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Vin Diesel traded a Tokyo Drift cameo for Riddick.
Vin Diesel traded a Tokyo Drift cameo for Riddick. Instead of a conventional acting fee, he obtained rights to the Riddick character from Universal. That…
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Director James Cameron wrote the character of Jack Dawson entirely from his own imagination, completely unaware that a real man named J.
Director James Cameron wrote the character of Jack Dawson entirely from his own imagination, completely unaware that a real man named J. Dawson was actually…
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Squid Game’s creator said the stress of making its first season cost him teeth.
Squid Game’s creator said the stress of making its first season cost him teeth. Hwang Dong-hyuk described dental problems during production after spending…
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Tom Selleck was originally cast to play the iconic, whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but CBS refused to release him from his contract for the detective show Magnum P.I.
Tom Selleck was originally cast to play the iconic, whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but CBS refused to release him from…
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Radio stations looped the Friends theme before it was a full song.
Radio stations looped the Friends theme before it was a full song. The Rembrandts initially recorded less than a minute of verse and chorus for the sitcom.…
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Jesse Pinkman survived because Breaking Bad found a better use for him.
Jesse Pinkman survived because Breaking Bad found a better use for him. Aaron Paul recalled learning that Jesse had originally been intended to die during the…
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Paramount Pictures actively developed a script in the 1970s for a Star Trek feature film where the crew of the Enterprise encounters an alien claiming to be Jesus Christ.
Paramount Pictures actively developed a script in the 1970s for a Star Trek feature film where the crew of the Enterprise encounters an alien claiming to be…
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Friends' monkey was an actor with a difficult schedule.
Friends' monkey was an actor with a difficult schedule. Katie, a female capuchin who played Marcel, had to hit marks alongside a tightly timed sitcom cast.…
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Godzilla's original roar began with a double bass rather than an animal.
Godzilla's original roar began with a double bass rather than an animal. Akira Ifukube used a resin-coated leather glove on the instrument's strings to create…
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Quentin Tarantino actually financed his legendary independent film Reservoir Dogs by playing an Elvis Presley impersonator on an episode of the cozy geriatric comedy series The…
Quentin Tarantino actually financed his legendary independent film Reservoir Dogs by playing an Elvis Presley impersonator on an episode of the cozy geriatric…
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Titanic's studios split the financial risk before audiences made it a hit.
Titanic's studios split the financial risk before audiences made it a hit. Paramount capped its production investment at $65 million, while Fox covered the…
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Psycho's famous shower blood was chocolate syrup.
Psycho's famous shower blood was chocolate syrup. Black-and-white photography cared about how a liquid looked on film, not whether it was red on set.…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over twenty-one thousand dollars per word.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over…
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Willy Wonka's inviting chocolate river was much less inviting on set.
Willy Wonka's inviting chocolate river was much less inviting on set. Michael Böllner had to perform Augustus Gloop's fall into the production's liquid river,…
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The Simpsons' yellow skin was meant to stop channel surfers.
The Simpsons' yellow skin was meant to stop channel surfers. Matt Groening said the unusual color would catch viewers flipping through TV channels. A flash of…
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Tarzan’s yell became a trademark of its own.
Tarzan’s yell became a trademark of its own. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. registered the distinctive Tarzan yell as a sound trademark in Canada. A trademark can…
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George Lucas owned an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana in the 1970s that directly inspired the creation of both the heroic archaeologist Indiana Jones and the towering Wookiee…
George Lucas owned an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana in the 1970s that directly inspired the creation of both the heroic archaeologist Indiana Jones and the…
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Estelle Getty played the octogenarian mother of Bea Arthur's character on The Golden Girls, despite actually being a year younger than Arthur in real life.
Estelle Getty played the octogenarian mother of Bea Arthur's character on The Golden Girls, despite actually being a year younger than Arthur in real life.…
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Bruce Willis turned a short Friends visit into an Emmy.
Bruce Willis turned a short Friends visit into an Emmy. His three-episode appearance as Paul Stevens won the 2000 award for guest actor in a comedy series.…
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Leonardo DiCaprio genuinely crushed a glass in his hand and bled all over the table during a climactic dinner scene in Django Unchained.
Leonardo DiCaprio genuinely crushed a glass in his hand and bled all over the table during a climactic dinner scene in Django Unchained. He stayed in…
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Breaking Bad's prop drug came from a candy maker.
Breaking Bad's prop drug came from a candy maker. Albuquerque's Candy Lady supplied edible crystal candy for the show's early seasons. What represented a…
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone produce almost every single episode of their animated series in exactly six days, going from a blank whiteboard to a fully broadcasted television show in less than a week.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone produce almost every single episode of their animated series in exactly six days, going from a blank whiteboard…
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Paramount Pictures had to spend an estimated five million dollars to completely redesign the CGI model of Sonic the Hedgehog after the internet collectively dry-heaved at the…
Paramount Pictures had to spend an estimated five million dollars to completely redesign the CGI model of Sonic the Hedgehog after the internet collectively…
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Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, was a real-life marine biologist and science teacher who originally developed the iconic characters as an educational…
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, was a real-life marine biologist and science teacher who originally developed the iconic characters…
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