The Random Facts Thread

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Fun Fact: Heath Ledger imagined that the Joker would have haphazardly applied his own dishevelled make-up himself, so that's exactly what he did! After experimenting with cosmetics he bought from a drug store, the movie's professional artists were left to emulate Ledger's homemade design before filming.

 

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Fun Fact: Because of scheduling overlaps, there were very few times that the cast members were all in town at once. On the rare occasion that they were, Chris Evans made sure to send a rousing group message that simply read "Assemble."

 

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Fun Fact: The movie's animatronic Spinosaurus had a 1,000-horsepower motor and that allowed the mechanical creature to turn its head at twice the force of gravity. Not only that, but the tip of its nose could move at speeds over 100 miles per hour!

 

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Fun Fact: To prepare for his role as Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins studied the real life files of serial killers, even attending actual court hearings on serial killings.

 

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Fun Fact: Hanks didn't demand a salary for the movie, instead taking percentage points of its earnings, netting him a cool $40 million.

 

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Fun Fact: When shooting was finally finished, Peter Jackson gave one of the rings to both Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis, with each actor thinking they owned the only copy.

 

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Fun Fact: According to Shelley Duvall, the now iconic 'Heeeeere's Johnny!' scene took 3 days to film and claimed the life of 60 doors.

 

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Fun Fact: The chocolate river seen in the film is actually made of chocolate! However, the concoction - also made with water and cream - didn't take long to go bad, leaving a rather foul residual smell.

 

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Fun Fact: Jim Henson (pictured above) spent a whole nightmarish day hunkered down in a 50-gallon steel drum, submerged in a pond in order to get the opening swamp shots with Kermit.

 

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Fun Fact: When she realized she'd eventually have to strip down in front of Leonardo DiCaprio during shooting, Kate Winslet thought she'd break the ice early, flashing the actor the very first time they met!

 

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Fun Fact: Just before their climactic fight scene, O-Ren says to The Bride "I hope you saved your energy. If you haven't you may not last 5 minutes." It is exactly 4 minutes and 59 seconds from the moment she steps forward until the final killing blow.

 

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Fun Fact: In order to beef up for his role as King Leonidas, Gerard Butler spent around 4 hours a day in the gym for over 4 months straight.

 

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Fun Fact: During filming, Jamie Foxx used his own personal horse named Cheetah.

Lol @ the way Leo seems to be staying in character while technically on break. I think if i was an actor that would have to be my method as well though.

 

[king hassan]

This is true, I've been on plenty deployments

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Super gay

 

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