26 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Like to Shake Into Our Popcorn So They Get All Melty by the Time the Trailers Are Over

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26 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Like to Shake Into Our Popcorn So They Get All Melty by the Time the Trailers Are Over

Want to ensure that you’ll have an awesome night out? Bring some movie facts. Want to ensure that you won’t get bored on your way to work? Bring some movie facts. Want to ensure that you’ll have the yummiest dinner imaginable? Sprinkle some movie facts on it — if, of course, you can handle them.

If variety is the spice of life, then a variety of movie facts might be a little too spicy for some of you.

Black Panther

In the casino scene in Black Panther, the colors of the outfits worn by T'challa, Okoye, and Nakia collectively form... The colors found on the Pan-African Flag. CRACKED.COM

Mrs. Doubtfire

GRAGKED.COM Mrs. Doubtfire top SEX SH I SHOP ЕРЕЛМАРТА PROJECTION DVD VIDEO During filming, Robin Williams once browsed a local sex shop while in full costume as Mrs. Doubtfire.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

INDIANAJONES and the LAST CRUSADE Sean Connery and Harrison Ford aren't wearing any pants during this scene, because it was so hot on the day of filming. CRACKED.COM

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Behind-the-scenes Drama Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The movie had to be changed because of the pandemic. The entire plot was rewritten after Marvel's films were shuffled around and this became a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. CRACKED.COM

Jon Favreau

Behind-the-scenes Drama Chef The film reflects Jon Favreau's career with Marvel. Becoming a huge success with his own recipe, and then being forced to follow a formula only to end up lambasted by the press? That sounds like something. CRACKED.COM

Captain America: Civil War

Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM

The Last Temptation of Christ

26 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Like to Shake Into Our Popcorn So They Get All Melty by the Time the Trailers Are Over

True Lies

Jamie Lee Curtis lost her grip. TRUE LIES CRACKED.COM Her pratfall during her seductive dance was real; you can even see Arnold move to help her.

Star Trek Beyond

Idris Elba gave Chris Pine a black eye. STAR TREK BEYOND CRACKED.COM Elba was exhausted while filming a fight scene, and accidentally landed a punch, hard.

Ghostbusters

A crewmember knocked over the bookcase. GHOSTBUSTERS CRACKED.COM A falling bookshelf should have been a disaster, but Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd turned it into comedy gold.

Blair Witch

The tunnel scene in 2016's Blair Witch was inspired by the Aliens scene in which Bishop crawls through a tube. Writer Simon Barrett says that that scene always really bothered me as a kid. CRACKED.COM

The Blob

THE BLOB was based on a strange police report. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article in September, 1950, about two police officers who encountered something that fell from the sky resembling purple jelly. The blob seemed to be pulsating and was about 6-feet in diameter and nearly a foot thick at the center. Other officers were called in, and when someone touched the gelatinous thing, it started to evaporate. Years later, writer Irvine H. Millgate remembered this bizarre report, and wrote the iconic sci-fi horror movie. CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

CRACKED.COM Harry Potter Hermione Granger is based on a young J. K. Rowling. Hermione is a caricature of what I was when I was 11, a real exaggeration... I hope I wasn't that annoying. (We have to wonder what Hermione would tweet today, and how annoying that would be.)

Terminator 2

James Cameron came up with a key part of Terminator 2 while high and listening to Sting. High on Ecstasy, he was listening to a Sting song with the lyrics I hope the Russians love their children too, and decided to put John Connor as a child in the movie. CRACKED.COM

Pan’s Labyrinth

CRACKED.COM Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Inspiration: Francisco Goya Director Guillermo del Toro drew a lot of inspiration from Goya's work in the film, but none more so than the scene with the Pale Man. There is a scene in which the Pale Man bites the heads off the fairies. That comes straight from Goya's painting of Saturn devouring his son. Or what we like to call, Things Nightmares Are Made Of.

Hunger Games

Hunger Games: Catching Fire was heavily influenced by Breaking Bad. Director Francis Lawrence binge-watched the show while making the movie, and its cliffhangers inspired him to end his own movie on a cliffhanger. CRACKED.COM

Saw

JAMES WAN saw Poltergeist when he was very young, and the movie scarred for life with its creepy dolls. Billy the Puppet in Saw? The scary Annabelle in The Conjuring? Those all come from that childhood movie experience. CRACKED.COM

Escape from New York

Snake Plissken wasn't supposed to have an eyepatch. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK It was Kurt Russell's idea. According to Russell, when he proposed the eyepatch to John Carpenter, the director said, That's great! I don't think anybody's worn an eyepatch since John Wayne in True Grit! CRACKED.COM

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man Movie Villains The Amazing Spider-Man 2 abank Paul Giamatti was happy to not play Rhino again. Plans for a follow-up film were scuttled due to a poor reception, leaving the future of Giamatti's villain uncertain. This didn't faze the actor, who was happy to focus on other things. CRACKED.COM

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy filled journals with the thoughts of her character in Furiosa. Plus, she learned to drive so well, she became able to do most of her own vehicle stunts (which is no small thing in a Mad Max movie). CRACKED.COM

Source: LA Times

Terminator Genisys

For Terminator Genisys, Arnie was made up like a rave enthusiast. The green face paint was there so they could add cyborg parts over it, but it made h

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