26 Trivia Tidbits About Movies and TV Shows
The good, the bad and the interesting
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0 5 Safety Tips That Sound Like Mean Jokes
You know what will save hundreds of lives every year? More scary wolves
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What doesn’t kill you makes you look like a brilliant director
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30 Random Bits of Trivia We Cooked Up With a Secret Ingredient
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25 of the Weirdest Questions Asked During a Job Interview
‘What are your thoughts on Scientology?’
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Amanda Mannen
A lot of actors spend decades honing their craft, toiling away in bit parts to the point that your Ian McKellans and Judi Denches don’t land on the global pop-culture radar until they’re well into their golden years. It must be real annoying for them when your Natalie Portmans and Jennifer Lawrences knock it out of the park on their first try. Then again, there are hidden gems known off-Broadway or on Australian soap operas as heavy hitters but don’t make their film debuts later in life, prompting everyone to cry, “Holy shit, where did this guy come from?”
For example, as Redditor Helloimafanoffiction recently pointed out, Richard E. Grant, who was 30 by the time he made his debut in Withnail & I, “brought the perfect amount of arrogance to the role but was still likable so we didn’t hate the character.” They then asked r/Movies, “What’s the best acting debut you’ve ever seen in a movie?” and Reddit reminisced about child prodigies, many future Oscar-winners and one so nice he debuted twice.
Edward Norton in ‘Primal Fear’
Alan Rickman in ‘Die Hard’
Matthew McConaghey in ‘Dazed and Confused’
Julie Andrews in ‘Mary Poppins’
Tatum O’Neal in ‘Paper Moon’
Christian Bale in ‘Empire of the Sun’
Natalie Portman in ‘The Professional’
Paul Hogan in ‘Crocodile Dundee’
Charlize Theron in ‘2 Days in the Valley’
Jacob Tremblay in ‘Room’
Anne Hathaway in ‘The Princess Diaries’
Kirsten Dunst in ‘Interview With the Vampire’
Tom Cruise in ‘Taps’
Kevin Kline in ‘Sophie’s Choice’
Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Winter’s Bone’
Glenn Close in ‘The World According to Garp’
Sharlto Copley in ‘District 9’
Dane DeHaan in ‘Chronicle’
Ke Huy Quan in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’/‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
Tommy Wiseau in ‘The Room’
Vincent D’Onofrio in ‘Full Metal Jacket’
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