Blast From The Past, Bedazzled, Airheads and his cameo's on Scrubs. Underrated and very handsome!
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
Oh! When the movie came in lots of boys tried that haircut of his and I absolutely hated it. But somehow it only suits him. I like it on him.
Donna Gaffke Seegert 7 years ago
And as a thank you they remade The Mummy without him. The remake stinks. Needed Brandon.
Donald Holder 7 years ago (edited)
Same thing happened to Micheal J Fox in Back to The Future. Almost died hanging there. Crew thought he was just a great actor. Had to halt production for three day to let him reciprocate.
#42
The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger worked with guns every day for a month to prepare for the role. The first two weeks of filming he practiced weapons stripping and reassembly blindfolded until the motions were automatic, like a machine. He spent hours at the shooting range and practicing with different weapons without blinking or looking at them when reloading or cocking. He also had to be ambidextrous.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
He'd already proved he was a athletic person prior to the movie by becoming Mr. Universe 7 times.
Tor Rolf Strøm 7 years ago
Had just 1% of the same care for detail gone into other action movies, they would be a lot more pleasurable. Half the time nowadays it's just plastic guns with CG muzzle flashes. Absolutely atrocious to watch.
#43
Get Out
Daniel Kaluuya was given the lead role on the spot after nailing his audition. Jordan Peele said Kaluuya did about five takes of a key scene, in which his character needs to cry, and each was so perfect that the single tear came down at the exact same time for each take.
Daria B 7 years ago
See, guys? Don't adhere to the "men don't cry" stereotypes, it can literally get you a job! ♥
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
If you hear a man saying that you should kick him hard in the balls and prove him wrong
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12 Years A Slave
In order to better portray an alcoholic, Michael Fassbender had his makeup artist paint his mustache with alcohol so that the other actors would react naturally to the smell, as they would to a man who had been drinking heavily.
Nikol Böhmová 7 years ago
Like the guy who speaks Rick from Rick and Morty, he was drinking on set, to make his drunk voice real.
Load More Replies... paulo marreco 7 years ago
If the role was played by Johnny Deep, he would actually simply drink heavily before the scenes instead...
Meva Zabun 7 years ago
Hmmm... that doesn't make sense. Alcohol evaporates quickly (a few seconds) and by the time the actor is on set the alcohol is loooong gone.
Kat Sotiriou 7 years ago
Then why is it people reek of alcohol when they have been drinking
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#45
Candyman
The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only twelve hours old, so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldn't be powerful enough to do any real damage.
Mylah Rose 7 years ago
This is one of those things that really really should be CGI'd!! I don't know how much you'd have to pay me to film with bees walking all over my face... can you not imagine them walking up your nose? In your mouth or ears? Over your eyes?!?! Gaaaaaaaaah!
High Mamii Melo 3 years ago
In the original the actor really did have live bees in his mouth and was stung numerous times.
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Iron Man
Paul Bettany has never seen the film, and is unfamiliar with the plot. He said J.A.R.V.I.S. was the easiest job ever, and it was almost like a robbery, since he only worked for two hours, got paid a lot of money, then went on vacation with his wife (Jennifer Connelly).
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
So is RDJ's work.he doesn't have to work physically that much like Chris Evans or Hemsworth. Since he is just behind the screen. He made fun of them for having to toil in the burning sun and such. Hahaha 😂😋😎
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
Never seen the film. How snooty of him. Can't spare a few hours of your life to review your own work in context and be able to converse about it with your fans? That's not an oversight, is it? It's "I'm too highbrow for this". Not above getting paid for it, though.
rola 7 years ago
That's not it all. A lot of actors don't watch their own films after it's done because it's just awkward for them. Also lots of people do their jobs just to get paid. It's nothing snooty about it.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
In the film and trailer, when the new Kingsman recruits have their first night's sleep interrupted by a deluge of water pouring into the dorm, on-set the scene went horrifically wrong. As Matthew Vaughn recalls "I shouted 'action!', the computer got it wrong and vrrrrssshh, everyone was twenty feet down underwater. Cameras, sound guys... Guys were in waders full of water, panic, everyone diving in and pulling people out." The set, painstakingly planned and rehearsed using height markers and computer-programmed water tanks, washed away in a near-biblical flood when said computers went rogue. "Those actors weren't acting, they were absolutely terrified," shudders Vaughn. "It was awful for the first day of filming."
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
I was listening to NPR the other day and that was the topic. They had some famous professor (forgive me, don't remember who) saying that it's quite possible in the next century.
Load More Replies... Nicklas Linder 7 years ago
The computer got it "wrong"... Yeah, sure... Almost 1-0 to our cyber overlords... 😂
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
I'll say, that scene scared me. I held my breath until everyone, well, all but one, were out of that room! Loved the movie.
#48
Logan
Sir Patrick Stewart lost 21 pounds to play Charles Xavier as elderly and sick. Stewart claimed that he had a steady weight since he was a teenager and had never deliberately lost weight before.
Beks Czar 7 years ago
That was hard to watch, not just as the professor but seeing a thin weak Patrick Stewart. I totally had a crush on him when I read like 8 and watched Star Trek with my mom.
Beks Czar 7 years ago
*I WAS 8, not read. Damn swype doesn't know anything.
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The Godfather
During an early shot of the scene where Vito Corleone returns home and his people carry him up the stairs, Marlon Brando put weights under his body on the bed as a prank, to make it harder to lift him.
#50
Prometheus
Composer Marc Streitenfeld had the orchestra play his compositions backwards, and then digitally reversed the compositions for the final film. This made the music sound unusual and unsettling, which he felt was right for the film.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
This was first done by David Lynch in Twin Peaks- he asked the actors to say their lines in reverse, and the reversed them. Also the scenes were shot in the same way! The effect was so creepy and out of this world. Twin Peaks is truly a masterpiece. And the new season (27 years later) is amazing as well! #LearnCinemaLearnLynch
Bryan Richhart 7 years ago
Do you have to have a transcriber write the sheet music from end to beginning? And are the cues for the conductor done the same way?
#51
Captain America: The First Avenger
Hayley Atwell surprisingly touching Chris Evans' chest, as he emerged from the pod upon turning into Captain America, was very much improvised, and the surprise on her face is genuine, as she admitted in interviews she was very taken by Chris' physique and nearly broke character and ruined the take that made it into the film, as a result.
Bear Trapp 7 years ago
Yeah, well now reverse the roles. But it's ok since it was a woman.
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Sabrina Huber 7 years ago
Took me a good five minutes to scroll down far enough to read the words...
Magdalina777 7 years ago
Haven't seen the movie but judging by that pic, I'd want to touch that too XD
Jaded Queen 7 years ago
Omg! HOW Chris didn't start laughing left and right watching her expression? coz he is always in such a jolly mood
#52
Bridget Jones's Diary
To prepare for the role, Renée Zellweger gained 25 pounds, and then actually worked at a British publishing company for a month in preparation for the role. She adopted an alias as well as her posh accent and was apparently not recognized. On her desk in this office she kept a framed picture of then boyfriend Jim Carrey. Workers who did not recognize her found this to be odd, but never mentioned it to her for fear of embarrassing her.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
Not sure I see a need to know that much about publishing companies to play that particular role, but more power to her.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
So is ice cream. Lots of people love it, but it serves no good earthly function (just heart attacks).
Load More Replies... Pamela24 7 years ago
What exactly, please? (Genuine question.) I find it to be a true dedication that paid off.
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Schindler's List
During production, the atmosphere was so grim and depressing that Steven Spielberg asked his friend Robin Williams if he could tell some jokes and do comedy sketches while Spielberg would watch episodes of Seinfeld (1989). Some of Williams' sketches, while played through the speaker phone to the cast and crew, ended up being part of dialogue material for his character in Aladdin (1992), the Genie.
Hans 7 years ago
And we should never forget let alone try to relativize the historic events the movie depicts.
Full Name 7 years ago
A lot of history is being "sanitized". Really unfortunate.
Load More Replies... SirWriteALot 7 years ago
That photo ... imagine the horror that makes you hide in a bath of s**t and p**s ...
Joy Augustina Petinrin 7 years ago
Only Robin Williams can bring up the atmosphere in a Nazi movie. Miss you!
#54
The Hangover
In The Hangover, Ed Helms is actually missing a tooth. He never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
Katinka Min 7 years ago
I really had wondered how the hell thy made that look so realistic! :-D
#55
It
The Duffer Brothers originally wanted to direct the movie, but were overlooked as they were not "established" enough. They went on to create Stranger Things (2016), which co-stars Finn Wolfhard (Richie) and pays homage to Stephen King.
#56
The Maze Runner
The production had to hire snake wranglers to make sure the areas where they were filming were snake free. Before filming began the wranglers found 25 venomous snakes. The biggest one they found was a 5 foot rattlesnake.
Lizard Queen 7 years ago
I would have LIVED to do that. I don't do as many snake removals as I used to.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Where in the world was the movie film. Sohnds like a place to avoid.
#57
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick destroyed almost all of his props and sets from 2001: A Space Odyssey because he didn't want them to be used in any lesser science fiction films.
Sunzilla 7 years ago
Kill me now, but 2001 was the worst sci-fi ever produced. Nothing happens for 3 hours. Hour1: Pre-humans dancing around a monolith. Hour2: Dude walks around a space station. Hour3: Dude flies through space really fast. Did I miss anything?
MBZ MetalsmithArtist 7 years ago
Those sets were gorgeous, there was a lot of creativity in them
Cooky Puss 7 years ago
Thats not why..... Geeez do you even know one iota about kubrick lol ... Smh
Hidden Memes 6 years ago
I believe I saw in a funny meme compilation, the one of the apes in the background perform an action that became famous decades later: The Dab.
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Clearly none of the commenters below watched it on some of Owsley Stanley's famous product. My high school chums and I sat through it twice on Orange Sunshine and we enjoyed it even more the second time.
Michelle Dodson 7 years ago
I'm not sure why my reply to Sunzilla showed up on so many additional posts. I apologize, I only replied once.
Tor Rolf Strøm 7 years ago
Good riddance, the movie is painfully boring. It is kind of incredible from a technical standpoint, though.
#58
Inglourious Basterds
When asked how he got into the violent, baseball bat-wielding mindset of "The Bear Jew", Eli Roth partially attributed his performance to the historically accurate costumes: "Being in wool underwear will make you want to kill anything." He also stated (in a separate interview) that his girlfriend had secretly added some Hannah Montana (2006) music onto his iPod; when he listened to it, it inexplicably made him able to tap into the violent nature of The Bear Jew.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
Having an autistic nephew who would watch Hannah Montana 10 hours straight made me violent.
#59
The Terminator
O.J. Simpson was considered for the Terminator, but the producers feared he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Find this humorous but highly unlikely. Simpson isn't anywhere near the physical qualifications to portray a treminator, and he's a terrible actor. Just watch Naked Gun, Towering Inferno. Disturbing. Unlike Jim Brown and The Rock, these athletes need to stick to sports.
#60
What We Do In The Shadows
The man who plays Stu is not an actor but actually Stu Rutherford. A part-time business analyst for a Wellington company, LanWorx. He was hired for the film under the impression that he would be working on computers, and that he would play a small part in the film.
Martin Ekert 7 years ago
It's a brilliant movie and very funny... I highly recommend you watching it.
Load More Replies... Tom Morrison 2 years ago
This was filmed in my city, Wellington, and accuratley reflects life here. The bar the vampires get into easily, The Big Kumera, was a notorious student bar, known for cheap drinks and bouncers with low standards.
Gabby 7 years ago
None of them. I don't know why they picked that picture.
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#61
The Social Network
During one of the depositions, it is mentioned that the invention of Facebook made Mark Zuckerberg "the biggest thing on a campus that included nineteen Nobel Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two future Olympians, and a movie star." One of the lawyers then asks, "Who was the movie star?" and the response is, "Does it matter?" This movie star was, in fact, Natalie Portman, who was enrolled at Harvard from 1999 to 2003 and helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by providing him insider information about goings-on at Harvard at the time Facebook first appeared there.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
Oh Look Donald a festival of Condescendence. Lovely world we live in
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Cooky Puss 7 years ago
Daaaaaaang and i dont even like star wars.... I know her from the professional.... Dang though
#62
The Phantom Of The Opera
The doll in the Phantom's lair that is supposed to resemble Emmy Rossum is not actually a wax mold. It is Emmy Rossum. The production produced a mask of her face to use on the mannequin but when they put in the fake eyes it didn't look like her. She suggested to stand in as the mannequin instead. This was done by her being made up like a doll with waxy makeup on, and her standing very, very still.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
It's so hard to stand very still convincingly. My favorite example is from a dance show where the young woman plays a mannequin. She had only 3 days to learn it. Says it was the hardest dance she had to learn throughout the entire competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqSqtvztThE
kat newt shulder 7 years ago
ok, but the original is so much better. this guy doesnt match the character description in the least
#63
The Wolf Of Wall Street
The actors snorted crushed B vitamins for scenes that involved cocaine. Jonah Hill claimed that he eventually became sick with bronchitis after so much inhaling and had to be hospitalized.
Marlene Slaght 2 years ago
What, they thought that because they were snorting vitamins it wouldn't hurt them? You snort enough particulate matter of any kind and it's going to cause inflammation - hence, bronchitis.
#64
Avatar
James Cameron was convinced that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film when he saw Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
LOL. Personally I despised Dances with Wolves. It was insulting, inaccurate, boring, and didn't even make sense. (Why would the white woman who grew up with the native Americans not dress, do her hair, and act like the rest of her community? She had lived with them since she was a small child. Even those small details alone made it seem like a really low-quality film that wasn't thought out very well.)
Load More Replies... Magdalina777 7 years ago
<3 Avatar. Yes, I know the story is as old as time but so what? It's still a nice, if somewhat predictable, story, and I love fairy tales. The visual effects were imo absolutely stunning, I've literally watched it 3 times in the cinemas just to enjoy the colourful beauty of it on the big screen. Part of it probably goes to the fact that I'm absolutely mesmerized by bird-like flying and it has quite a bit of that and it's done exceptionally well.
Marnee DeRider 7 years ago
Visually it was stunningly beautiful, but the story was incredibly basic and I'm sick of perpetuation of the "primitive peoples" myths.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
Go to hell everyone who criticizes this! It's an amazing movie! And he is making 2 more, so SUCK IT!
Sara Lang 7 years ago
Quite agree. I walked out. Could never understand why it was so successful. The only other "garbage" movie I ever walked out of was "Independence Day". Utter twaddle.
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Andrew Keane 7 years ago
He was wrong by making the largest grossing movie of all time. Haha. Good one. It was a bad movie in your opinion and I've heard many complaints but a huge amount loved it, so it sounds a bit arrogant to say he was wrong. Most of the complaints were about the story being unoriginal, when really the notion of anything being original even when they appear to be is a ridiculous assumption.
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The Amazing Spider-Man
When first wearing the Spider-Man costume Andrew Garfield admitted to shedding tears.
#66
King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword
Charlie Hunnam had lost 20 pounds for the last season of Sons of Anarchy (2008). During auditions, director Guy Ritchie was very bothered by his look, though he liked his performance, and asked him four times during the process about his poor physique. Hunnam said that when Ritchie brought up the fourth time, he told Ritchie, "Look, dude, you keep bringing this up, the physicality. It's obviously your primary concern. So if you want to do away with all this auditioning bollocks, I'll fucking fight those other two dudes. I know who they are. You can bring them both in here. I'll fight them both. The one who walks out the door gets the job." Hunnam won the role.
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Sorry, first rule of a Guy Ritchie audition is you don't...
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Rachelle 7 years ago
My main issue with Charlie Hunnam is that ever since SoA that's ALL HE EVER PLAYS. It's Jax in every. single. film. Enough already.
Tinne 7 years ago
I really enjoyed this movie. Hunnam was also great in The Lost City Of Z. I think he is actually quite versatile, if you've seen Nicholas Nickleby, Pacific Rim, etc.
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#67
Now You See Me
Isla Fisher got into difficulty while filming the piranha tank scene. The top of the tank remained opened so that Fisher would be able to swim to the top to get some air, and there was also an emergency lever inside the tank that, if pulled, would alert the crew that she needed help. During one take, Fisher was running out of air, and tried to swim to the top, but the chains on the handcuffs she was wearing got stuck on the bottom of the tank, so she was unable to swim to the top, or pull the lever. She then attempted to alert the crew by hitting the glass of the tank, but since her character is supposed to be panicked and scared in the scene, the crew thought she was acting. She was stuck for three minutes, before the Stunt Coordinator finally realized that something was wrong, after he noticed that her handcuffs were stuck.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
You would think someone would have the idea of a signal code for such situation right?
Azure Adams 7 years ago
She was smart not to do the second one. Those films weren't that great
Tarmin Slingerfinger 7 years ago
I disagree. They might not be the most solid movies but they were a great source of entertainment for a lot people, including me. Some movies are better judged by their entertainment value than their overall production quality
Load More Replies... Donald Holder 7 years ago
Not same story I've read in the past. According to all ones I've read, she was able to reach the lever herself. Although the crew didn't realize she was actually drowning.
#68
The Hunger Games
On the set of the Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence told co-star Josh Hutcherson she could kick all the way over his head. Instead, she gave him a concussion.
#69
The Pianist
In order to connect with the feeling of loss required to play the role, Adrien Brody got rid of his apartment, sold his car, and didn't watch television.
MammaG 7 years ago
Oh no! Now what do I do with all this money? To be fair, he was brilliant in this.
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Phil Collins 7 years ago
In the words of Olivier during the filming of Marathon Man “try acting dear boy”
Master Markus 7 years ago
Or you could try... acting. Also "didn't watch television"? I do that all the time.
#70
Casino Royale
Daniel Craig lost the two front teeth while filming a fight scene in Prague (the first action scene to be shot), and his dentist had to fly from London to replace them.
Alexandra Vivarelli 7 years ago
To all the haters here, had I been in Daniel's place I'd have done the same thing. It was his front teeth...He must have needed someone he could trust implicitly to replace them and know it would be a good job. Imagine if he had hired anyone else and said person had fu**ed up...
SandaPanda 7 years ago
I am TERRIFIED of dentists... I can't explain it, but whenever I'm in that chair I NEED to get away. Doesn't matter where. My brain shuts off and let my body do it's own thing. I would not call this being spoiled... Maybe that is the only dentist he trusts enough to let him loose in his mouth with all those instruments and suctions and sounds...
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#71
Amélie
Audrey Tautou doesn't know how to skip stones; the stone-skipping scenes were made with special effects.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
Wow...U get actors like Keanu Reeves or Natalie Portman who spend months learning skills for their role, and then u get Audrey Tautou who couldnt learn how to skip! Ffs
Usernameofgag 7 years ago
This must be the reason why i failed so bad... I followed this movie to throw a stone.
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
The hallucinations, though.. *they* were real. It's always been a quirk of Audrey's to have solid hallucinations. They still haven't repaired all the damage from that time she had a life-threatening fever.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Having never lived or spent much time around lakes nor beaches, I certainly don't, specially since it's not a common thing here. But surely they could teacher her, right?
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Batman Returns
Michelle Pfeiffer said that her Catwoman costume was vacuum sealed once she was fitted into it for scenes, so she actually had only a short amount of time to perform before she would have to have it opened or she could become light headed and pass out.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Watched an interview with Michelle and the stupid interviewer was so obcessed as to weather or not she was naked under the suit or was she wearing panties and and/or bra. Asked her about 5 times before she finally told him to use his own imagination and stop asking her.
Amirah Kate 6 years ago
That wasn’t Michelle, that was an interview with Scarlett Johansson. The interviewer kept asking about her costume in The Avengers...just saying...
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Dale Henderson 2 years ago
Michelle was supposed to appear in "Catwoman" originally, as a spin-off movie. However, WB took so long to commission a script, she wasn't available when it was greenlighted and we got the Halle Berry abomination instead.
#73
Halloween
The Michael Myers face mask in Halloween is just a Captain Kirk/William Shatner face mask. They spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes.
Mangoes'nRum 7 years ago
Aah, the things Starfleet Captains went through in the early days of teleportation technology. Kirk got his face scrambled and went back in time.
#74
A Clockwork Orange
During the filming of the Ludovico scene, star Malcolm McDowell scratched one of his corneas and was temporarily blinded. He suffered cracked ribs during filming of the humiliation stage show.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
It is! From the horrible colour combinations to the disturbing storyline. But that was the point...
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Donald Holder 7 years ago
Didn't finish the show. One of only Two shows I've ever walked out of. And after hearing more about it, I'm glad I did.
#75
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Nestlé provided 1,850 bars of real chocolate.
Rachelle 7 years ago
While I admit that his Deep Roy clone army (aka: the Oompa Loompas) was terrible, if you take the movie as its own entity, and don't compare it to Gene Wilder's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", it's not a bad movie. DEFINITELY truer to the book, and MUCH more child friendly! Hell, the freak out boat scene from Wilder's version still creeps me out.
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BieneMaya 7 years ago
Nestlé should be banned from shelves in countries that call themselves democratic or care about human rights. In Germany there is at least one mayor super market chain that doesn't sell Nestlé. I hope soon there will be more!
BieneMaya 7 years ago
There are plenty of stores that don't sell Nestlé and alike, I mentioned the chain - Edeka -because even though they are pretty commercial and a huge player they allow themselves to be at least a little bit political
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Donald Holder 7 years ago
This was an insult to The original. No one (especially Depp) could match Gene Wilder.
Emma B 7 years ago
"Wonka" brand is OWNED by Nestlé!!!!!!!!!! Google it before you make a statement!
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#76
Napoleon Dynamite
Jon Heder was paid $1,000 to play Napoleon Dynamite. The movie grossed over $40,000,000 in the United States.
boredhuman 7 years ago
It's not about the money on a short-term, but more a investment for his carrier on a longterm.
Load More Replies... Master Markus 7 years ago
I don't know HOW it grossed that much. I heard all the memes and when I actually watched it I only laughed once or twice.
#77
Blade Runner 2049
A visual effects company worked for a full year on the scene where Rachael (Sean Young) appears exactly as she did 35 years ago in Blade Runner (1982). Stand-in actress Loren Peta acted out the scene, and her appearance was changed through computer-generated visual effects to resemble Young.
SarcasticGamer 7 years ago
Too bad it only kind of looks like Sean Young, she did not have a lazy eye
#78
Drive
In preparation for his role, Ryan Gosling restored the 1973 Chevy Malibu that his character uses in the film.
Full Name 7 years ago
That restoration would've had more action than this movie. If you loved 2001, you'd love this movie. A lady actually sued to a refund because the movie was so different from what the trailer hinted at.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
I kinda liked the movie but I don't think his character needed any preparation whatsoever It was just long silences and a lot of stare
#79
Avatar
Director James Cameron, known for being tough on set, allegedly kept a nail-gun on set that he would use to nail cell phones, that had the misfortune of ringing, to a wall above the exit sign.
Jacob Ross 7 years ago
How does Cameron intimidate people? I never understood that. Just look at the guy.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 7 years ago
When someone has the power over your multi million $ paycheck, it's pretty intimidating.
Load More Replies... Magdalina777 7 years ago
That doesn't so bad. I mean just imagine - you're working on a multi-million movie, millions spend on the decorations, hundreds of hours spent rehearsing, a million things inevitably going wrong and then when you FINALLY get the scene just right some Na'vi's cellphone rings and they jerk in that direction by reflex to answer it and bam - the whole scene is now ruined. Yeah, eff that.
Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
How many teachers and other public speakers wish they had that power?
#80
The Notebook
According to Nick Cassavetes, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams did not get along at first and Gosling tried to have McAdams replaced. To improve the relationship between the leads, director Nick Cassavetes staged an intervention by bringing them into a room where they could air all the grievances they had with each other and work something out. They soon patched over their differences, enough to become a real-life couple for some time.
#81
Moulin Rouge!
The necklace worn by Nicole Kidman was made of real diamonds and platinum and was the most expensive piece of jewelry ever specifically made for a film. The Stefano Canturi necklace was made with 1,308 diamonds, weighing a total of 134 carats and was worth an estimated U.S. $1 million.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
it's a piece of art made by an artist who probably was happy to show it in a movie
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Mylah Rose 7 years ago
There is a scene where the Duke rips the necklace off of her neck whilst he's beating her. I'm curious to know if in that shot, it was replaced by a replica, because it gets ripped and broken and chucked on the floor. That doesn't seem like a great thing to do with something that you just spent a million dollars on. At least they made it and didn't damage someone's personal jewellery which would have had sentimental value.
Magdalina777 7 years ago
Beautiful necklace though. I wonder what happened with it after the movie?
#82
American Hustle
According to Christian Bale much of the movie was improvised. So, during the shooting of the film he noted to David O. Russell, "You realize that this is going to change the plot greatly down track." To which the director replied, "Christian, I hate plots. I am all about characters, that's it."
Just Curious 7 years ago
That actually explains a lot. Like why this movie was so boring and pointless.
Nick P 7 years ago
It was seriously boring. What a waste of such brilliant star cast.
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Blue Pearl 2 years ago
What’s with the bitter smart alecks commenting on every single one of these?
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Bake is incredibly overrated. Stupid film, boring, no pkir and directionless.
#83
Les Misérables
Hugh Jackman lost considerable weight and went 36 hours without water, causing him to lose water weight around his eyes and cheeks, giving him the gaunt appearance of a prisoner. He also grew a real scraggly beard for scenes of Valjean as a prisoner, though mercifully they were shot first in production and he could shave and return to his usual weight for scenes playing Valjean as a wealthy man. '
Katie Smith 7 years ago
I've never understood people who will compromise their physical and mental health for acting roles.
Zanthe 7 years ago
Hopefully, with technology growing so advanced as it is nowadays, people can be spared of these unhealthy habits. I fear for them, love the actors.
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Parmeisan 7 years ago
That was incredibly dangerous. Dehydration is no joke. After 24 hours vomitting and unable to take in water, I nearly died. I was turning blue on the way to the hospital. My kidneys stopped working and I was in the hospital for 19 days. Always make sure you are drinking enough water!
#84
Poltergeist
During the scene where Robbie (Oliver Robins) is being strangled, the clown's arms became extremely tight and Robins started to choke. When he screamed out, "I can't breathe!" Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper thought that the boy was ad-libbing and just instructed him to look at the camera. When Spielberg saw Robbins's face turning purple, he ran over and removed the clown's arms from Robbins's neck.
Neha Jawale-Bhorge 7 years ago
Dont they ever have any emergency signal or something.. this is just callous
Jacob Ross 7 years ago
Spielberg is notorious for poor safety on sets. Got three people killed in Twilight Zone. He has a nasty habit of lying to actors about their stunts in order to get more "realistic" performances.
Dale Henderson 2 years ago
That was Jon Landis, not Steven Spielberg in the set of "Twilight Zone".
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The Fault In Our Stars
Shailene Woodley cut her waist-long hair, which she needs for her role as Tris in Insurgent, to a pageboy haircut and was not able to wear a wig. She donated the hair to a local childrens hospital that makes wigs for the kids.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
She was also reportedly paid a bonus of $50,000 to agree to cutting it off.
Zanthe 7 years ago
I remember back when this movie was so hyped, so SO hyped... And when you hype something this much, people expect a masterpiece. Not gonna lie though, my eyes watered.
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#86
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)
Given the unusual style of filming long takes, Edward Norton and Michael Keaton kept a running tally of flubs made by the actors and actresses. Emma Stone made the most mistakes. Zach Galifianakis made the fewest. He actually did mess up a few lines during the filming, but played his mistakes off well enough, that the shots were included in the film.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
This "film" was perhaps the ultimate let down of any movie ever made.
Carol Taylor 7 years ago
l actually got dizzy watching this film..the way it was shot just seemed like it was going round in circles..
Sk. Md. Sajjad 7 years ago
Oh olny If there was a button for a thousand upvotes, brother .. !! This movie sucks a*s :D
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#87
Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
All the actors playing vampires were required to hang upside down for up to thirty minutes at a time during the make-up application. This would force all the blood in their bodies to rush to their heads, causing the blood vessels in their faces to bulge out. The make up artists would then trace over the swollen veins creating the eerie translucent-skinned vampire look. Unfortunately for the actors, they would have to repeat the process several times over, as the blood would quickly drain from their heads. This, in part, accounts for the lengthy make-up process.
Gabby 7 years ago
Because if they hung upside down for too long, it would cause brain damage. Thirty minutes is already risking it. Maybe this is why Tom Cruise became a scientologist.
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Gone Girl
Production of the film had to be shut down for four days, due to Ben Affleck's refusal to follow David Fincher's vision, and wear a New York Yankees cap for a scene where Affleck's character, Nick, is at an airport. The Bostonian actor said to Fincher, "David, I love you, I would do anything for you. But I will not wear a Yankees hat." Eventually, the two settled for Ben's character to wear a Mets cap. Fincher jokingly describes Affleck's actions of this as "entirely unprofessional" in the DVD's audio commentary.
Signe Manat Hansen 7 years ago
I've been asking that since Good Will Hunting.
Load More Replies... Lizard Queen 7 years ago
Ugh. Paid $millions, but won't wear a particular sports ball cap. Jerk.
Naima Ivansdóttir 7 years ago
idk about the brother but i'm with you 100% on him
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Matthew Sehlhoff 7 years ago
As a lifelong Yankee fan without a dollar in the bank, you couldn't pay me enough to wear a Red Sox cap either...I understand 100%. And never again expect to ever defend Ben Affleck.
#89
Moulin Rouge!
Filming was halted for two weeks in November 1999 after Nicole Kidman fractured two ribs and injured her knee while rehearsing a dance routine for the film. Many of the scenes where she is seen only from the chest up, including "a real actress," were shot while she was in a wheelchair.
#90
Inception
In an interview with 'Entertainment Weekly', Christopher Nolan explained that he based roles of the Inception team similar to roles that are used in filmmaking - Cobb is the Director, Arthur is the Producer, Ariadne is the Production Designer, Eames is the Actor, Saito is the Studio, and Fischer is the Audience. "In trying to write a team-based creative process, I wrote the one I know," said Nolan.
Magdalina777 7 years ago
Great visual effects, very meh movie overall(imho. Made absolutely no sense, both overall plot-wise and some dialogues-wise)
#91
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Tilda Swinton spent five hours in the makeup chair to play 84-year-old dowager Madame D. "We're not usually working with a vast, Bruckheimer-type budget on my films, so often we're trying a work-around," said Wes Anderson. "But for the old-age makeup I just said, 'Let's get the most expensive people we can'."
Sunzilla 7 years ago
And they still go the nose wrong. Ears and noses never stop growing, so you have to make them bigger, the older they are... now she looks 80 with a 20 year old nose...
Calypso poet 7 years ago
My mother in law is 86 and she still has a small nose. Her ears aren’t that big either. Maybe it’s more noticeable in men.
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Judy Waddle 7 years ago
Not true about the ears and noses. They don't continue to grow. The skin surrounding them loses its oollagen and shrinks, making the ears and nose look larger. Geez!
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
She's a riot! Underrated comic timing and always a compelling presence on screen. One of my favourite across ever.
#92
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Filming the scenes where Lara drives her Land Rover through the jungle there had to be endless re-shoots due to snakes and other wildlife falling through the open top roof. Angelina Jolie herself was reported to be terrified.
Cassie 7 years ago
If it happens once, keep on keeping on. If it keeps happening, putting a green screen roof on the vehicle probably would have been cheaper and safer than the endless retakes.
Stan Chung 7 years ago
it would have been too complicated to cheaply and realistically produce in the old days
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Pulp Fiction
The shot of Vincent plunging the syringe into Mia's chest was filmed by having John Travolta pull the needle out, then running the film backwards.Watch carefully and you'll see a mark on Mia's chest disappear when she's revived (YouTube).
Daria B 7 years ago
But if he was pulling it out... It means it actually was in before that point...?
Eva Tóthová 7 years ago
it could have been a syringe/needle on a spring. just like props knives...
Load More Replies... Jane Alexander 7 years ago
Why not just a retractable needle, like the old knives with retractable blades they used to use?
Donald Holder 7 years ago
I disagree agree with this statement. As a Physician, the chances of a cardiac needle being inserted into a heart would cause massive bruising and cardiac arthymia. And render the patient severally incapacitated for a substantial amount of time.
Cooky Puss 7 years ago
Woah.......... I remember as like 15 that looked all serious as a scene haha
#94
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
The Fish Market scenes were shot in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. Two and a half tons of fish and one ton of meat was used over the course of the shoot, and people as far away as six miles, reported a bad smell in the air.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
What'd they do with the food? Let it spoil? Did they donate it to starving people around the town or to restaurants to use. If not, despicable. People starving all over the world and they waist thousands of meals to shoot a stupid movie.
#95
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
After first completing the arduous 600-foot climb on Ireland's Skellig Michael island, Mark Hamill had hoped that he could avoid having to repeat the trek for additional scenes if he could somehow remain on the summit overnight, thus forfeiting the luxury of room service at his hotel. He suggested sleeping in a tent and 'staying in character.' However, after some inquiries were made with the Irish authorities, he was told by producer Kathleen Kennedy that he was not permitted to pitch a tent because the location is a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Full Name 7 years ago
Were they allowed to set up tripods and chairs and all that, or did they have to use a light crew and stay on their feet?
Catherine Holtham-Oakley 7 years ago
Camping would include using tent pegs causing holes, chairs etc would not cause such damage.
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#96
Zero Dark Thirty
James Gandolfini sent a note to Leon Panetta before the film came out, writing, "I'm very sorry about everything. I apologize. You're like my father, so you'll find something to be angry about, but please let me know." Months later, as the film was in the middle of awards season in early January, screenwriter Mark Boal told Gandolfini, "Leon Panetta would like your phone number because he doesn't know how to get in touch with you." The actor replied "He's the head of the CIA! He can't find me? Come on, really?!"
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
This is tongue in cheek humour, in case it's not obvious. I liked his acting and think it's sad that he died young.
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The Departed
Jack Nicholson pulled a real gun on Leo DiCaprio in The Departed, even though it wasn't in the script. He thought the scene wasn't intense enough before.
Kyle Hart 7 years ago
And that is why Leo looked legit terrified. Thats also the take that went in the movie.
DC Blythe 7 years ago
Leo looked "legit terrified" because HE'S LEO!!! I bet he could look just as terrified if he was threatened with a banana. For Christ sake, when will people ever get it? Leo is Leo!
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Sunshine
Cillian Murphy worked with leading physicist Brian Cox to learn all about advanced physics. This included touring the CERN facility in Switzerland and learned to copy physicists' mannerisms. Murphy ended up copying some of Cox's personal idiosyncrasies, such as his frequent hand movements. The actor also studied Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic The Wages of Fear (1953) to have an understanding of the type of suspense that Danny Boyle was attempting to create. Murphy has claimed that his involvement in Sunshine converted him from agnosticism to atheism.
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Never even heard if this movie. Why would anything destroy rmyour faith in God!
Vic Cherikoff 7 years ago
Destroy faith in an imaginary being? Why indeed.
Load More Replies... Mylah Rose 7 years ago
It's a fairly substantial difference.... it's going from admitting you don't know enough about the situation to really understand it, then going through a s**t load of research and learning theoretical physics to come out the other side and state clearly that there is no higher level, only science. I think that's a fairly clear distinction. Its the exact same change as going from not knowing, to completely believing in God and Heaven. So yes it's a big thing. Educate yourself.
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Nightcrawler
During the scene where Jake Gyllenhaal screams at himself in the mirror, Gyllenhaal got so into the scene that the mirror cracked, cutting his hand. He had to go to the hospital for 14 stitches, returning to the set after being discharged.
Dale Henderson 2 years ago
Jake Gyllenhaal is a chronically underrated actor. Should get more recognition. Good in everything he is in IMO.
#100
Into The Wild
The temperature outdoors was at freezing when Emile Hirsch performed the naked back float down the stream.
#101
The Passion Of The Christ
Jim Caviezel admitted he was struck by lightning while filming the Sermon on the Mount and during the crucifixion.
Gainsborough 7 years ago
I heard about a few bloopers during filming such as when Caviezel was being nailed to the cross his cellphone (on his person) started to ring, and that up on the cross joked, "I can see my house from here!".
Elizabeth Lord Cary 7 years ago
I thought for a moment someone didn't want the movie created but then again surviving 2 lightning strikes is no small thing
Donald Holder 7 years ago
Pretty stupid standing on top of a hill with your arms attached to a lightning rod during a thunderstorm.
birdhouse 7 years ago
I find this a little difficult to believe? Is there anyone who can verify or was he alone when he made this up?
rola 7 years ago
Yed, of course. Do a google search about the movie. The whole production staff recalls all the stuff like this that happened while filming. I don't understand why you so quickly jumped to this being fake.
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Snow White And The Huntsman
The drops of blood at the beginning of the film are drops of real blood from director Rupert Sanders. Sanders felt the fake blood looked too unrealistic, so he pricked his finger to get the shot he wanted.
#103
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The film was being produced as Johnny Depp was going through a bitter divorce from his wife Amber Heard. He was chronically late to the set, to the point where it ate into the schedule as the set often came to a halt for hours at a time. It got to the point where a production assistant was hired just to wait outside Depp's house and announce that he was awake when they saw the lights inside come on.
Full Name 7 years ago
If he was well adjusted and sane, say goodbye to a proper Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands etc.
Load More Replies... birdhouse 7 years ago
a lot of people go through divorce and still deal with life and work. Just because he is rich shouldn't mean he can be an a*s!
Алексей Раков 7 years ago
for most jobs your emotions are irrelevant. acting isn't one of them
Load More Replies... Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
This move should have never been made. They should have stopped after "At World's End." End the trilogy, end the series.
lunanoir69 7 years ago
Just read the interview with him in Rolling Stone. The man is falling apart by his own doing. How sad...
Full Name 7 years ago
So you know the intimate details of the relationship? How'd you get such inside access to know what's really going on? By the way, your account differs greatly from Doug Stanhope's and if there's one person who really doesn't give a f**k and wouldn't lie about her, it's Doug.
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My Left Foot
Daniel Day-Lewis broke two ribs during filming from assuming the hunched-over position in his wheelchair for weeks of filming. He also would refuse to come out of character. On visits to the set canteen, other people would have to help him with food.
Šimon Špaček 7 years ago
Crazy? Talking about the guy who learned to throw ALL butchery equipment for movie Gangs of New York? And also about guy who learned to shoot from musket while running and to make canoe from tree with nothing but axe and knife for The last of the Mohicans? No, he is way over crazy but you have to love him for this
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Donald Holder 7 years ago
Just goes to show his lack of acting abilities if he couldn't manifest the look without injury and prolonged pain at a certain, appropriate time.
#105
Cloud Atlas
While on the set of this movie, Tom Hanks started calling Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski, "Mom and Dad," because they worked so well together and as leaders of the cast and crew.
Vinniegret 7 years ago
I watched this one twice, read the book and will probably watch it again
Andrew Keane 7 years ago
I found the dialogue in that particular time period tedious and unnecessary to listen to.
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
I did, to, at first, but they'd clearly put some thought into it and Tom Hanks played it so straight that the gravitas made it seem right, for me, after a while.
Load More Replies... Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
You must, it is very poignant, great book and well done movie.
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Anna Karenina
One of Alicia Vikander's favorite experiences from the production was the filming that took place in the countryside outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. The temperatures soared below -40 °C, and she stayed in a cabin for five days that didn't have hot water and only featured benches instead of beds. Meanwhile, Russian security guards protected her and co-star Domhnall Gleeson from wild wolves and bears that dominated the deserted area
Magdalina777 7 years ago
I'm shocked (if) it even got to -40 actually. St Petersburg area really isn't that cold really, due to the sea proximity it usully has milder winters than Moscow, and I've only ever seen -40 in Moscow once during my 26 years of lifetime. Also wolves and bears "outside of St. Petersburg"? This kind of sounds more like a movie legend than a real happening tbh. There're really few bears left in the central regions of the country and legit running into one out of the blue would be akin to a miracle.
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
I think this is such stereotypical b******t! Temperature does not fall to -40C in Saint Petersburg area!
Susan Forbes 7 years ago
Doesn't matter, they are the same temperature! Oddly enough the two scales coincide at that point
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The Great Gatsby
According to Tom Breen, the owner of property "Breenhold" in the Blue Mountains where a lot of filming took place, there was a huge stuff-up on set by a "private weather guru" who was hired by Baz Luhrmann. Mr Breen claims that on a beautiful spring day, the crew purchased 100,000 litres of water from one of the dams to create the synthetic rain needed for the scene where a nervous Gatsby has Nick Carroway invite Daisy over for tea. It rained for the next 3 days.
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
Probably still went round advising people to wear sunscreen for those three days.
#108
Million Dollar Baby
Hilary Swank contracted a bacterial infection from a blister she developed on her foot during training for her role. The infection was so serious that she almost had to be hospitalized for three weeks. Catching the infection in the nick of time, she instead chose to take a week off for medicated rest and didn't tell Clint Eastwood or the other producers of the film about the injury, because she didn't believe it was in character.
Morgan 7 years ago
'Almost' had to be hospitalised for 3 weeks. As she didn't go to hospital, how can they be so specific saying 3 weeks?
Greg T 7 years ago
I almost caught a nasty cold once, would have made me go to the doctor, but I didn't....
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Donald Holder 7 years ago
How can you determine a potential time period to treat an infection. Especially bacterial. Would/should never take inpatient, three week period of antibiotics to fight any level of infection. Especially if the medication is Administered by IV infusion.
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
Doesn't sound like a very tight definition of "in the nick of time" if she still had to take a week off!
#109
Boyhood
Richard Linklater cast his daughter Lorelei Linklater as Samantha because she was always singing and dancing around the house and wanted to be in his movies. At about the third or fourth year of filming, she lost interest and asked for her character to be killed off. Linklater refused, saying it was too violent for what he was planning (Lorelei eventually regained her enthusiasm and continued with the project).
Master Markus 7 years ago
So... was this film good? I literally heard nothing about it after it came out.
Ирина Чумак 7 years ago
This movie is about nothing. Literally the most boring and meaningless movie ever created. You could just as well stare out of your window for 3 hours and probably see much more interesting things during this time.
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Tiny Dancer 7 years ago
It was filmed using the same cast over 12 years, which is why it garnered a lot of attention. Not sure the final product was worth the trouble, but there ya go.
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D-m Keilman 7 years ago
It was horrible. When I first saw it I thought that Arquette was the absolute worst actress ever. And she won the Oscar for her acting in it. Blech.
#110
Ex Machina
Throughout the film, the colors red, blue, and green are prominently displayed in each scene (the green forest, the red brick hallway, the keypad's red and blue functions, etc.) This is a nod to the RGB color model, which is used to display images in electronic systems, such as computers. Ava, of course, being the main computer in the film.
M O'Connell 7 years ago
I don't think the counts as an "interesting fact," perhaps more of a "part of art-direction"
GiantSpaceTiger 7 years ago
How to avoid them? Film in greyscale?! In other news, CGI was heavily employed, in "a nod" to computers. Such as Ava. Come on.
Martin Ekert 7 years ago
This movie is boring as hell and a complete rip off of the British movie 'The Machine' which was made in 2013. It stars Caity Lotz & Toby Stephens among others. 'The Machine' is a cult classic and a great movie.
#111
The Cabin In The Woods
When Jules kisses the wolf head on the wall, the wolf's tongue is covered in powdered sugar to give it a dusty look and to make the scene tolerable for Anna Hutchison.
#112
Valkyrie
Germany has strict laws against displaying the swastika, though artistic displays are specifically exempt. Filmmakers usually use incorrect swastikas to avoid causing public outrage. The producer wanted swastikas for authenticity, so the crew posted warnings around the filming locations. Still, a local resident filed an official complaint with the city, who pressed charges against the owners of some filming sites.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
It's easier to say when you do not live in the country that has to carry this enormous shame .
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#113
Only Lovers Left Alive
All of the cast members playing vampires wore wigs that were a mix of human, yak, and goat hair, in order to make them look wilder.
#114
Melancholia
During the Cannes Film Festival press conference for the film, Lars von Trier responded to a question about the use of Wagner's music, by calling himself a Nazi, and saying that he sympathized with Hitler. Despite apologizing for his remarks, he was banned from the remainder of the festival, and declared a persona non grata by festival organizers, a first in the history of the festival.
Suzi Gauthier 7 years ago
It's amazing what people have forgotten. They need to release the Alfred Hitchcock Holocaust film footage again to show what real evil looks like.
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Magdalina777 7 years ago
While what he said was awful(and dumb. Whether or not he really felt that, how could you possibly think saying that was a good idea in public? This doesn't even make sense...), Wagner did write absolutely gorgeous music...
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
WTF is wrong with this guy . Who sympathise with a child murderer genocider piece of trash
zef rose 7 years ago
In addition to abundant additional atrocities, the Nazis were really big on suppression of thought, speech and action; in fact that is how they began. Can't people see they are doing EXACTLY the same thing? To fight the evil that the Nazi's exemplified, should one actually act like a Nazi? You can say anything you like, as long as no one is offended by it? Offense lies in the offended, not in the offender. Sometimes you really just have to buck up. We'd better be careful, as it is events such as this that will make full suppression of personal expression a requirement in our NEW WORLD ORDER, and we will find that we have become Nazis ourselves. If you need a modern day example, just look at Israel, and their egregious treatment of the Palestinians, as well as their atrocious ADL laws against mentioning it. In fact, I could get into serious trouble right now just for having said that. Welcome one and all to the prison of your new life. Maybe I should be banned from Bored Panda now.
#115
Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence got so much into her character that during the climactic scenes, she started hyperventilating and even cracked a rib. After filming the scene in which Jennifer Lawrence hyperventilated (and production was put on hold while she was placed on oxygen), members of the crew came up with the idea to make Lawrence her very own "happy place"--a tent complete with gumballs and clips of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" that play on a constant loop.
Rachelle 7 years ago
Have you seen the movie? It literally was hell to watch.
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How many movies and tines has she broken a rib. I think I would have her calcium levels checked for pre-onset osteoporosis.
Dimitri Torres 7 years ago
What is it with actresses and their ribs . Hollywood has go to do something . Or find a new story
Susanna Vesna 7 years ago
I love Jennifer, but I cannot comprehend why she loves the Kardashians!!!
#116
300: Rise Of An Empire
Though a large part of the film takes place on water and boats, the film was filmed completely "dry" with all the water digitally added in later.
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 7 years ago
You haven't missed much to be honest.
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Twilight
For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke's house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, rehearsed the "Love Scene"/"Meadow Scene" on Hardwicke's own bed.
Caitlin Smith 7 years ago
Why was this down voted? The movie isn't great but the fact is kinda cool
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Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
I wish they would post pics that correspond with the info story...most are just movie poster shots....I want pics that tell the same story
Pat Robertson 7 years ago
Lots of great stuff that I had not heard before, a good read and good job by the author
bill marsano 7 years ago
Winston Groom, who wrote the novel, got practically nothing. A Hollywood neophyte, he thought he did well to agree to a small upfront payment + a percentage of the profits. Hollywood's creative accounting practices being what they are, Paramount was able to claim the film, which grossed $661 million, actually LOST $62 million.
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
I wish they would post pics that correspond with the info story...most are just movie poster shots....I want pics that tell the same story
Pat Robertson 7 years ago
Lots of great stuff that I had not heard before, a good read and good job by the author
bill marsano 7 years ago
Winston Groom, who wrote the novel, got practically nothing. A Hollywood neophyte, he thought he did well to agree to a small upfront payment + a percentage of the profits. Hollywood's creative accounting practices being what they are, Paramount was able to claim the film, which grossed $661 million, actually LOST $62 million.
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