27 Bits Of Movie Trivia We Plucked From The Whole Of Pop Culture History

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27 Bits Of Movie Trivia We Plucked From The Whole Of Pop Culture History
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With that in mind we scanned the annals of pop culture history for the finest, most interesting facts we could share. That's what follows here.

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Elf

Jon Favreau voiced the stop-motion character in the opening credits of Elf (which he directed). Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Bauer CRACKED.COM

Gary Oldman in 'Darkest Hour'

27 Bits Of Movie Trivia We Plucked From The Whole Of Pop Culture History

American Psycho

CHRISTIAN BALE AMERICAN PSYCHO CRACKED.COM Director Mary Harron said, We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he looked at the world like somebody from another planet. So after watching a Letterman interview with Tom Cruise, Bale told her, Cruise had this intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes. I was really taken with his energy.'

The Lizard in Spider-Man Movies

Spider-Man Movie Villains = O l'ez ONLY THE Dylan Baker was all set to play the Lizard, but didn't. Despite appearing as the one-armed Dr. Curt Connors in both Spider-Man 2 & 3, with a mountain of hints to his future transformation, Baker never got to play the Lizard. Rhys Ifans played the scaly villain when he finally appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man. CRACKED.COM

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E.T. in The Phantom Menace

GRACKED WE CAN SEE E.T.'S PALS IN STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE. George Lucas confirmed that 3 members of the Galactic Senate are members of the same species as Е.Т. This returned the favor, since Spielberg included a Yoda costume in Е.Т.

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Do the Right Thing

Do The Right Thing Barack and Michelle Obama saw this movie on their first date. She claims he was trying to impress her by picking a movie by an independent filmmaker. CRACKED.COM

Friday the 13th

It's often believed that Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th used a chainsaw as a murder weapon... ...but he never - not even once - used a chainsaw in the entire movie franchise. CRACKED.COM

Once Upon A Time in America

Jennifer Connelly got into showbiz really young - at the age of 10. She started modelling at 10, and when she was 12, she got cast in Once Upon a Time in America. CRACKED.COM

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Newbie Director

Everyone kept walking all over the director. Steven de Souza had a proven track record as a writer, with movies like Die Hard and Commando - but Street Fighter was his first time in the director's chair. A lot of people (executives, senior crew members, and others) took that as a permission to tell him what to do, and he often couldn't stand his ground.

Source: Polygon

Shrek's Success

SHREK CRACKED.COM Shrek made $487 million and led to a slew of adult-friendly CGI movies that poked fun at fairytale tropes. Movies like Hoodwinked and Happily Never After were nowhere near as successful, and failed to recapture Shrek's magic.

Source: today

Blade Runner 2019

A Uiy ZUHiS DIRECTOR DENIS VILLENEUVE'S FIRST CHOICE FOR REPLICANT MAKER NIANDER WALLACE WAS DAVID BOWIE. AFTER BOWIE'S DEATH IN 2017, VILLENEUVE SE

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