31 Crazy Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Our Favorite Movies and TV Shows
It’s crazy these things get made at all
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Hollywood productions for both the big and small screen are rife with tough decisions, weird dramas, freak accidents, egos and more. How different would a culturally important film be if one of the actors was someone else? Or if it was so hot on the set of a beloved adventure movies, that a respected actor wasn’t wearing pants the entire time?
Below are some of these instances — the crazy behind-the-scenes things that happened somewhere in between a movie or TV show beginning production and finally reaching your screen of choice.
Black Panther
![In the casino scene in Black Panther, the colors of the outfits worn by T'challa, Okoye, and Nakia collectively form... The colors found on the Pan-African Flag. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/4/849244.jpg)
Star Wars Episode II
![Mace Windu's lightsaber is purple so Samuel L. Jackson could find himself in the Episode II arena battle. Jackson said, Well S***, I wanna be able to find myself in this big ol' scene. So he asked for a purple lightsaber. George Lucas told him lightsabers don't come in purple, but Jackson said, Yeah, but I want a purple one. I'm like the second baddest Jedi in the universe next to Yoda. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/5/849245.jpg)
Lord of the Rings
![The role that made Viggo Mortensen's career, Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, almost went to Nicolas Cage. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/3/849243.jpg)
Superbad
![The house party from SUPERBAD CRACKED.COM was filmed half a block from the OJ Simpson murder house. H A today is - - and DA AIX - I - - - WRITER](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/2/849242.jpg)
White Men Can't Jump
![Stanley Kubrick WHITE was a fan of MEN CAN'T JUMP and hated The WIZARD of Dz CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/1/849241.jpg)
District 9
![The District 9 voices were made from the sound of pumpkins being rubbed together combined with clicking and the actors' voices. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/0/849240.jpg)
Breaking Bad
![RIED THE ACTIVE A1A CAR - ASH Marius Stan, who played Bogdan on Breaking Bad, is actually a scientist - a computational physicist and chemist. Не works at Argonne National Laboratory as a Senior Computational Scientist. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/9/849239.jpg)
Airplane!
![DAVID LeTTeRmAn auditioned and screen-tested for the role of Ted Striker in: CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/8/849238.jpg)
Yo Gabba Gabba / Gummi Bears
![AS A CHILD, AQUABATS FRONTMAN AND YO GABBA GABBA CREATOR CHRISTIAN JACOBS PLAYED THE MAIN HUMAN CHARACTER ON DISNEY'S GUMMI BEARS CARTOON. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/6/849236.jpg)
Top Gun
![TOP GUN BOOSTED RECRUITMENT NUMBERS FOR THE NAVY. After the movie was released, there was a 500% growth rate for the naval aviator position. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/5/849235.jpg)
Mrs. Doubtfire
![GRAGKED.COM Mrs. Doubtfire HOP SEX SH 45 I PROJECTION DVD VIDEO During filming, Robin Williams once browsed a local sex shop while in full costume as Mrs. Doubtfire.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/4/849234.jpg)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
![INDIANAJONES and CRUSADE the LAST Sean Connery and Harrison Ford aren't wearing any pants during this scene, because it was so hot on the day of filming. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/3/849233.jpg)
Frasier
![An actress was originally supposed to be cast to play the part of Maris Crane, however, after only 3 episodes they had described her physical appearance as so bizarre that she had practically become uncastable. ? FRASIER GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/7/849237.jpg)
X-Men / Wolverine
![Hugh Jackman says he owes his career to Russell Crowe. Crowe passed on the role of Wolverine, and then recommended his friend Hugh for the job, which eventually made him a household name. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/2/849232.jpg)
ROAR
![ON THE SET OF ROAR, A FILM ABOUT A FAMILY LIVING WITH LIONS, A 14 YEAR OLD MELANIE GRIFFITH WAS MAULED SO BADLY THAT SHE REQUIRED FACIAL CRACKED.COM RECONSTRUCTION AND ALMOST LOST AN EYE.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/1/849231.jpg)
The Big Bang Theory
![The equations on the background in (4) Solhi The Big Bang Ing ٤٥٦٤ 500 & والدف Theory are 194 with of mathematically a accurate. TVV.c. have shyhns) M=X Y Y Medach PLUR DEVOC Y:Beic DC-DC-TOO /Y1 DS.DC.O V/v =-2 Рыш = 1973 sample Y/T David e Saltzberg, a professor at UCLA studying particle physics, works as the science consultant on the show. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/0/849230.jpg)
Orange is the New Black
![THE CIGARETTE-SMUGGLING ROACHES IN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK WERE REAL TRAINED COCKROACHES. - Prop master Rachael Weinzimer said she CRACKED.COM couldn't just attach a cigarette to a cockroach and send it on its way, SO insect handlers had to teach the bugs to navigate a prototype maze they designed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/9/849229.jpg)
Elizabeth I
![While auditioning for Elizabeth I, Eddie Redmayne led the director to believe he was an experienced horseback rider. Не got the part and the truth came out. Redmayne nearly killed himself trying to shoot his scene on the horse. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/8/849228.jpg)
John Wick / The Matrix
![VIC CHAD STAHELSKI, WHO DIRECTED KEANU REEVES IN JOHN WICK CRACKED.COM HAD BEEN HIS STUNT DOUBLE IN MATRIX](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/7/849227.jpg)
Gilligan's Island
![GRACKED COM No one ever agreed on GILLIGANS full name: Bob Denver said it was GIL EGAN Sherwood Schwartz said it was WILLY GILLIGAN Others claim it was STEWART GILLIGAN The other castaways' full names: JONAS GINGER GRUMBY GRANT THURSTON ROY HOWELL III HINKLEY EUNICE MARY ANN WENTWORTH SUMMERS HOWELL](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/6/849226.jpg)
Game of Thrones
![GAME OF THRONES Fans are responsible for an increase in husky adoption...and abandonment. Apparently people want to adopt badass look-alikes without researching the breed first. So now, in true Stark fashion, the dogs have been left without families. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/5/849225.jpg)
West Side Story
![WEST SIDE STORY A MUSICAL VERSION OF ROMEO AND JULIET. WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE ABOUT A CATHOLIC BOY... AND A JEWISH GIRL. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/2/849222.jpg)
Duck Soup
![The Marx Brothers' 1933 movie Duck Soup was set in the fictional kingdom of Freedonia. When the movie was released, the mayor of Fredonia, NY, had this to say: I feel it is my duty as mayor to question your intentions in using the name of our city in your picture. To which the Marx Brothers replied: Your excellency. Our advice is that you change the name of your town. It is hurting our picture. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/3/849223.jpg)
Doctor Who
![The first episode of Doctor Who premiered on the day between John F. Kennedy's assassination and the assassination of his assassin! DOCTOR WHO CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/6/849216.jpg)
![MATT. LEBLANC dislocated his shoulder doing a dive for a chair while filming the episode The one where no one's ready. Instead of trying to hide it, the FRIENDS writers added a storyline where Joey hurt his arm jumping on a bed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/0/849220.jpg)
Jackie Chan / Armor of God II
![Jackie Chan is famous for his on-set injuries while doing his own stunts. ARMOUR of GOD 2 OPERATION CONDOR One such injury on the set of Armour of God II required him to get brain surgery, and left him with a metal plate inside his head. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/8/849218.jpg)
Game of Thrones
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![CRACKED.COM A DECADE SPENT USING A CRUTCH FOR THE ROLE OF DR. KERRY WEAVER LEFT LAURA INNES WITH REAL-LIFE SPINE CURVATURE.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/4/849224.jpg)
Ed Wood
![The relationship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi CRACKED.COM in Tim Burton's was a reflection of Burton's own relationship with Vincent Price.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/7/849217.jpg)
Star Trek's Pom Farr Episode
![The Star Trek episode Amok Time showed us Vulcans' mating season, which is triggered by a condition called Pon Farr which would kill Spock unless he mates... Unless you saw the German edit, which changed Pon Farr to a space fever, cut out all mating references and turned everything else that happened into a hallucination Spock was having. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/5/849215.jpg)
Gone with the Wind
![Censor Joe Breen almost had the most famous line in GONE WITH THE WIND replaced with such alternatives as: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a whoop! Thankfully director David Selznick successfully contended that the dramatic use of the word 'damn' was at worst a common vulgarism, not a curse or oath that required censoring. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/1/849221.jpg)