40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Collected Like Tree Sap After Etching a Long Scar in Our Cerebral Cortex

There’s a little bit of Liam Gallagher in Ramsay Bolton. But deep down you already knew that
40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Collected Like Tree Sap After Etching a Long Scar in Our Cerebral Cortex

When they needed a steamy heap of dog doo, the producers of John Wick called up the CGI team.

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Face/Off

FACE/OFF GINA GERSHON AND NICK CASSAVETES MADE THEIR CHARACTERS INCESTUOUS. John Woo gave his performers a lot of space to create their characters, which included allowing Gershon and Cassavetes to explore their idea of giving their sibling characters a weirdly incestuous vibe. CRACKED.COM

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Super Smash Bros.

THE CHARACTERS IN THE SUPER SMASH BROS. FRANCHISE ARE TOYS ON IMAGINARY ADVENTURES. CRACKED.COM The opening sequences of the first two Super Smash Bros. titles start with toy figures being turned into the characters you'll ultimately use to battle with in the game. More recent entries into the franchise left out this aspect, but the intention was always that the characters are actually toys and the fantastical sequences are imaginary.

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Javier Bardem

JAVIER BARDEM WORKED AS AN EXOTIC DANCER CRACKED.COM The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being ma

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Ramsay Bolton

Iwan Rheon based Ramsay Bolton on Heath Ledger's Joker...and Dennis The Menace. Rheon said that doing all those horrible things with childlike glee

Luxo

LUXO Sr. and LUXO Jr. aren't just Pixar intro characters. They're characters on TV that Pixar characters watch, too. For instance, Toy Story 2 shows H

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is sO successful even among non-fantasy fans because it puts characters first. Devoting so much time to exploring characters' motivati

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

The chocolate river in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory wasn't CGI. CGI wouldn't just cost more, it would really limit what they could do on set, so they went with practical effects. Tim Burton's note was just to Make sure it looks edible. CRACKED COM

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The Adventures of Champion

The Adventures of Champion 1955 CRACKED.COM The first TV show spin-off was based on The Gene Autry Show, with the titular Champion being Gene Autry's horse.

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The Queen Latifah Show

The Queen Latifah Show *Livin ALL CRACKED.co The show was cancelled in 2001 after a 2-season stint. Then, 10 years later, she dredged up its petrified corpse and made another show by the same name. That one actually won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Talk Show Host (somehow), but was axed after 2 seasons once more.

Chappelle’s Show

CHAPPELLE'S SHOW Dave Chappelle CRACKEDC COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Host of his own The show was controversial, sO stressful to yet critically mak

Geno Machado

CRACKEDC COM Geno Machado, a participant on the Spanish reality-talent show Operacion Triunfo (Triumph Operation), claimed that the show didn't prepar

The Woman in Black

The second time Susan Hill's 1983 novel, The Woman In Black, was made into a film, the main character was played by Daniel Radcliffe -- a.k.a Harry Po

Queen Elizabeth II

TO HONOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S 90TH BIRTHDAY, A LIMITED EDITION ALE CALLED, PURPLE REIGN WAS RELEASED. THE NAME OF THE ALE WAS A NOD TO THE POPULAR P

Howard Hughes

When Stan Lee conceived Tony Stark in the 1960s, he based the character in part on Howard Hughes. When Jon Favreau made 2008's Iron Man, one of the fl

Assassination

WASTDUD Y ) John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell were both shot by fans on December 8th. CRACKED COM

Kick-Ass

Quicksilver appears in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the X-Men film series (played by Evan Peters). Both act

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