40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Didn’t Have to Boil a Great Lake to Produce

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Didn’t Have to Boil a Great Lake to Produce

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Harry Potter and The Books of Magic

OE EXTRLAOLOINALY Harly Potter NATIONKOOTLCIN NEIL GAIMAN the OOKSof MAGIC THE DLLUXE LDITION THE JOHN BOLTON SCOr HAMPTON AND CHARLES VESS PALIL JOHN

James Spader and Robert Downey Jr.

Tuff Turf (1985) is an obscure film starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr... ...whose characters can THB be seen walking past a NEW wall painted

American Horror Story

The infamous murder house from American Horror Story's first season previously appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In Fear Itself, the gang gets t

Liam Neeson

1999: Liam Neeson portrays Qui-Gon Jinn, a wise mentor to a character who is more well known. A recurring theme with this mentor is not only controlli

Brad Pitt

While playing the role of Achilles -- whose only weakness is his heel... TROY Brad Pitt tore his Achilles Tendon! CRACKED OONT

Disaster Movies

CRACKED.COM Disaster movies Then vs. Now From genre to trope Disaster movies as a genre are mostly dead today. Sure, we have a few every now and then, but realistic disasters have become a (somewhat overused) third-act trope in action and superhero flicks.

Fatal Attraction

FATAL ATTRACTION CRACKED.COM In the late '80s and early '90s, erotic thrillers like Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct turned the genre into a money-making machine. The rise of the internet and HBO really hurt the genre, and box office bombs like Showgirls and Striptease were the nails in the coffin.

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Evil Clowns

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Didn’t Have to Boil a Great Lake to Produce

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UPGRAE This genre bending revenge film didn't catch on with audiences despite getting rave reviews. But with its unique blend of action, horror and da

Return of the Jedi

In Return of the Jedi, Jabba's sail barge and skiffs are riddled with scrapes, scratches, and blast holes. It adds a layer Of realism in a genre where

William H. Macy

MTEY MEN never got much love from critics or audiences. It was too far ahead of its time, lampooning a genre that didn't really exist when it came out

Annabelle Comes Home

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM

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Billy Crystal and Robin Williams

Robin Williams' and Billy Crystal's cameo on Friends was totally unplanned. They were working on a nearby set, and just wandered over to the Friends set one day, and it snowballed from there. CRACKED.COM

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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is famous for his on-set injuries while doing his own stunts. AROUR mf H00Z OPERATION CONDOR One such injury on the set of Armour of God I

Lindsay Lohan

On the set of future flop The Canyons, producer Braxton Pope claims that Lindsay Lohan demanded that he and all the other crew on set strip naked for

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was nearly paralyzed on the set of Aeon Flux. While filming an action scene for the 2005 sci-fi movie, Theron landed on her neck, caus

Transformers

TRANSFORMERS HAVE SET FOOT ON ALNWICK CASTLE, ALSO KNOWN TO HARRY POTTER AS HOGWARTS. CRACKED COM

M. Night Shyamalan

CRACKED WTF CAMEOS M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN LADY IN THE WATER The writer and director played a struggling author whose next book will inspire a kid to be the next president. Critics and fans called it completely self- indulgent, so giving the role to an actor might've helped calm that criticism.

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Comic Book Writer Mark Gruenwald

Spend eternity inside of a comic book. SRAER LPREME Comic book writer Mark Gruenwald had his cremated remains mixed into the ink of the first printing
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

POP ME LIKE A BALLOON Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the politician and writer (of It was a dark and stormy night infamy) requested his heart be punctured up

Nora Ephron

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron Journalist, writer, filmmaker CRACKEDOON

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