30 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Saw on a ‘Wanted’ Poster Outside of a Dusty Saloon

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30 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Saw on a ‘Wanted’ Poster Outside of a Dusty Saloon
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As movie-fact bounty hunters, we usually get one client who hires us to find a specific list of facts. Today, we got countless calls about tracking this one down, so we knew it must be important. Being as good as we are, we thought we’d let them get into a big ol' bidding war. 

The higher-ups won’t let us divulge how much we got for this, but all we can say is that it’s enough to finally blow this popsicle stand. Enjoy our last list here while we’re sippin’ cocktails on a white sandy beach on an island you’ve never even heard of!

Deadpool 2

DEADPOOL 2 PRISONER 24601 Wardfort FIRTHS SEQUEL nos There's a reference to Hugh Jackman in a drawing of the mission, with Prisoner 24601 indicating the location of pyromancer Russell. It's the same inmate number of Jackson's character in Les Misérables. CRACKED.COM

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet swiped one of the pairs of earrings she had to wear in Titanic. Others stole White Star Line cups and saucers, she says, but she was good and just took a pair of earrings. CRACKED.COM

The Secrets of Platform 13

Many elements of Harry Potter are very similar to a book written 3 years before. CRACKED.COM The Secret of Platform 13 features a boy of magi- cal lineage who lives in an abusive house with a spoiled other child, and you get to the magical world through a platform at King's Cross.

George Lucas

George Lucas, along with most Fox execs, was sure Star Wars would bomb. Не was so sure of that, he even talked in pre-release interviews about going back to experimental cinema once he wrapped up Star Wars. CRACKED.COM

Men in Black

The worms in Men in Black are speaking Huttese... mo ...or at least a form of Quechua, which fans say Jabba's language is based on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Star Wars

CRACKED ORLAND STAR STA في LS CE 2 RS The Original Wookiee 1977 STAR WARS The Star Wars 40th Anniversary panel brought together the original cast, including Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and George Lucas. To top it off, John Williams and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra played iconic Star Wars themes live.

The Craft

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The Craft hired a practicing witch to keep the film authentic. CRACKED.COM To make sure they were getting everything right, filmmakers hired Pat Devin, the (at the time) First Officer of Southern California's Covenant of the Goddess. Devin had a great experience on set, saying that a lot of my suggestions were acted upon and virtually all of my suggestions were given careful consideration.

Soul

145 HARD WARE Sale - 8aNA OPEN / 25 SALE SOUL There's a shout out to Nine Inch Nails in the store window. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were two of the composers for the movie. CRACKED.COM

Swiss Army Man

Swiss Army Man The movie was pitched as a joke. As Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert were pitching movie ideas, they jokingly tossed in the premise of a man befriending a dead body on a desert island. Then one producer told them to go ahead with it. CRACKED.COM

The Witch

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The director of The Witch hates that you can see Anya Taylor-Joy's earring holes. CRACKED COM Since the movie takes place in 1630, seeing evidence of earrings could break the immersion for people REALLY concentrating on the lead actress' earlobes. The movie's director Robert Eggers said it bothered him so much, he wished he went back in with CGI to get rid of them.

Titanic

The water in Titanic contains traces of actors' pee. If you're shooting a James Cameron film, get ready to hold it in, because he doesn't believe in bathroom breaks. While filming Titanic, many extras just let it go in the water (also Kate Winslet, reportedly). CRACKED.COM

Andre the Giant

André's stuntman was a foot shorter than him CRACKED.COM Because of back problems, 7' 5 André needed to use a 6' 5 stuntman for scenes with Elwes on his back.

Charlie’s Angels

LUCY LIU vs. BILL MURRAY BOSLEY'S OFFICE CRACKED.COM Murray interrupted Charlie's Angels filming to criticize Liu's performance, complaining What in the hell are you doing here? You can't act! Liu responded by throwing wild punches before cast and crew got between them. The fight may have something to do with Bernie Mac taking over as Bosley in the sequel.

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 didn't have a female villain for sexist reasons. An early draft had Rebecca Hall's Maya Hansen as the villain, but the idea was nixed by Marvel CEO lke Perlmutter, who believed that toys of female characters wouldn't sell. The movie was rewritten so that Guy Pearce's character became the bad guy. CRACKED.COM

William Goldman

The author of the novel The Princess Bride was an Oscar-winning screenwriter. William Goldman wrote Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men - plus, he also worked as a script doctor. CRACKED.COM

Pirates of the Caribbean

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Mackenzie Crook had to wear two contact lenses in the same eye. It's uncomfortable, but not painful, he says. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Catfight

Anne Heche Movies Catfight The movie was too violent for its own marketing. The black comedy-drama is so violent, in fact, that while the poster image comes from the first fight scene, the bloody faces had to be cleaned up. CRACKED.COM

Blade Runner 2049

BLADE RUNNER CRACKED.COM 2049 DIRECTOR DENIS VILLENEUVE'S FIRST CHOICE FOR REPLICANT MAKER NIANDER WALLACE WAS DAVID BOWIE. AFTER BOWIE'S DEATH IN 2017, VILLENEUVE SETTLED ON JARED LETO.

Joker

Joker has kind of an obscure homage to Batman co-creator Bob Kane. DONATRON - MENUT MON VORCE prece Kyo - - UPLAM The social worker we meet at the start of the movie is called Debra Kane-clearly, that name wasn't chosen by accident. CRACKED.COM

The Goonies

Things that mysteriously disappeared The treasure map from the Goonies After filming, Sean Astin took the map home with true Goony (Goonie?) energy. Eventually his mother, actress Patty Duke, sold the home-and as for the map, Astin suspects she threw it out. Maybe one of my friends took it from my room. Who knows. OREGON CRACKED.COM

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill ad-libbed his Star Wars line about not being able to see in Stormtrooper armor. Не complains he can't see with a Stormtrooper helmet on, and that wasn't scripted - since everyone liked it, he kept the line in later takes. CRACKED.COM

The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies were shot in the exact same number of days: 266. IXOM THE DIRECTOR OMAENE LORD OF THE MINGER LOGY Then why are they so different? According to The Hobbit's behind-the- scenes documentary: There was incredible planning (on Lord of the Rings), there were three and a half years of pre-production before we rolled the cameras. Peter never got a chance to prep (The Hobbit Trilogy)....with little, possibly no preparation, we jumped straight into doing pre-viz. CRACKED.COM

Jeremy Renner

JEREMY RENNER CRACKED.COM In 1995, Renner played trouble-making stoner Mark Dags D'Agastino in National Lampoon's Senior Trip. His I know you like me scene is pretty cringe-worthy, but he landed more TV shows before a breakthrough as Jeffrey Dahmer in the 2002 movie Dahmer.

Tommy Boy

TOMMY BOY CRACKED.COM For the film's big finale, Tommy Boy confronts Ray Zalinsky (Dan Akroyd) in Downtown Chicago but the Toronto streetcars (famously known as 'The Red Rocket') are dead giveaways!

Avengers: Endgame

Hawkeye's introduction in Avengers: Endgame was inspired by an obscure Ridley Scott movie. It was Black Rain, a neo-noir 1989 thriller set in Tokyo. BLACK RAIN HISS CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe occasionally showed up on the Harry Potter set drunk. He'd been drinking the night before, and didn't sober up before going to work. Не drank because he was afraid of failing as a movie star, and went sober in 2010. CRACKED.COM

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Tarantino kept the script in a safe. 2 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD CRACKED.COM After being burned by a big leak of The Hateful Eight script, he decided to keep this one locked away. Only Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie got to read the full script, and Tarantino watched them read it the whole time.

Aquaman

Getting the underwater CGI right for Aquaman was a drawn-out, agonizing process. Developing a convincing look, which required accurate physics -- especially for hair, like Aquaman's beard -- took months and months. CRACKED.COM

Alan Rickman

by DOGMA Jason Mewes took the role seriously due to Alan Rickman. Mewes didn't want to anger an actor of Rickman's caliber by being his usual slackish self, so he went out of his way to learn his lines. CRACKED.COM

Donnie Darko

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS Donnie Darko The connection with The Dark Knight. GRA REENE 'T UCTORS In Donnie Darko, the class discusses Graham Greene's The Destructors which features a scene where children burn money because, as Donnie says they just want to see what happens when they turn the world apart. Christopher Nolan was a champion of the movie, and Joker uses the line in The Dark Knight, saying that he wants to see the world burn. CRACKED.COM

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