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The Dark Knight Rises

The actors in The Dark Knight Rises had to endure sweltering heat for outdoor shots. They shot some outdoor scenes in Pittsburgh when it was a hundred degrees or SO, and the actors wore heavy coats and pretended it was winter. CRACKED.COM — Source: Collider

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers wouldn't let anyone wear green or purple around him. The Pink Panther actor was very superstitious of the two colors, and would storm off set if a member of the production crew were dressed in either hue. Sellers even had people search rooms he would stay in to make sure there wasn't anything resembling green or purple. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hal Sparks and Rainn Wilson

Celebrities who were high school buddies FO OX Hal Sparks and Rainn Wilson The actor and the stand-up comic turned actor both attended New Trier High School in Illinois. Wilson has even spoken at past high school graduations as an alumnus. Ford CRACKED.COM — Source: Scubby

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Blake Lively

BLAKE LIVELY Unlike her Gossip Girl character, the actor was born well-connected. Her mother Elaine was a talent scout and her father Ernie Lively was an actor, acting alongside her in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. CRACKED.COM — Source: USA Today

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Toby Kebbell is the actor who brings many of Hollywood's CGI creatures to life. Warcraft Fantastic Four Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Kong: Skull Isl

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Matt Damon

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Resident Evil

On the shoot of Resident Evil: Retribution, the zombie costumes put actors at risk. At one point, 16 actors fell from a platform, and EMTs had to be called in - but the costumes meant EMTs had a hard time diagnosing their injuries. None of the injuries turned out to — Source: The Guardian

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Randy Quaid

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now RANDY QUAID is an Oscar- nominated actor. НЕ THEN WENT FULL MAGA, and started supporting networks too extreme even for Fox News. And this without even mentioning his star whacker conspiracy theory about movie star assassins he claims killed Heath Ledger. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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Adam Levine

Musicians trying to be actors (and vice versa) TEXAS WELCOMES YOU Adam Levine left acting cold outside. The Maroon 5 frontman essentially played himself in Begin Again. The movie got positive reviews - except for Levine's performance, which was panned. Не has since decided that acting isn't for him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bustle

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM PAUL BETTANY TROLLED THE WHOLE FANDOM. STAR CLEASE After Evan Peters' appearance on the show, Bettany came out and teased a secret character played by an actor he's longed to work with all of his life. After weeks of fan speculation, it turned out Bettany was talking about White Vision and the actor in question was himself. — YouTube & Marvel.com

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Parasite

EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite There's a song reference to a 1964 movie. When the Kims take over the Parks' house while they're away, the song In ginocchio da te by Gianni Morandi plays. Morandi originally sang this song in the film with the same name, where he played a poor soldier who falls in love with a rich woman. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Easter Eggs and Hidden Meanings in Bong Joon-ho's “Parasite”

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The Expanse Easter Eggs

easter eggstra meanings and references THE The Simpsons EXPANSE $6X 00 There are a couple of references to the popular American sitcom, with a notable one in season 5 when Amos passes a vendor that is clearly selling some Khlav Kalash cuisine in the background. CRACKED.COM — Source: Collider

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE- SUICIDE The MAFALDA SQUAD Keychain Milton (RIP) has a keychain hanging in his van of the main character in the Latin American comic strip, Mafalda. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS TROY LEAVES community THE SHOW, SCRUBS-STYLE It was known that Donald Glover would be leaving the show during its fifth season. In the pilot episode of season 5, Abed says: Season 9 of Scrubs Zach Braff is only in the first six episodes. To which Troy responds: Son of a bitch! After everything Scrubs did for him! Glover left the season after five episodes. GRACKED COM — Source

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Roger Rabbit

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK ROGER RABBIT TO FUTURET CAMEO THE TREE Happy Faces STATE OLD 10E 1962 INAC bother gerrier LAVA LAME The character can be seen in the antique shop store window: Who Framed Roger Rabbit was also directed by Robert Zemeckis and, of course, starred Christopher Lloyd. 'CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE Ten RINGS ANT-MAN A deleted scene in Ant-Man that's on Blu-ray shows a man sporting the terrorist tattoo on his neck as he listens to Cross trying to sell his Yellowjacket armour. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE CAM There are pro-union messages scattered throughout the film. The 1940s was considered the golden era in animation. It was also the era of labor strikes and picketing animators who, in 1945, famously clashed with Burbank police outside Warner Bros. studios. CRACKED.COM — MEL Magazine

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES MEANINGS JOHN WICK POINT BREAK BointBreak In John Wick, there's a scene where henchmen are playing a video game, with one of the characters in the game being a reference to one of Keanu Reeves' other famous movies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK ZZ TOP TO FUTURE TII THE PART CAMEO! The band performed an acoustic version of Doubleback at the 1885 Hill Valley Festival: Because of their epic beards, they were .mistaken for extras on.set. 'CRACKED.COM — Source

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Roger Rabbit

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS Who fromed ROGER RABBIT The secret references of one Roger Rabbit The cartoon character was actually created using references of famous cartoons: His face resembles a Looney Tunes character, and his torso a Disney character. His dungaree is a homage to Gooty, he wears Mickey Mouse gloves and a bow tie like that of Porky Pig. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

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Parasite

EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite The many staircases and their use during significant moments in the film were inspired by the Bates house in Psycho. Bong is a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan, and he also snuck in some of the filmmaker's movies into the Park family's movie collection. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Easter Eggs and Hidden Meanings in Bong Joon-ho's “Parasite”

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Gravity Falls

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY KALLS THE POLAROID Alex Hirsch's animated beard can be seen in the upper side of the frame during the opening song. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE -SUICIDE. SQUAD THe FAN-CREATED CHARACTER Another villain with a cameo at Belle Reve is Kaleidoscope who first appeared in New Adventures Of Superboy #36 in 1982. Back then readers were given a chance to submit ideas for characters to then be turned into comic stories. Chris Lawton and Nancy Mae Lawton wrote in and suggested Kaleidoscope, and both of them are credited for the character's creation. They also got a Special Thanks in the movie's credits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity FALLS THE REAL BOY BAND MEMBER DO Hirsch got former NSYNC member Lance Bass to voice one of the guys in the show's boy band, Sev'ral Timez. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES YELLOWJACKE ANT-MAN The armour and title of Yellowjacket that turns Darren Cross into a supervillain in Ant-Man originally belonged to Hank Pym in the comics. Yellowjacket was one of Hank's multiple personalities thanks to an experiment gone wrong, and it was the one that made him the most violent. CRACKED.COM — Source, Source

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30 Rock / Four Day Weekend

Alec Baldwin agreed to do the show because he got a four-day weekend. Не said he wanted to spend more time with his daughter in LA. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About '30 Rock'

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Pickle Rick

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS PICKLE RICK WAS INSPIRED BY AN EPISODE OF BREAKING BAD. Rick Many According to Dan Harmon, season three's Pickle Rick episode was influenced by Breaking Bad's season two episode 4 Days Out. In the episode, Walt and Jesse get stuck in the desert and have to use their smarts to escape. CRACKED.COM — Newsweek

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The Muppets

WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Jim Henson gave Frank Oz a bizarre Christmas present. — Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

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Saved by the Bell

Ridiculous Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Your Favorite Movies And Shows - Dustin Diamond terrorized the Saved By the Bell cast with dumb pranks. — Source: 4 TV Shows You Loved That Were a Nightmare Behind the Scenes

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKEDC TILDA SWINTON'S CHARACTER WAS WRITTEN FOR A MAN. SNOWPIERCER According to Swinton, Minister Mason was originally written as a mild-mannered man in a suit. Bong Joon-ho and Swinton desperately wanted to work together so he gave her the role of Mason without rewriting the part. — Deadline

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS WYATT RUSSELL LIED ABOUT BEING A MARVEL FAN. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Russell admits that he was never a comics guy growing up and that he pretended to be a knowledgable fan of the MCU during the auditioned process. He eventually came clean and asked the producers to — YouTube

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Dolores Umbridge's Inspiration

Behind-the-scenes Drama Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dolores Umbrige's implied rape was behind- the-book drama. J. К. Rowling based Umbridge on a teacher she had as a student. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Cases of Behind-the-Scenes Drama that Showed Up On-Screen

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Party of Five

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM THE SALINGERS WERE ALMOST EVEN WORSE OFF. party of five According to the show's creators, the Salinger family was much poorer in the original pilot. Fox executives made them change the family's finances to something that wouldn't freak OUT audiences. — Vulture

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS HUNDREDS OF SONGS WERE WRITTEN FOR THE FILM. WALK HARD Songwriters Dan Bern and Mike Viola wrote over 100 songs for the film. Out of those songs, around 50 ended up being recorded in the span of six months. CRACKED.COM — The Ringer & IndieWire

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Stardust

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The director was sick of children's movies Director Matthew Vaughn told Char- lie Cox that after watching enough movies with his children, I want to make a kids' film for adults an adult film for kids. — Source: Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED C KATHRYN HAHN ACTUALLY SINGS AGATHA ALL ALONG. AGATHA Hahn, who provides the main vocals for the song, says she was both confused and amazed by the song's success- it hit number one on iTunes' Top Soundtracks charts and reached the top five on their main chart. — Bustle & YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESED FACTS THE SHOW IS ABOUT IDENTITY AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE. LOK Director Kate Herron says that at its core, the show is about Loki's self-acceptance as a gray-area person. What makes someone truly good or what makes someone truly bad, and are we either of those things? CRACKED.COM — THR

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Carrie

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Sissy Spacek slept in her bloody clothes for three days. CRACKED.COM When Spacek's character in Carrie is covered in pig's blood, it makes for quite the stunning visual. During the three days it took to finish the scene, Spacek slept in the blood-soaked clothes to not risk losing continuity. — Source: 14 Behind The Scenes Facts About Our Favorite Horror Movies

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE STORY WAS WRITTEN AROUND THE SONGS. E WALK.HARD Songs for the movie were recorded for about six months before the film even started shooting. Each time a new song was recorded, the filmmakers made new decisions about the characters and the plot. CRACKED.COM — The Tufts Daily

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