37 Unearthed Facts About Hit Movies and Shows
It’s gonna take Indiana Jones to unearth these facts about, well, Indiana Jones. Other hits too though!
![37 Unearthed Facts About Hit Movies and Shows](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/7/987657_320x180.jpg)
Sure, people might have a pretty solid plan on how to make their movies and TV shows, but for better or for worse, we’re guessing the final cut was nothing like they imagined. The real world seldom matches our imagination. Look at us! We always dreamed of writing lists about music, but we’re stuck here writing lists about movies and TV shows. Gross. Anyway, here’s how these hit visual art forms were made.
![Indiana Jones Then vs. Now From old-school adventuring to a sci-fi B-movie The tone of the Indiana Jones movies has been quite consistent (ок, except for Crystal Skull's goofier sci-fi comedy moments). Raiders was old-school adventuring with a modern twist. Temple was straight- up horror, with a Die Hard-like final hour of action. And The Last Crusade returned to the Raiders template, but with a lighter tone, CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/9/984489.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Daniel Radcliffe wore 160 pairs of glasses throughout the Harry Potter franchise. Due to frames getting worn out and his body growing up throughout the films, Radcliffe went through a whole eyeglass store's worth of frames.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/8/984488.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Disney banned Alfred Hitchcock because of Psycho. Walt Disney refused to let the thriller director shoot on Disney parks, studios, and other property because of that disgusting movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/7/984487.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Halle Berry could have been the star of Homeland. The network really wanted Berry in the starring role, but the show's creators were dead set on Claire Danes (to the point that the character was named Claire in early drafts of the pilot's script).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/6/984486.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM The Man With No Name's iconic poncho has never been washed. According to Clint Eastwood, the poncho he wore for A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly was never washed, because it would fall apart.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/5/984485.jpg)
![Heath Ledger's Joker scared the script out of Michael Caine. Ledger wasn't present during certain rehearsals for The Dark Knight, so Caine's first exposure to Ledger's character was when shooting a scene - and he was so terrified, he forgot his lines. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/4/984484.jpg)
![Pumbaa was the first Disney character to fart on screen. Before The Lion King, no other Disney character audibly farted on a film. (That said, we have no idea which characters silently farted in previous movies. Smart money is on Tinker Bell.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/3/984483.jpg)
![140 141 142 145 The same high school set was used on Saved By The Bell, iCarly, and That's So Raven. This means that same set of lockers first aired in 1989 during Saved By The Bell's heyday, and stayed on the air until iCarly's final season in 2012. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/2/984482.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM NORTH Tyra Banks' first speaking role was on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Before she screamed her belief in us, Banks had a recurring role as Jackie, Will's friend/ex-girlfriend from West Philadelphia who got to University of California on a basketball scholarship.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/1/984481.jpg)
![300 GERARD BUTLER'S STUNT DOUBLE PLAYED HIS FATHER. During flashbacks to King Leonidas' childhood, Butler's stuntman Tim Conolly played Leonidas's father, which helped the family resemblance. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/0/984480.jpg)
![ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/8/984478.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM THE GREAT GATSBY BRADLEY COOPER WANTED TO PLAY TOM BUCHANAN. Cooper said in a New York Times interview that he wanted to play the character, and hoped director Baz Luhrmann was reading the interview. Luhrman apparently wasn't, and cast Joel Edgerton.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/9/984479.jpg)
![CRACKED COM AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER MICHAEL CAINE THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS SPOOFING HIM. Before agreeing to play Austin's father, Caine thought Myers was being cheeky and portraying his character from the British spy film The Ipcress File.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/6/984476.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS SIX PUPPETS OF AUDREY II WERE MADE. Six different animatronic puppets were used to show the growth of the mean green mother from outer space. The smallest Audrey II was four inches tall, and the largest was 12 feet tall.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/7/984477.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM COLLEGE ANIMAL HOUSE THE STORY WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT CHARLES MANSON. The first draft of the screenplay focused on the cult leader, the sex, and the murders involved. It was immediately rejected.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/3/984473.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM PAN'S LABYRINTH FLAMES AND SPARKS WERE DIGITAL TO PREVENT FIRES. Because of a drought in the film's shooting location of Segovia, Spain, the timber was dry enough to risk a blazing fire. For this reason, most sparks and fire were added in post and green moss was used to cover the brown, dead vegetation.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/5/984475.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM RANGO THE MOVIE WAS SHOT IN LIVE ACTION FIRST. In order to get more natural performances and body language in the animation, Gore Verbinski had the actors perform in person to capture their movements.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/2/984472.jpg)
![It took 15 puppeteers to operate Kuato in Total Recall. The mutant leader puppet weighed 85 pounds, and needed 15 different people to operate its hands, eyes, and mouth, among other features. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/0/984470.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Gal Gadot was five months pregnant while shooting Wonder Woman. Gadot reportedly didn't want any different treatment, and hid her pregnancy when doing reshoots, even during action scenes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/4/984474.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM The Sopranos logo has a gun so people wouldn't think it was about opera. The producers were worried the title would mislead audiences, so they made sure the logo clearly conveyed the show's genre. The Sopranos](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/6/984466.jpg)
![Harrison Ford came to Star Wars as a carpenter. He'd already appeared in George Lucas' American Graffiti, but he returned to carpentry and only reunited with Lucas because he was installing a door for Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas hired him as an audition partner for aspiring Princess Leias. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/2/984462.jpg)
![Ryan Gosling was cast because he wasn't handsome. That sounds dumb now, but Notebook director Nick Cassavetes said, I want you ... because you're not like the other young actors out there in Hollywood. You're not handsome, you're not cool, you're just a regular guy who looks a bit nuts. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/4/984464.jpg)
![Ryan Reynolds was forced into X-Men Origins: Wolverine. When the Deadpool role in the famously terrible movie opened up, Reynolds says he was essentially told, Either play Deadpool in this movie, or you'll never get to play him in any movie. Не toughed it out, despite describing himself as a little bit blackmailed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/8/984468.jpg)
![Gunther's actor only got the part for his coffee skills. James Michael Tyler showed up for an audition for extras with coffee experience. His Coffee Guy character skulked in the background of Central Perk for a season and a half before the show's creators even asked if he knew how to act. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/9/984469.jpg)
![Kit Harrington walked into his audition with a black eye. The night before, he'd got into a fight with a stranger while on a date in McDonald's. Harrington (hardly the most skilled actor on Game of Thrones) now credits the shiner for making him look tough enough for his Night's Watch role. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/0/984460.jpg)
![Characters made for their actors Aladdin Robin Williams as The Genie Williams was the only choice for the Genie, and the creators even made a cinematic based on his stand-up routines to prove it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/3/984463.jpg)
![Characters made for their actors Glee Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel After Colfer auditioned for Artie and lost the role, they wrote a new role to accommodate him. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/1/984471.jpg)
![Characters made for their actors The Usual Suspects Chazz Palminteri as Detective Dave Kujan The detective was written with Palminteri in mind, but he couldn't make it. Casting continued fruitlessly until his schedule opened up. Не shot all his scenes in a week. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/5/984465.jpg)
![Characters made for their actors Lost Jorge Garcia as Hugo Hurley Reyes Despite being the literal savior of everything throughout the show, Hurley almost didn't exist. The role was written for Garcia after seeing him in an audition. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/1/984461.jpg)
![Characters made for their actors Hellboy Ron Perlman as Hellboy Mike Mignola and Guillermo del Toro agreed to reveal their first choice at the same time. They both said Perlman's name. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/9/984459.jpg)
![Made DO THE RIGHT THING SPIKE LEE WROTE THE SCREENPLAY IN TWO WEEKS. I'd wake up in the morning and write for three or four hours, then I'd quit, carry on with the rest of the day, and come back the next morning. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/7/984467.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM THE WEDDING SINGER ADAM SANDLER WANTED TO MAKE A PRO-MARRIAGE MOVIE. Sandler said that he just wanted to make a movie that was pro-love and pro-marriage while still being heavy on the laughs. According to him, guys who are against love were just hurt.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/8/984458.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM UNFORGIVEN THE SCRIPT HAD BEEN AROUND SINCE 1976. David Webb Peoples had been writing scripts on the side while working as an editor in the 1970s. but the screenplay didn't get picked up until the early 1990s. Probably because one of the original titles was The Cut-Whore Killings.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/6/984456.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM PREDATOR 2 SOME PREDATORS WERE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. A huge Lakers fan, Danny Glover convinced some players to come on set and get dressed and fully made up as Predator extras in the final sequence.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/7/984457.jpg)
![CITY SLICKERS CHARLES BRONSON WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF CURLY (AND WAS PISSED). Upon finding out his character died midway through the movie, Bronson cursed out Billy Crystal and turned the part down. Then Jack Palance went on to win an Oscar for it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/4/984454.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM THE MASK OF ZORRO RAUL JULIA WAS GOING TO PLAY THE ELDER ZORRO. Julia was the first pick to play Don Diego de la Vega, but he unfortunately passed before filming and the role went to Anthony Hopkins.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/3/984453.jpg)
![LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY). Screenwriter Michael Arndt read an article about Schwarzenegger telling high school students, If there's one thing ... that I hate, it's losers. Arndt hated that mindset, and wrote a movie about that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/5/984455.jpg)