28 Identical Bits of Movie Trivia That Are All Claiming to Be the Real Fact and Beckoning Us to Shoot the Others

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28 Identical Bits of Movie Trivia That Are All Claiming to Be the Real Fact and Beckoning Us to Shoot the Others
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These facts just got back from a controversial new procedure where they’ve had their enemies’ faces somehow surgically implanted on theirs. We’re sure we’ve seen that in a movie, but we can’t quite be certain. 

You know what can always be certain though? Facts. A fact wouldn’t be a fact without certainty, so to make up for our uncertainty, these tried-and-true movie facts are about to confidently deliver the goods. You’re in good hands — and good faces.

Rapping in Mean Girls

CRACKED.GOM warz FCK Mean Girls Amy Poehler taught Kevin Gnapoor how to rap. According to director Mark Waters, Poehler coached actor Rajiv Surendra on how to rap for the talent show scene, even contributing to the choreography.

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Han Solo

Glynn Turman was almost cast as Han Solo. CRA George Lucas was going to give the iconic role to the relatively unknown actor, but the decision ultimat

Batman Returns

Batman Returns BE CATWOMAN CRACKED.COM Tim Burton originally tapped Annette Bening for the role, but she had to drop the highly physical role when she found out she was pregnant. Michelle Pfeiffer stepped into the iconic role.

Knocked Up

Knocked Up ALISON CRACKED COM Anne Hathaway backed out when she found out that footage of a real birth would be used for the big birthing scene. Katherine Heigl took on the role (although she was also pretty publicly dissatisfied with it).

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz TIN MAN CRACKED COM Ray Bolger was cast as the Tin Man, but convinced the studio to let him swap with Buddy Ebsen and play the Scarecrow. Ebsen was hospitalized because his makeup was made of corrosive aluminum powder. Jack Haley ultimately made it all the way through production.

The Predator

Predator BE THE PREDATOR CRACKED.COM Jean-Claude Van Damme was tapped to play a much sh*ier version of Arnold's alien nemesis. Once on set, he couldn't stand how much costuming and prosthetics were involved, so he left it to Kevin Peter Hall to finish the job.

Katniss

Katniss THE HUNGER GAMES CRACKED COM Katniss is a plant from the genus Sagittaria, also known as the arrowhead plants. Sagittarius, of course, as any latin student or person on a date telling you about astrology knows, meaning archer.

The Hunger Games

Seneca Crane THE HUNGER GAMES CRACKED.COM Sharing a similar fate to Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, Seneca was the name of a Roman statesman executed by the state. Let's hope the mortician shaved that beard off so nobody started laughing during the funeral.

Harry Potter

Sirius Black HARRY POTTER CRACKED.COM One of the better known ones, Sirius is the dog star, and Sirius Black turns into a black dog. It also supplies the name of Sirius ХМ, the satellite radio company your dad still inexplicably pays for.

Moana

Tamatoa MOANA CRACKED.COM Tamatoa is a Maori word for trophies, which makes sense for a crab that loves shiny things. Also, the word Aloha means both hello and goodbye! I learned that from a mug at my aunt's beach house.

Star Wars

Darth Vader STAR WARS CRACKED.COM Vader is the Dutch word for father and Darth comes from the word dark, so Darth Vader basically means Dark Father. Honestly, pretty cool. Especially when most Star Wars characters get stuck with a name like Poopoo Dungo.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Xander BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER CRACKED.COM In the Buffy movie, the only classmate who helps Buffy is named Pike, and Xander is one of her best friends in the TV show. A zander is a fish that looks like a pike. They changed the Z to an X, because Xander's totally less weird.

Inception

Ariadne - INCEPTION CRACKED COM In Inception, Dom asks Ariadne to draw him a maze. In Greek mythology, Ariadne helped Theseus navigate the Minotaur's labyrinth. Which means there was an opportunity to put a minotaur in Inception and they MISSED IT. Cowards.

Zootopia

Bellwether ZOOTOPIA CRACKED.COM Bellwether is the word for the leader of a flock of sheep. Pretty apt for a sheep that becomes the mayor.

The Departed

CRACKED.COM The Departed was called Infernal Affairs - 4 : - when it was made in Hong A . Kong four years earlier. Martin Scorsese's movie has been called an example of how to do a remake right. 12-12

The Maltese Falcon

GRACKED.COM The Maltese Falcon became one of the greatest film noir movies - the third time it was made. Dashiell Hammet's novel was filmed in 1931 and 1936 (with different titles), before the definitive 1941 version starring Humphrey Bogart.

Gone in 60 Seconds

CRACKED.COM Gone in 60 Seconds was first made in 1974. The original is the work of Н.В. Toby Halicki, a car- Cadi obsessed maverick with no previous moviemaking you CAN LOCK YOUR CM - .. MANTS IT... IT'S experience. Не died while GONE IN 60 SECONDS making a sequel in 1989.

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors was a (not musical) Roger Corman movie. The low budget horror comedy features Jack Nicholson in one of his first movie roles. CRACKED.COM

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard Of Oz with Judy Garland is far from being the first Wizard of Oz movie. Frank L. Baum's book was among the earliest to be put on film. It had two different movie versions just in 1910. CRACKED.COM

Meet Joe Black

CRACKED.COM No one can die- while he makes love/ Fredric March DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY a Фаратоинt Picture Meet Joe Black is part of a string of adaptations and remakes. The movie is a version of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday, itself an adaptation of an Italian play (which is staged still today - as a musical).

Ocean’s Eleven

Ocean's Eleven starred Frank Sinatra in 1960. Sinatra's Danny Ocean was joined by the entire Rat Pack - Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. CRACKED.COM

The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

CRACKED.COM The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels played by Steve Martin and Michael Caine were portrayed in 1964 by Marlon Brando and David Niven. The original was called Bedtime Story.

The Sound of Music

CRACKED.COM The Sound of Music was the third film about the Von Trapp family. surprising day ven Sister Maria DU out of the cred convent Two movies were made in give her love a man- and г songs to P world Germany in the 1950s, all based M SCHOOL der. - By on the same book as the play THE TRAPP that was then turned into the FAMILY classic Julie Andrews musical. All the wonderful - D of

Meet the Parents

CRACKED.COM Meet the Parents is a remake of an indie comedy. The 1992 original was shot for $30,000 - hardly enough to afford either Robert De Niro or Ben Stiller.

True Lies

CRACKED.COM True Lies is a remake of the French comedy La Totale! with the action (and the lead actor) beefed up. (And there's talk in LA TOTALE! 2021 of remaking it CLAUDE ZIDI K yet again.)

Logan

HUGH JACKMAN WANTED A HAPPIER ENDING FOR LOGAN. We would never have gotten that powerful and near perfect ending had the director listened to Jackman, who pitched a happier ending in which Logan survives and goes off to the sunset with Laura. Jackman now agrees that the final ending was the better choice. GRAGKED.COM

The Black Cauldron

One of the only acknowledgments of The Black Cauldron in Disneyland is in Tokyo. GRACKED COM Tokyo Disneyland once hosted a Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, featuring encounters with classic Disney vil- lains, ending with the Horned King.

Brad Pitt

The more Brad Pitt eats on screen, the better the movie does. Mark Hofmeyer, notorious movie math guy on the internet, has calculated that movies where Pitt eats more than 200 calories have a better box office and a higher Rotten Tomatoes score. Has Hofmeyer cracked the code to Pitt success? Further nourishing research is needed. CRACKED.COM

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