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34 Trivia Tidbits About Movies and TV Shows

June 07, 2024

While sitting through the closing credits, do you ever stop to appreciate the sheer number of people it took to make that movie or TV show?

Well, each one of those names had the potential to cause some interesting little tidbits while making said movie or TV show. One came up with a sweet last-minute idea, one caused a stunt to go horribly wrong, one made it a completely toxic work environment — and a lot more names did a lot more things.

Check them all out below!

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CRACKED.COM DO Taxi Driver was written in two weeks. Screenwriter Paul Schrader was going through marriage problems, lost his job, was broke, and suffered a bleeding ulcer. His depression from all this at the same time drove him to write about Travis Bickle, or I was going to start to become him. — Source

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CRACKED.COM christian Bale's American Psycho was based on Tom cruise. Bale called up director Mary Harron, saying that he saw Tom Cruise on David Letterman and thought that energy would be perfect for Patrick Bateman, citing Cruise's very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes. — Source

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CRACKED.COM In The wizard of OZ, Toto made more money than the Munchkins. Hollywood has never been fair, but it's mind-boggling that the actors portraying the Munchkins were paid $50 per week, while Toto and his trainers got $125 per week. — Source

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Heath Ledger's Joker scared the script out of Michael Caine. Ledger wasn't present during certain rehearsals for The Dark Knight, so Caine's first exposure to Ledger's character was when shooting a scene - and he was so terrified, he forgot his lines. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pumbaa was the first Disney character to fart on screen. Before The Lion King, no other Disney character audibly farted on a film. (That said, we have no idea which characters silently farted in previous movies. Smart money is on Tinker Bell.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Jimmy Stewart suffered wartime PTSD while shooting It's A Wonderful Life. Stewart was going through much mental turmoil after his service as a pilot during World War II, to the point that he considered quitting acting. Accepting the now-Christmas classic relaunched his career. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Gal Gadot was five months pregnant while shooting Wonder Woman. Gadot reportedly didn't want any different treatment, and hid her pregnancy when doing reshoots, even during action scenes. — Source

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The house party from SUPERBAD - DE - IBOUSE ON AND 4 10 is - - care was filmed half a block from the OJ Simpson murder house. — Source

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The District 9 voices were made from the sound of pumpkins being rubbed together combined with clicking and the actors' voices. CRACKED.COM — Source

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RIED THE 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 — Source

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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. GRACKED.COM — Source

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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. — Source

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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. — Source

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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 — Source

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steven spielberg refused a paycheck for schindler's List. The movie being a close and personal project for Spielberg, he refused to take a salary for it. His share of the profits went to the Shoah Foundation, a history archive for the Holocaust and other tragic events. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Toy story 2 was almost deleted. A Pixar employee accidentally typed in a command that erased all the movie files. Thankfully, this multi-million dollar mistake was averted as a technical director on maternity leave had a copy of everything at home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM scream was originally titled scary Movie. NO, seriously. When Harvey Weinstein, the producer of the film, was listening to Michael Jackson's Scream in his car, he thought that would be a better title. So two (alleged) sex criminals caused the name change. — Source

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Bradley cooper spent 6 months to sound like sam Elliott in A star is Born. Cooper worked with a dialect coach for four hours a day - even before Elliott was cast to play his brother. Had Elliott turned down the role, Cooper would've wasted half a year of work. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The movie had to be changed because of the pandemic. The entire plot was rewritten after Marvel's films were shuffled around and this became a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama NO - - - - Gyu Rates B Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The team was supposed to lose. Keeping with its irreverent tone, the film originally ended with the team losing. When the studio changed that, the credits included Ben Stiller's White Goodman mocking the fact that they won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Spider-Man 2 Tobey Maguire was almost fired over his back. Maguire's back complaints, which some viewed as him being a prima donna, led to him almost being replaced by Jake Gyllenhaal. That didn't happen, but the writers added some back jokes which were later referenced in No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer RIXS charisma carpenter was written out because she got pregnant (according to her). That was reportedly her latest in a long line of sins against regime head and Buffy god Joss Whedon. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JULIA ROBERTS & STEVEN SPIELBERG CRACKED.COM Her difficult on-set presence earned the nickname Tinkerhell by 'Hook' production staff. Spielberg knew she was dealing with a break up with Kiefer Sutherland, and said it was an unfortunate time for us to work together, before stating that he wouldn't make a movie with Roberts again. — Source

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This moment is the first time Tom Hanks met his costars. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS CRACKED.COM The director kept the pirates away from Hanks and CO. until the scene where they burst in and took them hostage, so they'd have the same experience as the real crew. — Source

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Wes Craven threatened to murder Drew Barrymore's dog. SCREAM CRACKED.COM In order to rile her up into the blubbering ball of fear she becomes, the director recounted acts of animal cruelty to her between takes, culminating in the graphic threat. — Source

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Richard Gere will charm a laugh out of anyone. PRETTY WOMAN CRACKED.COM Не slammed the jewelry box shut on Julia Roberts' fingers, prompting her to recoil and laugh endearingly. — Source

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The kids saw the ship for the first time while filming. THE GOONIES CRACKED.COM They reacted the way any kids would: by cursing. They had to get a second take to supplement the explitive-laden first reaction. — Source

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Illegal filmmaking The Hangover 2 stole an artist S design. When Ed Helms' character gets Mike Tyson's exact face tattoo, they didn't ask artist S. Victor Whitmill for permission to use his original design. Не sued the production, and instead of digitally altering his face in post, they settled out of court. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Escape From Tomorrow illegally shot at Disneyland. In 2013, they shot several scenes in Disneyland without permission. The actors pretended to be tourists, the cameras were smuggled in, and the editing was done in South Korea. Disney avoided controversy by deciding not to sue. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Alfred Hitchcock terrorized actors and birds) on The Birds. Hitchcock pelted actress Tippi Hedren with live birds (injuring and killing the birds), and force-fed whisky to seagulls to get them to stay still for longer. Hedren was hospitalized, and he ruined her career when she refused his sexual advances. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking Piano thievery on Be National Lampoon's Animal House. The production brought the Delta Tau brothers up to the University of Oregon five days before shooting to bond. They hit up a real frat party that involved hard drugs and a massive brawl, and they stole a piano. CRACKED — Source

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Illegal filmmaking David Fincher took matters into his own hands on Alien 3. Producers thought the drooling Xenormorph was too much, so Fincher took a rogue crew, stole an alien costume, and took Sigourney Weaver to another location (without a permit) to shoot the scene against their wishes. CRACKED — Source

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