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Some battles can only be won through movie trivia.

18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

August 06, 2022

Picture your greatest enemy. Don’t have one because you’re an adult? Make one up then. Are you picturing them? Okay, good. Now think of the best way to beat them. No, that’s just murder. No, you’ll require a masters degree to do that. There’s only one way to truly defeat your foe: through movie trivia.

Beating your sworn foe at movie trivia is the best way to thwart them. Think of all the bar trivia nights you can ruin for them. Think of all the movies you’ll ruin. Think of the torment they’ll go through, knowing that there is only one ruler of all of pop culture and it is you!

They’ll go crazy. They’ll be self-destructive. Or maybe not. Who is to say one way or the other? In any case, enemy-foiling or not, movie trivia is still fun to know. Here are some behind-the-scene facts about some movies that should at least impress someone somewhere.

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Little Miss Sunshine

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY). Screenwriter Michael Arndt read an article about Schwarzenegger telling high school students, If there's one thing ... that I hate, it's losers. Arndt hated that mindset, and wrote a movie about that. CRACKED.COM — Source: FORA.tv/YouTube

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The Mask of Zorro

CRACKED.COM THE MASK OF ZORRO RAUL JULIA WAS GOING TO PLAY THE ELDER ZORRO. Julia was the first pick to play Don Diego de la Vega, but he unfortunately passed before filming and the role went to Anthony Hopkins. — Source: Eighties Kids

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City Slickers

CITY SLICKERS CHARLES BRONSON WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF CURLY (AND WAS PISSED). Upon finding out his character died midway through the movie, Bronson cursed out Billy Crystal and turned the part down. Then Jack Palance went on to win an Oscar for it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Los Angeles Times

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Predator 2

CRACKED.COM отосото PREDATOR 2 SOME PREDATORS WERE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. A huge Lakers fan, Danny Glover convinced some players to come on set and get dressed and fully made up as Predator extras in the final sequence. — Source: Eighties Kids

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Unforgiven

CRACKED.COM UNFORGIVEN THE SCRIPT HAD BEEN AROUND SINCE 1976. David Webb Peoples had been writing scripts on the side while working as an editor in the 1970s. but the screenplay didn't get picked up until the early 1990s. Probably because one of the original titles was The Cut-Whore Killings. — Source: Mental Floss

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The Wedding Singer

CRACKED.COM THE WEDDING SINGER ADAM SANDLER WANTED TO MAKE A PRO-MARRIAGE MOVIE. Sandler said that he just wanted to make a movie that was pro-love and pro-marriage while still being heavy on the laughs. According to him, guys who are against love were just hurt. — Source: Late Night With Conan O’Brien (via YouTube)

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Do the Right Thing

make DO THE RIGHT THING SPIKE LEE WROTE THE SCREENPLAY IN TWO WEEKS. I'd wake up in the morning and write for three or four hours, then I'd quit, carry on with the rest of the day, and come back the next morning. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. CRACKED.COM — Source: Rolling Stone

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Rango

CRACKED.COM RANGO THE MOVIE WAS SHOT IN LIVE ACTION FIRST. In order to get more natural performances and body language in the animation, Gore Verbinski had the actors perform in person to capture their movements. — Source: MTV

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Pan's Labyrinth

CRACKED.COM PAN'S LABYRINTH FLAMES AND SPARKS WERE DIGITAL TO PREVENT FIRES. Because of a drought in the film's shooting location of Segovia, Spain, the timber was dry enough to risk a blazing fire. For this reason, most sparks and fire were added in post and green moss was used to cover the brown, dead vegetation. — Source: Mental Floss

9

Animal House

CRACKED.COM COLLEGE ANIMAL HOUSE THE STORY WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT CHARLES MANSON. The first draft of the screenplay focused on the cult leader, the sex, and the murders involved. It was immediately rejected. — Source: Mental Floss

8

Klute

KLUTE SYLVESTER STALLONE WAS AN EXTRA. Before he became a Hollywood and literal juggernaut, one of Stallone's first film roles was an extra in this 1971 movie. Не can be (barely) spotted disco dancing in the background of a scene. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Back Row

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Little Shop of Horrors

CRACKED.COM LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS SIX PUPPETS OF AUDREY II WERE MADE. Six different animatronic puppets were used to show the growth of the mean green mother from outer space. The smallest Audrey II was four inches tall, and the largest was 12 feet tall. — Source: Moviefone

6

Austin Powers in Goldmember

CRACKED.COM AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER MICHAEL CAINE THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS SPOOFING HIM. Before agreeing to play Austin's father, Caine thought Myers was being cheeky and portraying his character from the British spy film The Ipcress File. — Source: CNN

5

The Great Gatsby

CRACKED.COM THE GREAT GATSBY BRADLEY COOPER WANTED TO PLAY TOM BUCHANAN. Cooper said in a New York Times interview that he wanted to play the character, and hoped director Baz Luhrmann was reading the interview. Luhrman apparently wasn't, and cast Joel Edgerton. — Source: The New York Times

4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM — Source: The New York Times

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Killer Klowns From Outer Space

CRACKED.COM KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE THE PIES WERE REAL, AND THEY HURT. The pie tin hurt people when hit in the face at short range. A wristband was attached to the tins, so the pie itself could fly safely at people's mugs. — Source: Screen Rant

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Bridget Jones's Diary

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY TONI COLLETTE AND KATE WINSLET WERE UP FOR THE LEAD ROLE. After Colette turned it down, Winslet was considered but producers thought she was too young. It ultimately went to Renée Zellweger. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

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300

300 GERARD BUTLER'S STUNT DOUBLE PLAYED HIS FATHER. During flashbacks to King Leonidas' childhood, Butler's stuntman Tim Conolly played Leonidas's father, which helped the family resemblance. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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