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38 Behind-the-Scenes Trivia Tidbits From Famous TV Shows and Movies

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When the on-screen drama isn’t enough, we start salivating for the off-screen goods. Who hates who? Who’s the unsung hero? Who messed up royally? We need to know!

So, because no one else around here was going to get off their behinds, we had to get out there and find some behinds. “Behinds” is our new word for behind-the-scenes tidbits. Cool, right?

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Horror movies on streaming hulu Let the Right One In The kids weren't allowed to read the script, but their parents were, and had to approve everything before scenes were shot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Big Bang Theory

The equations on the background in The Big Bang Ang) EME 50% Theory are HIL mathematically accurate. TVV ROh two 1 shyhns) M=X Y Y Malack PAURA DAVOP Y:Be'C DCDC-TOO = /Y1 DB.DC:0 = / го Y/T David Saltzberg, a professor at UCLA studying particle physics, works as the science consultant on the show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hooper escaped because of some choice B-roll footage. JAWS CRACKED.COM An actual wild shark visciously attacked the cage while no one was inside. So they rewrote the script to let Hooper get away. — Source

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The wallet in Pulp Fiction was owned by Quentin Tarantino. Jules' profanity-enhanced wallet wasn't a prop. Tarantino had it as his own personal wallet. Не owned it as a reference to the movie Shaft. BAD 00TH R CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wizard of Oz

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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Red Granite Pictures

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE PRODUCTION GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET SI The film's production company, Red Granite Pictures, was forced to pay around $60 million to the U.S. government after being sued for using money misappropriated from a Malaysian state fund to finance the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wolf of Wall Street

38 Behind-the-Scenes Trivia Tidbits From Famous TV Shows and Movies — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS DICAPRIO OUTBID BRAD PITT FOR THE FILM RIGHTS. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET In 2007, DiCaprio secured the film rights for Jordan Belfort's memoir The Wolf of Wall Street over his Hollywood buddy, Brad Pitt. Belfort decided to sell to DiCaprio because he had Scorsese on board to direct. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Ya done messed up, A-A-Ron. SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ELETAL ENDOSKEL NY LOPIAN -SONE/CA VEE CULAR TERUS CONTRACTILE ATTACHED TO BLADDAR SONE INTE 43 ARY MATERIAL BODY COVERY VETN SCALES F TIM TUBE EXTE GILLS LUNGS KEY & PEELE CRACKED.COM SPINAL All it took was teacher mangles Caucasian names to light up the writers' room. It was like sharks in a frenzy after chum had been dumped in the water, says Key. Не improvised in-your-face bits with students, who had to suck my lips into my face to keep from laughing. — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS An editor found comedy in ООН, MAMMA TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! CRACKED.COM A sketch about an indifferent student wasn't working, but a video editor found some funny in looping the line Ooh, Mamma. The sound was paired with new images of Tim and Eric trashing a basement rec room and the result was a very surreal piece of comedy. — Source

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Yoda

Yoda the little green Jedi master puppet might seem bizarre. But he was almost a lot weirder. George Lucas originally intended Yoda to be played by a real monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane. Appreciate the puppet more, you should. CRACKED.COM J.W. Rinzler, 2007.The Making of Star Wars. — Source

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Candyman

Real bees were used during the making of the'90s horror trilogy CANDYMAN. Over the course of the three films, actor Tony Todd got stung 23 times. Than — Source

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Uncle Buck

CRACKED.COM Babysitter Movies Form facing CODE last Lures Uncle Buck Despite being a family man, Uncle Buck himself hired a clown and strippers for director John Hughes' birthday during the making of the movie. This sounds like a better film than the one we got. — Source

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He wanted to be Edward Scissorhands CRACKED Tim Burton made a lot of weird decisions in the making of Edward Scissorhands, but his best move by far was slapping down Michael Jackson's insistence that he play Edward. — Source

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Clerks Was Tough

are - - Cambridge 768 - SOULLING 5 : 65 REFRESH POR LESS Shiper nee Cambridge phridge Cole Phiso kevin smith The making of clerks was hard on everyone. In addition to his parents getting a mortgage, Smith sold all of his comics and maxxed out his credit cards to finance the indie darling. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Popper’s Penguins

38 Behind-the-Scenes Trivia Tidbits From Famous TV Shows and Movies — Source

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During the making of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the production team would round up actors' scripts at the end of filming and shred them all - every single day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Josh Brolin

When asked about Jonah Нех, Josh Brolin says he hated it. Hated it. It would have been better to shoot a movie about the making of it, he says - they had to reshoot 66 pages in 12 days, which apparently didn't give a great result. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ian McKellen

CRACKED lan McKellen says acting in front of green screens during the making of The Hobbit was miserable, and he expresses this frustration in his documentary, McKellen: Playing the Part. Не said that location shooting for The Lord of the Rings was much preferred because there were no green screens used. — Source

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Pixar

38 Behind-the-Scenes Trivia Tidbits From Famous TV Shows and Movies — Source

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Toy Story 2

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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Finding Nemo

FINDING NEMO You had me at 'fish.' That's what Pixar's chief creative officer said to writer/director Andrew Stanton to give him the green light to start working on the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Singin’ in the Rain

Musical movies singin' in the Rain Despite being one of the most adored musicals ever, it wasn't as fun behind the scenes. One day, Fred Astaire found 18-year-old Debbie Reynolds crying under a piano from the stress. (Не comforted her.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Reno 911!

RENO BEHIND THE SCENES Facts 911! OFFICER REINISHA WILLIAM'S BUTT IS FAKE 9111 MILLM ATRES 23/07 HEAT RENO 911! Niecy Nash wore a prosthetic butt for all of Reno 911, including a special realistic butt for Reno 911: Miami. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sleeping Beauty

Disney behind the scenes sleeping Beauty sleeping Beauty play Before the movie was animated, it was shot with full costumes, sets, and makeup. CRACKED.COM — It looks a bit like Donkey Skin.

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Romeo + Juliet

ROMEO + JULIET Baz Luhrmann asked Des'ree to write Kissing You for the fish tank scene, and she also performed it. She said she was prety terrified when the director asked her to write the love theme for the movie. BEHIND THE SCENES — Source

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Crimson Peak

CRACKED.COM Behind the scenes Crimson Peak They built the entire mansion. You could just walk around the thing. — Source

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Raya and the Last Dragon

Disney behind the scenes Raya and the Last Dragon The movie was written over Zoom. The film was partially written via live draw-overs on Zoom, to try and keep the sense of collaboration alive (and failing whenever Zoom decided to say no). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Richards was a tyrant behind the scenes.

CRACKED SARAH SILVERMAN AS EMILY SEINFELD In her one episode, The Money, Michael Richards berated her in front of everyone for flubbing one line. The next day she yelled at him, I don't give a fuck! I'm not going to be one of those people that acts like nothing happened. That was shitty behavior! — Source

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JERRY ANd ELAINE GOT TOGETTHER In THE 2ND seAson OF senFeLd. BUT THEY'RE noT A COUPLE AnY more, AT THE START OF THE 3RD. Behind the scenes, Larry Davi — Source

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Scorsese himself would tie Ray Liotta's tie every day. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes He was insistent that it had to be done in a very specific way. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Merlin

CRACKED.COM Behind the scenes Merlin Anthony Head used to play Brain Age during breaks, hiding his DS in his costume. — Source

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Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL The Crenshaw High School scenes were shot with actual kids from the school. Monica's te ammates were Crenshaw High's basketball team, and the crowd was local. The USC college ball players were all real players, too, and some of them even played with Prince-Bythewood. BEHIND THE SCENES — Source

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Bridgerton

Anthony Bridgerton needed to wear make up on his butt. During his opening sex scene, actor Jonathan Bailey used cosmetic assistance to de-shine the body. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source

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Battlestar Galactica

The tone of Battlestar was inspired by bad blood from behind the scenes of Star Trek. Having left Star Trek on less-than-great terms, Ronald D. Moore — Source

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Always Be My Maybe

ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE Michelin star chef Niki Nakayama was the culinary consultant on the film. In the movie, Ali Wong's character Sasha is a celebrity chef, and Wong said Nakayama - who owns the LA restaurant n/ naka - helped a lot with all the food elements. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COMT — Source

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Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis was INJURED during a water scene. THE ACTRESS SAID SHE RIPPED A PIECE OF HER NECK OFF WHILE FILMING. Jason Segel is holding my neck. He's holding it because I'm bleeding-you only see half my neck. The other side is gushing. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM — Source

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