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Disney behind the scenes Tarzan Phil collins composed You'll Be in My Heart at a party. Collins wrote the song on wrapping paper at a Christmas party, while playing piano. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Behind the scenes Game of Thrones Jon Snow's testicles got caught in a fake dragon-which reads like Mad Libs derived from AO3 fanfic. — Source

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ROMEO + JULIET It was between John Leguizamo and Benicio del Toro for the role of Tybalt. Leguizamo said that the audition process was brutal, and joked that he only got the part because del Toro is a mumbler. BEHIND THE SCENES — Source

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Love & Basketball

LOVE & BASKETBALL Gabrielle Union originally auditioned for Monica. EREOITION UI STR ER Union plays Shawnee Easton, Quincy's high school girlfriend, but she originally auditioned for the part of Monica. She was told, however, that she didn't look like a baller, even though she was. BEHIND THE SCENES — Source

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Jerry and Elaine get together in the 2ND season of Seinfeld. But they're not a couple any more, at the start of the 3RD. Behind the scenes, Larry Davi — Source

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ROMEO + JULIET The soundtrack album was made thanks to former Massive Attack producer Nellee Hooper. WIILIAN ROMEO SHATESPEARE'S JULIET NUSIC FROM THE MOTLAN DICTURE Luhrmann approached Hooper to do the soundtrack after hearing his work on Bjork's Venus As A Boy. The album went triple platinum. BEHIND THE SCENES — Source

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The end credits include a hidden audio message when played backwards RCG Messages include Sorry for wasting your time and money, but thanks for your money. and They got chicken in Philly. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Behind the scenes Pan's Labyrinth The Pale Man behind the scenes is a different story — Source

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

There's a real funny DELETED SEQUENCE of Sarah Marshall on a RUNAWAY HORSE. The horse is pretty tame as it veers off the horse trail and onto a golf course, but Kristen Bell's character can't ride a horse, so she freaks out when no one tries to help her. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith and Janet Hubert had such a rocky relationship behind the scenes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that she blamed him for her getting fired f — Source

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The Feature-Length Film

The Sopranos was meant a movie. Creator David Chase conceived the story of Tony Soprano as a feature- film. He was eventually convinced that his pitch would make a great TV series. — Source

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The Incredible Hulk

CRACKED In the classic The Incredible Hulk TV series, as in the comics, the Hulk owes his powers to an overdose of gamma radiation. Unfortunately, gamma radiation plus human body equals diarrhea, radiation sickness, infertility and even cancer. Nothing incredible about that. — Source

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CRACKED.COM On-Screen Couples That Became Real Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons They met on the set of the TV series Fargo, and bonded over the fact they were both child actors. They had two children together, then married in 2022. — Source

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Our favorite yellow family has broken a lot of records THE Duff BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS It holds the records for longest-running animated sitcom, the most Emmy Awards won for an animated TV series, the most guest stars featured in an animated series, the most People's Choice Awards by an animated series, and the most liked TV show on Facebook. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Star Trek

King Abdullah II of Jordan appeared in Star Trek. CRACKED.COM King Abdullah is a fan of Star Trek and had a small non-speaking role on Investiga- tions, a 1995 episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager. — Source

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SERPICO BE GRACKED.COM Al Pacino earned an Oscar nomination for his 1973 role as real-life whistleblower, Frank Serpico. The TV series aired on NBC in 1976, with critics saying, it lacked the raw, suspenseful elements of the film and was ultimately canceled after 14 episodes. — Source

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The original Batmobile sold for $4.2 million CORN COOPER Lio Yyu The Batmobile from the original TV series was bought by 56-year-old who owned a logistics company. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CHRIS HEMSWORTH CRACKED.COM His very first credit was the 2002 Australian TV series Guinevere Jones. Guinevere has flashbacks of her past life as the Queen of Camelot, and although he never speaks, Hemsworth plays her valiant husband, the King. — Source

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COLUMBO The American TV series Columbo was very popular in Romania. In fact, Romanians were SO devoted to the show that when the government learned th — Source

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Stephen King Movies Original vs. Remake 1979 SALEM'S LOT Tobe Hooper's darkly atmospheric TV movie was remade years later as yet another TV movie with Rob Lowe and Donald Sutherland. Hum... it looks nice? 2004 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zombies

Zombies didn't develop a taste for brains until 1985's Return of the Living Dead. The movie explains that zombies feel themselves rotting, and eating brains makes the pain go away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Oscar Isaac was in a bad talking dog movie. i'm not a cartoon,i really can talk! Lenny the wonder DOg Oscar Isaac played Detective Fartman (pronounced fártomen) in Lenny The Wonder Dog on Hungarian television in 2005, alongside Andy Richter and Craig Ferguson. The dog spoke thanks to an implanted chip that was intended to brainwash children. CRACKED.COM — Source

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METEOR MAN THIS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN SUPERHERO IN MOVIES. Creator, director, and star Robert Townsend wanted to hit every demographic imaginable with the cast, which includes James Earl Jones, Sinbad, and Don Cheadle among others. CRACKED.COM — Source

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William Shatner played a man of God in an Esperanto horror flick. In 1966, before Trek, Shatner played a guy resisting sexy demons in Incubus. Like the other actors, he learned his lines by sound, so the dialogue has all the punch of a school play. Amazingly, Shatner loved the script from the start, and still thinks he made a pretty good movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cate Blanchett

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES CATE BLANCHETT in an Egyptian boxing movie When Blanchett began her film career in 1996, she had already appeared in 1990's Kaboria. Apparently, she was offered the role while backpacking, and never saw the movie out of embarrassment. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Planet of the Apes

The original setting of Planet of the Apes was completely modern. The IMPROVISATION: There were supposed to be monkeys watching movies, shopping, driv — Source

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Jurassic Park

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The movie 'U-571' ended up being condemned in the British Parliament. The historical inaccuracies caused many controver- sies, including the fact that the Americans did not cap- ture the Enigma machine. The code had been broken years before they entered the war. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

LOVE & BASKETBALL Gina rince-Bythewood was much harder on the mother character in the original draft. The movie is semi-autobiographical and the writer-director says it made her work through her relationship with her mom. My dad was my biggest cheerleader. My mom would come to games occasionally, but she would — Source

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13 Scintillating Now-You-Know Movie Facts and General Trivia - Spock was originally supposed to have red skin. — Source

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Isaac Hayes

13 Scintillating Now-You-Know Movie Facts and General Trivia - Isaac Hayes didn't actually leave South Park. — Source

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Robert Rodriguez

13 Scintillating Now-You-Know Movie Facts and General Trivia - When making El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez was too cheap to buy a can of black paint. — Source

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13 Scintillating Now-You-Know Movie Facts and General Trivia - Natalie Portman consulted on The Social Network. — Source

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