46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know

Never walk into a holiday gathering unarmed
46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know

With the holidays here, that means you’re likely in for a lot of boring small talk. Oh, sure, your doctor cousin had a baby you’re not allowed to say looks like a frog. Oh, sister just finished her law degree. BORING! Fortunately, you have us — and we’d never let you walk into battle without a weapon.

And by “battle,” we mean “holiday gathering.” And by “weapon,” we mean “useless movie and TV show facts that will make you look smart as shit.” No need to thank us, just looking out for you. Happy Holidays!

The 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

Friends

MATT LANC 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
46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know

Hugh Jackman

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 e

Ed Wood

The relationship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi CRAUI in Tim Burton's ENTNOD was a reflection of Burton's own relationship with Vincent Price.

Star Trek

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
Censor Joe Breen almost had the most famous line in GONE WND WITHTHE replaced with such alternatives as: Frankly, my dear, I don't give whoop! a Thank
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 appearan
ON THE SET OF ROAR, f FILM ABOUT f FAMILY LIVING WITH LIONS f 14 YEAR OLD MELANIE GRIFFITH WAS MAULED SO BADLY THAT SHE REQUIRED FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is famous for his on-set injuries while doing his own stunts. AROUR mf H00Z OPERATION CONDOR One such injury on the set of Armour of God I

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The equations on the background in The Big Bang EE. Theory are 2M mathematically 4 accurate. 9PA)h TvavTro 6+ au hyhy +h, hy Gtl'l'hushs tla MXoy vls)
THE CIGARETTE-SMUGGLING ROACHES IN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK WERE REAL TRAINED COCKROACHES. Prop master Rachael Weinzimer said she IRL couldn't just at
While auditioning for Elizabeth , Eddie Redmayne led the director to believe he was an experienced horseback rider. He got the part and the truth came
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-Af
IDAO A DECADE SPENT USING A CRUTCH FOR THE ROLE OF DR. KERRY WEAVER LEFT LAURA INNES WITH REAL-LIFE SPINE CURVATURE.
Mace Windu's lightsaber is purple sO Samuel L. Jackson could find himself in the Episode lI arena battle. Jackson said, Well s** I wanna be able to f
From the Director of Bringing Down the House THE SPANISH TITLE FOR THE PACIFIER TRANSLATES TO A SUPER HARD KANGAROO. vin KCYE DIESEL is the ePACIFIE
TERMINATOR 2 JUDGMENT DAY Robert Patrick got the part of the T-1000 because Billy Idol, who was James Cameron's first choice, had recently broken his

Friday the 13th

46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know
46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know

Eraserhead

46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know
Walt Disney eww! didn't like the iconic scene of the romantic dinner in The Lady and the Tramp (1955) He thought that two dogs eating pasta would be a
Bob Gale came his father's across University City High and wondered yearbook his father if he and have been friends would had attended if they time. s

The Wizard of Oz

Margaret Hamilton captivated audiences as the Wicked Witch of the West. But the famous role was nearly her last when a trapdoor malfunction left her s
Dr. Seuss' I speak for LORAX The the trees! weirdly partnered with HP printers... hp ...offering activity pages about the environment on the HP websit
I does wot I loikes an'l loikes wot I do American-as- Dick Van Dyke butchered an English accent in 1964's Mary Poppins. 50 years later, Van Dyke apo

J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams apologized for overusing lens flares in the Star Trek movies. Abrams says that he started using flares as a way to show how bright and ene
In Game of Thrones season 7, Cersei, Dany, and Sansa are all wearing dark, monochrome outfits for a reason. The almost colorless styles reflect the br

Cars 2

In international releases of Cars 2, Jeff Gorvette is replaced in one scene by a unique car representing that country. Max Schnell Germany Carla Velos
HUGH JACKMAN CRACKED co HAS HAD LOTS OF INJURIES FROM PLAYING WOLVERINE OVER THEYEARS. He's mangled his junk, mangled his right ear, stabbed himself i

Mad Max: Fury Road

THE FLAMETHROWER GUITAR THAT DOOF WARRIOR PLAYS IN MAD MAX: FURY ROAD S0FC0 0000 WAS MADE FROM BEDPANS. Director George Miller explained, everything

2001: A Space Odyssey

In the first drafts of 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL was named ATHENA and had a female voice.

The Princess Bride

The people mentioned by Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black during their sword fight in The Princess Bride are actual Renaissance-era fencing masters.
Alfred Hitchcock had to use mind tricks to convince the Paramount censorship department not to cut the iconic nude murder shower Devun scene in Furull
CRACKEDcO COM While doing the Sermon on the Mount scene in The Passion Of The Christ, Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning.
Glynn Turman was almost cast as Han Solo. CRA George Lucas was going to give the iconic role to the relatively unknown actor, but the decision ultimat
The Zodiac killer in David Fincher's 2007 film Z DIAC was played by 3 different actors based on actual descriptions CRAt from eye witness testimony. T
How do you keep a puppet-on-puppet sex scene in your movie and still escape the dreaded NC-17 rating? Simple. Add a golden shower sequence. Trey Parke

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Seeing meteors made Steven Spielberg want to film a movie about good-guy aliens. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS THIRO KINO of THE When Spielberg was 6 or 7, his dad
In the edited-for-television version of KUSTBUSTERS the lines where Stantz and Venkman refer to Peck as being d!ckless were changed to calling Peck

The Handmaid’s Tale

In THE HANDMAID'S TALE reading is forbidden in the Republic of Gilead. The show's Art Department had to create labels devoid of writing for every sing
The tortures seen in AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM are actual treatments used to cure patients in mental institutions.
46 Next-Level Movie and TV Show Facts to Know
Israelis don't relate to meatballs the way Americans do, SO when Cloudy Witha Chance Of Meatballs was translated into Hebrew it was changed to It's Ra
According to his ex-wife Marcia, George Lucas planned to reveal BOBA FETT AND DARTH VADER WERE BROTHERS in the STAR WARS prequels. BROTHERS STICy ROTH

Wayne’s World

The Bohemian Rhapsody opening sequence of Wayne's World was an instant pop culture hit and managed to revive the classic Queen single... ...but the
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