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July 31, 2024

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CRACKED.COM DARKMAN Darkman's lair actually existed. The decrepit, condemned-looking lair/lab for Sam Raimi's anti-hero wasn't a sound stage, but an abandoned soap factory. — Source

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Samuel L. Jackson STAR WARS requested a purple lightsaber for Mace Windu. George Lucas typically restricted lightsaber colors to red for Sith and blue or green for Jedi. Jackson was able to convince him to diversify the color palette. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM ALTHOLACE E THE WARRIORS The extras included real gang members. For authenticity, director Walter Hill recruited actual New York City gang members to be in the movie (but also had undercover cops as extras, to make sure things remained peaceful). — Source

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CRACKED.COM RRR The movie achieved a box office milestone. The action-packed hit had the second-largest opening weekend box office for an Indian film, grossing $140 million worldwide. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE PRINCESS BRIDE Wallace Shawn was inconceivably worried. Shawn's agent decided to tell him that he only got the role of Vizzini because Danny DeVito was unavailable. This got into Shawn's head, and he feared to be fired whenever he did a bad take. — Source

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING The original concept was gender-flipped. The original idea was for a man to pretend to be engaged with a woman in a coma. While the premise is creepy regardless of gender, it somehow feels creepier that way. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! Robin Williams JULIE NEWMAR and Steven Spielberg godfathered the movie. A movie about three drag queens stranded in a small town wasn't really sought after in the 1990s, but it got the financial backing from Spielberg's production company after he and Williams endorsed the script. — Source

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THEY LIVE John Carpenter used a pseudonym. Carpenter grew sick of seeing his name listed all over the movie as the director, writer, producer, etc. To break it up, he wrote the screenplay under the name Frank Armitage (a name he got from the H. P. Lovecraft story The Dunwich Horror.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA Francis Ford Coppola became the director to make up with Winona Ryder. Ryder was worried that Coppola hated her after she left The Godfather Part III. The director agreed to meet with her to not only discuss Dracula, but also reassure her that there were no grudges at all. — Source

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CRACKED.COM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Matt Damon is in the movie thanks to Robin Williams. Williams brought his Good Will Hunting costar along to visith Steven Spielberg, as he was shooting Amistad nearby. Two weeks later, Spielberg called Damon and offered him the role of Private Ryan. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE LORD OF THE RINGS lan Holm played Frodo long before the films were made. Holm was Frodo Baggins in a 1981 BBC Radio 4 dramatization of the books. This performance factored into Peter Jackson's decision to cast him as Bilbo. — Source

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CRACKED.COM FG DM KILL BILL: VOL. 1 The Bride's name is in the first movie. While her real name is bleeped until Kill Bill: Vol. 2, eagle-eyed movie viewers with a pause button can see it printed on her plane ticket to Tokyo. BOARDING PA KIDOO SEATRIX - EL PASOCIENXE OKINAMAR JAPAN AIRO со C6 928 1945 - CHECK IN REGUIRED G-SMO 001 2115497747 — Source

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CRACKED.COM LEGO THE POLIC LEGO MOVIE The movie caused a 15% worldwide increase in Lego sales. The year the film was released, Lego sold 62 billion Lego elements. That would equate to 102 Lego bricks per living person. — Source

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HOPE FLOATS The dance choreographer was Patrick Swayze's mom. Patsy Swayze, mother to the Dirty Dancer himself, is an accomplished choreographer and planned out the movie's dance scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY The dodgeball scenes sucked for the actors. According to Ben Stiller, the actors would really go all out for each take, making the shoot exhausting. Also, many in the cast ended up taking a ball to the face. — Source

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A GOOFY MOVIE Powerline was a mashup of '90s music stars. According to director Kevin Lima, the Powerline character was a combination of Bobby Brown, Prince, and Michael Jackson. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE Jim Carrey based Ace Ventura on a bird. In an interview, Carrey described Ace's mannerisms as just a smart bird at the edge of the pond, using exaggerated head movements and a peacocking walk. — Source

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José Servo TEQUILA Futurama's Bender has Breakfast Club roots. The partying, heavy-drinking robot is named Bender after Judd Nelson's character in the '80s teen film, John Bender. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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. — Source

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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

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CRACKED.COM Jimmy Stewart suffered wartime PTSD while shooting It's A Wonderful Life. Stewart was going through much mental turmoil after his service as a pilot during World War II, to the point that he considered quitting acting. Accepting the now-Christmas classic relaunched his career. — Source

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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 — Source

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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. — Source

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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). — Source

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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. — Source

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CRACKED.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. — Source

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140 141 142 105 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 — Source

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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. — Source

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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 — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Game of Thrones actors were discouraged from reading the books. According to lain Glen (who played Jorah Mormont), David Benioff and D. В. Weiss didn't want the actors to protest any changes to the material. In hindsight, this kind of explains a lot. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Firefly is a part of the International Space Station's media library. Astronaut Steven Swanson brought DVDs of the space western to the ISS, and made it a permanent part of the station's entertainment options. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Queen Elizabeth II loved The Golden Girls. The queen was such a fan that she requested the cast to fly out to the London Palladium to perform some scenes from the show in person. — Source

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Friends' working title was Insomnia Cafe. When David Crane and Marta Kauffman were pitching the show, they named their proposal after what would become known as Central Perk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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