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One beefy man played Gerard Butler and Gerard Butler’s dad in the same film.

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CRACKED.COM KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE THE PIES WERE REAL, AND THEY HURT. The pie tin hurt people when hit in the face at short range. A wristband was attached to the tins, so the pie itself could fly safely at people's mugs. — Source

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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 — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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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 — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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KLUTE SYLVESTER STALLONE WAS AN EXTRA. Before he became a Hollywood and literal juggernaut, one of Stallone's first film roles was an extra in this 1971 movie. Не can be (barely) spotted disco dancing in the background of a scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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. — Source

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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 — Source

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BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY TONI COLLETTE AND KATE WINSLET WERE UP FOR THE LEAD ROLE. After Colette turned it down, Winslet was considered but producers thought she was too young. It ultimately went to Renée Zellweger. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM олосоть 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. — Source

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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 — Source

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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 — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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The Butterfly Effect THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Evan goes back in time to his own birth, and strangles himself with his own umbilical cord. The movie has several official endings, and the alternate isn't good, either. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Election THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Tracy and Professor Jim patch things up, apologize to each other, and she gives him her yearbook for him to sign. This mature ending (discovered on a VHS back in 2011) is closer to Tom Perrota's novel, and Matthew Broderick kinda likes it, but the movie loses a lot of its edge. — Source

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CRACKED.COM BANGER LIO Toy Story 4 THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Woody chooses to stay with Во Peep, but she sees a girl and immediately feels she must be her toy. Woody is left alone in his new life, because Toy Story rules are weird. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Terminator 2: Judgment Day THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Sarah Connor is now an old lady, watching her senator son playing with his kids. Test screenings, however, convinced Cameron that this sappy ending didn't work. — Source

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CRACKED.COM WHINING Titanic THE ALTERNATE ENDING: The crew tries to stop old Rose from throwing the necklace in the ocean, but she talks them into the idea with a speech about love or whatever. Tacky, and not in the official ending's good way. — Source

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Suspicion THE ALTERNATE ENDING: In Hitchcock's original vision, Cary Grant's gold-digging grifter does murder his wife, but she gets him to mail a letter implicating him. A superior ending indeed, even if it'd have anticipated the ending of Promising Young Woman. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM 28 Days Later THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Jim sacrifices himself by donating his blood to turn a don't-call-it-zombie normal. So, wait... does that mean the virus could just be defeated with blood transfusions? No wonder Danny Boyle killed this ending. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Army of Darkness THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Ash screws up the potion and wakes up not in his own time to fight department store monsters, but in an empty, post- apocalyptic London. It's an awesome, Planet of the Apes-like ending, but boy is it bleak. — Source

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Independence Day THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Randy Quaid's Russell Casse isn't allowed to fight in the final battle, but then flies in with a missile strapped to his rickety crop duster. The tone was too goofy for the intense, dramatic scene, so it was changed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brazil THE ALTERNATE ENDING: The studio demanded an marketable happy eending with the protagonists literally flying away. Ultimately, Terry Gilliam got the downer ending he wanted (but the movie tanked). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dr. Strangelove THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Kubrick's comedy about bureaucracy and atom bombsended with an actual pie fight in the War Room. The scene today can only be seen with authorization from the Kubrick estate, but there are photos available. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Clerks THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Kevin Smith didn't know how to end his first movie, so he just had a burglar break in and shoot Dante dead. Luckily, criticism led him to come to his senses. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World THE ALTERNATE ENDING: While he never shot it, Edgar Wright had the idea of finishing with the it-was-all-a-fantasy trope. The twist: it was a serial killer's fantasy. Yup, Scott straight up killed all of Ramona's exes - no videogame logic, no quirky music numbers, no fun visuals, just murder. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM R Limitless CLEAR THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Eddie fails to figure out how to make the super-smart drug, so he decides to use what's left of it to find the way to kick it off. No, sorry, that's just junkie self-delusion speaking, Eddie. You're about to crash down hard. — Source

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The Abyss THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Instead of everyone getting along, the aliens go full Independence Day and decide to wipe us out with giant waves-and then just change their minds. This jarring ending makes them seem mean instead of wise (and the waves dynamics are just clunky). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Final Destination THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Alex is electrocuted and burned alive, Clear has his baby, and then she and baby Alex run into Carter and talk about death while a leaf falls next to them. That's right, they tried to make a falling spooky. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alien Resurrection THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Ripley and the gang get to Earth, but they're now in a post-apocalyptic Paris, because reasons. After four movies, we end up in some half-baked Joss Whedon idea. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Clue THE (FOURTH) ALTERNATE ENDING: The butler is the killer, and he kills everyone. Wadsworth locks the cops in the house when they arrive, but then is mauled by police dogs. Director Jonathan Lynn saw it and thought, no way — Source

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CRACKED.COM Die Hard with a Vengeance THE ALTERNATE ENDING: McClane finds Simon in Hungary and forces him to play Simon Says at gunpoint, after pulling out a rocket launcher. Simon loses and gets a rocket through his chest. It's a bleak yet fun ending, but no, it's not Die Hard. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Get Out THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Chris is arrested and then visited in jail by his friend Rod. It's not just bleak, but also unrealistic-do you mean to tell us cops would not immediately shoot at a black man drenched in blood? That's a fantasy movie. — Source

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