29 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Made A Complete Killing on A Shoestring Budget

Regardless of budget, a good fact is a good fact
29 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Made A Complete Killing on A Shoestring Budget

Okay, so the production value and the picture quality might not be as good as some of the blockbuster facts out there, but they tell a very compelling story that just needs to be heard. They don’t need big explosions or A-list faces to resonate with a wide audience. 

But hey, if there are some explosions or A-listers in here, just know that they did these facts on the cheap — because they believed wholeheartedly in this project.

Ratatouille

Remy's recipe in Ratatouille is real. LOTE It was created by a chef and takes 3 1/2 hours to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Wonder Woman

WIX WONDER WOMAN General Erich Ludendorff actually existed. While the thing involving the Greek god of war wasn't real (probably), Ludendorff was actually a general in the German army during World War I. Unlike the movie version, the real Ludendorff resigned and fled to Sweden. CRACKED.COM

Dogma

by SNOPPON 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

The Princess Bride

CRACKED.COM THE PRINCESS BRIDE André the Giant was too big for his horse. A pulley system was devised to lower the huge guy onto the horse without putting too much weight on the poor beast's spine.

Clueless

Sarah Michelle Gellar was almost Amber in Clueless. While on All My Children, Gellar's producers refused to accommodate the movie's filming schedule so the role was given to Elisa Donovan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Treasure Planet

The standard pirate speech comes from a 1950s pirate movie - Treasure Planet. Robert Newton played Long John Silver, arrr'd a lot, and used phrases like shiver me timbers. That's how the whole thing got started. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Tenet

The plane wreck in Tenet was filmed by wrecking an actual Boeing 747. Turns out that option was cheaper than CGI or miniatures. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

Snape's costume in the Harry Potter movies... ...is the only one that stayed the same throughout the series. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Iron Man

Tony's hand when he first realizes he can be a force for good... and the same hand when his journey culminates by saving the universe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Flushed Away

In the 2006 Dreamworks movie Flushed Away... ...there's a rat Han Solo in his carbonite pose, frozen in ice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Star Lord

In 2014, Chris Pratt stole his Star Lord costume... ...so he could visit sick kids in the hospital. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Men in Black

Men in Black was totally altered at the last minute. Two weeks before the final cut was supposed to be done, director Barry Sonnenfeld changed the entire plot, in his words, by putting in new subtitles and new text on the board in MIB HQ. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Full Metal Jacket

The Full Metal Jacket set was surprisingly toxic (literally). They shot some of the Vietnam scenes in Beckton Gas Works - where the actors were crawling in asbestos and ate food that a layer of dust would always quickly settle on. When they got home and took a bath, the bathwater would turn blue from the dirt. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Blade Runner 2049

Jared Leto blinded himself for Blade Runner 2049. Не had customized contact lenses made that left him totally unable to see. When he walked slowly into the room for his camera test, with an assistant helping him, Denis Villeneuve says that veryone was in awe. It was so beautiful and powerful-I was moved to tears. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Lord of the Rings

Viggo Mortensen got a black eye while learning to surf on the Lord of the Rings set. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan tried to teach him how to surf on their day off, and Mortensen got hit right in the face. It took a month for the swelling to die down, which meant they had to avoid that side of his face in close-ups in the Mines of Moria scenes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

The line You're Rick F***ing Dalton in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is based on a real-life event. LANCER HAMPO In the '90s, Brad Pitt had a guy that always hung around him and sucked up - - and, when Pitt was bitching and moaning about something, the guy told him Hey man. Don't forget. You're Brad F***ing Pitt. So, much later, Pitt ad-libbed that line. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters got its name almost accidentally. Columbia couldn't get the rights to the name from Universal, since there was an old TV show called The Ghost Busters. By chance, an exec involved with the movie left Columbia during production and became head of Universal, and he let Columbia use the name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Guardians of the Galaxy

In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ego's planet is based on fractal artwork. The filmmakers brought on Hal Tenny, who makes Mandelbrot set art, as a visual consultant. They based much of Ego's core, landscape, and the structures on the planet, on his concepts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Little Mermaid

We almost got a Sofia Coppola adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Her version was supposed to adapt the original fairy tale, and she wanted to shoot underwater. They did some underwater shooting tests, but she left the project when too much money started pouring in, because she couldn't make the movie she wanted to make. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Blade Runner

Rutger Hauer thinks Deckard is the bad guy in Blade Runner. Не gets a gun pointed at his head and then he f***S a dishwasher, and then he falls in love with her. It doesn't make any sense, Hauer says. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Avengers

The Avengers: Endgame plot grew out of a throwaway comment. The Russo brothers couldn't figure out what to do with Thanos, as he was super powerful and could beat the Avengers easily. One day, producer Trinh Tran said Kind of really wish we could just kill him, which gave the Russos a totally new idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Kill Bill

There's a 4-hour cut of both Kill Bill movies that you might never get to see. It's called Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, and it combines the two volumes and adds new scenes. Tarantino screened it at Cannes and at his theater, the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, but hasn't released it publicly. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Dumb and Dumber

That was Jim Carrey's real chipped tooth in Dumb and Dumber. 27% It got chipped in grade school, and he had a cap put on it t - - he just took it off for the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Apocalypto

The Apocalypto crew watched a COW survive a 170-foot drop. It was trying to swim across a river, got swept up by the current, and fell down a 170-foot waterfall where Apocalypto was being filmed. Somehow, it survived and got up, and started eating grass on the bank. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Independence Day (Yep, Again)

The movie in which most miniatures have been used for visual effects, ever, is Independence Day. Most of its effects were done by just blowing up miniatures. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Independence Day

Most of the sets for Independence Day were built in the same hangar where Howard Hughes built the Spruce Goose. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

John Wick

Peter Stormare just kind of stumbled into a role in John Wick: Chapter 2. Не was hanging out with Keanu Reeves and, since he was a fan of the first movie, he asked Reeves What can I do? The rest is movie history. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Apocalypse Now

A real buffalo was killed in Apocalypse Now. To get permission from locals to film on their land, the movie crew gave them animals to slaughter for food, including two water buffalo. Francis Ford Coppola decided to film one buffalo's slaughter for the movie. I did not direct it or anything, that was the way they do it, he said in 2019. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Groot

When Baby Groot throws up in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, that's James Gunn's nod to his roots. It's his way of acknowledging that he started out in B-movies and isn't afraid to resort to the lowest common denominator which is a baby tree vomiting. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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