25 Can’t-Miss Movie Facts That You’ll Want to Tape Your Eyelids Open For

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Starship Troopers

In Starship Troopers, the bugs hurled an asteroid from orbit around KLENDATHU SYSTEM their planet, directly at the earth. YOU ARE HERE It's ridiculous enough that they hit their target. But there is no way for the asteroid to cover that distance unless it was moving many times the speed of light. 176 LPS - Which it wasn't... The Rodger Young had to dodge it! CRACKED.COM

Minority Report

Minority Report PRE Weather in CITY F PM Cameron Diaz is riding the train. Not only that, but director Cameron Crowe is sitting right next to her. Was it Cameron day on that train, or what? CRACKED.COM

Raw

SOME of THE GROSS VET SCENES IN RAW WERE REAL. The horse collapsing really happened as the filmmakers got permission to film one of the animals being sedated, and the hand up the cow's ass was also very real (and done under veterinary supervision). CRACKED.COM

Moonstruck

Moonstruck The original title was The Bride and the Wolf. Producer Norman Jewison loved the script but thought the title sounded like a horror film, so it was changed. CRACKED.COM

The Wizard of Oz

CRACKED.COM 1939's The Wizard of Oz wasn't the first big-deal Hollywood version of that story. The first one came out in 1925, and had a weird plot where all the male characters (including the Scarecrow and Tin Man) wanted to marry Dorothy.

A Dangerous Method

Keira Knightley had to do weird sex faces when she auditioned for A DANGEROUS METHOD. Knightley said she had to do her audition via Skype with David Cronenberg (whom she had never met) so he could see what her weird sex faces looked like. Of course, Skype decided to freeze at just the right moment. CRACKED.COM

Ant-Man

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN THE MILGROM HOTEL The milgrom HOTEL 420 WASHING The fictional hotel where Scott stays after getting out of prison in Ant-Man is a nod to Marvel artist and writer AI Milgrom. CRACKED.COM

Inception

TOM HARDY LIED TO CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO SKI. INCEPTION Hardy had this to say about lying to Nolan: Who wouldn't? It's Chris Nolan. If he asked me if I could rock-climb, I'd tell him I could rock-climb anything. CRACKED.COM

RoboCop

The shooting location inspired Paul Verhoeven to make RoboCop walk on water. The day before filming, Verhoeven saw the big walls that reminded him of the walls of Jerusalem, so he had Robo walk on water (alluding to Jesus) even though it wasn't in the RoboCop script. CRACKED.COM

Seabiscuit

CRACKED.COM Seabiscuit Seabiscuit was played by ten horses. The multiplicity of horse actors was to get a good performance for the cameras and not tire a single horse out. Plus, some horses were better behaved than others for quieter, dialogue-heavy scenes.

The Blair Witch Project

THE CAST'S DISTRESS IN THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT WASN'T ALL ACTING. Filmmakers gave the actors supplies and basically sent them off to get lost in the woods. la of 1994 dm makes As they grew more cold in the work we Maryland adde Justing december and tired, the directors A you Sator the Lange - found cut their food rations, secretly terrorized them with creepy noises, and violently shook their tents if they tried to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT get some sleep. - CRACKED.COM ARTISAN

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

October on HBOMAX Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie October 1 Famous movie sword are thrown in the final fight scene, including Sting from The Lord of the Rings and Inigo Montoya's father's sword from The Princess Bride. CRACKED.COM

The Big Lebowski

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Ghostbusters

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS GHOSTBUSTERS Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Christopher Walken were all considered to play Egon Spengler, while John Belushi, Michael Keaton, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, and Chevy Chase were up for Venkman. Yes, we'd totally watch the hell out of all those versions. SPENGLER VENKI CRACKED.COM

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl CRACKED.COM Eddie Redmayne was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Einar Wegener (known later as Lili Elbe). But the movie misrepresents Lili's wife Gerda's sexuality. Elbe's transition is portrayed in the film as a game of cross-dressing that drives Gerda into the arms of a man. Yet the real Gerda was bisexual. Some historians describe her as living openly as a lesbian.

Freddy vs. Jason

view Askewniverse Freddy VS. Jason The character of Bill Freeburg is Jay in all but name (and actor) - so we're gonna go ahead and declare that yes, this is part of the View Askewniverse. CRACKED.COM

The Minus Man

Underappreciated serial killer movies 1999 The Minus Man This dreamy and forgotten indie drama follows Owen Wilson's drifting serial killer as he's chased by the cops and plans his next victims. The cast is full of familiar faces, and it's the only movie directed by the writer of Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. CRACKED.COM

Step Brothers

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS A DOG BIT RICHARD JENKINS' BUTT. STEP BROTHERS During the fight between Brennan and Dale on the lawn, one of the smaller dogs bit Jenkins' ass and the actor had to get a tetanus shot. CRACKED.COM

Encanto

Stephanie Beatriz recorded a song for Encanto while in labor. Beatriz was experiencing contractions and decided to go ahead with the session anyway, hoping that she could finish the song before the baby comes! CRACKED.COM

Jennifer Lawrence

JENNIFER LAWRENCE AS KATNISS EVERDEEN CRACKED.COM Because Katniss Everdeen is a beloved book character, fans questioned Lawrence's look and experience. Her ability to lead the franchise was immediately cemented, and lead to the next four Hunger Games installments.

Legally Blonde

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Back to the Future

Bob Gale came across his father's University City High yearbook and wondered if he and his father would have been friends if they had attended school at the same time. That's how he got the inspiration to write the all-time classic BACK TO FUTURE THE - CUTATEME CRACKED.COM

The Force Awakens

To ensure nothing came out about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, scripts were printed on dark red pages to prevent any photocopying. CRACKED.COM

An Early Version of Indiana Jones

The first ideas for Indiana Jones involved making him a pedo. At an early brainstorming session for the character, George Lucas suggested that he and Marion Ravenwood might have had an affair when he was an adult and she was 11. Не then moved her age up to all of 15 (Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

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