30 Bits of Trivia About Your Favorite Actors and the Characters They Brought to Life

That ‘darkness’ inside of Ben Affleck was shining through at an early age
30 Bits of Trivia About Your Favorite Actors and the Characters They Brought to Life

These crazy people spend a lot of time and mental energy Frankensteining some off-the-wall characters to life. The least we can do is read about their process.

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Matthew McConaughey

CRACKED.COM Matthew McConaughey got his big break because he wanted free booze. In the early '90s, McConaughey took a date to a Hyatt hotel in Austin, as the bartender was his friend and could score him free drinks. There he met casting director Don Philips, who later introduced him to Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater.

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Terms of Endearment

October on HBOMAX October 1 Terms of Endearment Burt Reynolds was originally cast, but dropped out. Jack Nicholson stepped in instead. CRACKED.COM

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10 Things I Hate About You

Back to School Movies and Episodes 1999 10 Things I Hate About You This update of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew has a fun cast consisting of Julia Stiles, the late Heath Ledger, and more. Lots of parties, poems, high school tropes, dances, and romances. CRACKED.COM
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Only three sitcoms can say all of the main cast has won an Emmy.

There are only three sitcoms where each of the main cast has won an Emmy. The Golden Girls, All in the Family, and Will and Grace are the only sitcoms where every performer in the main cast won at least one Emmy. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Killing Eve

July on hulu Killing Eve July 10 The Final season Sandra Oh didn't understand they wanted her to play Eve. It took a bit to sink in that they were actually casting an Asian American in a lead role. CRACKED.COM

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Neil Patrick Harris

Actors Who Weren't Always In On The Joke Neil Patrick Harris killed Doogie Howser. Over a decade later, NPH was still known as Doogie Howser. Self-aware of his good-boy image, he played a coke-snorting, stripper-crazed version of himself in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and stole the show. CRACKED

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