26 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Facts that taste better with a drizzle of movie theater popcorn butter.
26 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Have you ever tried drizzling butter on your popcorn at home in an attempt to recreate the theater-going experience, only to find that your snack misses the mark? That’s because movie theater popcorn doesn’t use real butter — it’s a combination of oil and a chemical called Flavacol, which gives movie theater popcorn is signature salty, buttery taste without using real dairy. You can still recreate it at home, though! You just need to buy specific popcorn flavoring to get the right taste. That way you can enjoy your favorite movies, TV shows, or list of behind-the-scenes film facts while munching on some salty goodness.

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine $8 MILLION CRACKEDOON After becoming a big hit on the festival circuit, Fox Searchlight Pictures scooped it up and turned it into a $101 million piggy bank. Along the way, they picked up Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Saddest Steve Carrell.

Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro tried to make a Doctor Strange Movie

Superhero movies we almost got Guillermo del Toro and Neil Gaiman's Doctor Strange Gaiman and del Toro Doctor Strange pitched a Doctor Strange movie in 2007, long before Benedict Cumberbatch stepped in. Marvel said no.

Source: IndieWire

Princess Mononoke

Released in 1997 Hayao Miyazaki drew the first sketches that'd eventually become PRINCESS MONONOKE in the late '70s. By the time production started in the '90s, Miyazaki had already used many of his ideas for this movie in My Neighbor Totoro.

So, there could have been a fluffy Totoro in the world of Princess Mononoke?

Source: Screen Rant

The Godfather

The Godfather was almost set in Kansas City. M That's where the first draft of the script was set, and the studio even took Francis Ford Coppola on a tour of the Italian neighborhoods in Kansas City.

Source: NPR

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage CRACKED COM A young actor named NICOLAS KIM COPPOLA kept getting razzed by his castmates on his first gig, because of his famous uncle: F

Alfred Hitchcock

CRACKED.COM Reduco OBESITY Sensebonal SLAYER New The BEFORE AFTER to Just Four Months.. YOU TOO Con be Slender! DAW GLO - 4b - - - - - ALERED HITCHCOCK SAFE and Alfred Hitchcock Не had cameos in 40 of his 54 movies. For 1944's Lifeboat, he took advantage of his own ongoing weight loss to appear as both the before and after in the ad for a Reduco, a fictional weight-loss medicine. Hall Ford CITY

Source: History

Katie’s Socks

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES Katie's socks is a homage to that carpet in that Stanley Kubrick movie. CRACKED.COM

Source: Vulture

James Bond by Quentin Tarantino

We could have gotten a James Bond movie directed by Quentin Tarantino. E E E E E E He really wanted to do it, and even called a meeting with Pierce Brosnan (telling him he was the best James Bond), but the powers that be weren't interested. CRACKED.COM

Source: Digital Spy

Rosebuds from Citizen Kane

26 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Alien: Covenant

Fans are the only reason Alien: Covenant has, well, aliens. Ridley Scott was going to make a xenomorph-less follow-up to Prometheus, but he heard fans

White Men Can’t Jump

Stanley Kubrick WHITE MEN was a fan of JUMP CAN'T and hated The WIZARD of Oz useum CRACKED COM

Hannibal Eating

WHILE WEARING HIS INFAMOUS MASK, PRODUCTION HANNIBAL STILL THE SILENCE OF HAS TO EAT. THE LAMBS French fries might not be his preferred meal, but begg

The Silence of the Lambs

the silence of the lambs Hannibal Lecter's role was first offered to Sean Connery who thought the character was disgusting so he rejected their offer

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Facts about the Batmen The Dark Knight Trilogy christian Bale Bale has gained and lost a grand total of 610 pounds for his various roles-from The Machinist to Ford V Ferrari. CRACKED.COM

That;s incredibly impressive; although, I'm quite interested to know who his nutritionists and trainers are. 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

THE FINAL BATTLE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE ONE-SIDED. ORIGINALLY... SAURON WAS GOING TO FIGHT. A duel between Sauron and Aragorn was filmed, but not used, as that would have distracted from Frodo and Sam's quest to destroy the One Ring. CRACKED.COM

Lord of the Rings

A lot of Lord of the Rings fans have asked why the Fellowship didn't just ride the giant eagles into Mordor. But maybe that was Gandalf's plan, and the reason his dying words were fly, you fools! CRACKED.COM

The Briefcase in ‘Pulp Fiction’

There's no official answer to what's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase. It was originally supposed to be diamonds, but they decided against that because it felt too hokey and unoriginal. So they left it a mystery. CRACKED.COM

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump was supposed to be a big, overweight, really strong guy. Barry Sonnenfeld, the first choice for director, suggested making Forrest a runner, and the change stuck. CRACKED.COM

The Lord of the Rings

PETER JACKSON CAMEOS IN ALL OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Jackson appeared as a villager in The Fellowship of the Ring, a Rohirrim Warrior in The Two Towers, and a Corsair killed by Legolas in Return of the King.

Imagine bringing the fantasy to life and NOT writing yourself into it? 

Lord of the Rings

CRACKED.COM The Lord of the Rings Christopher Lee was the only cast member to have ever met Tolkien. Lee met the author by chance in a pub in Oxford. Не was a huge fan of the books when they came out in the 1950s.

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