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30 Wild Stories from Behind the Scenes of Famous Movie Locations

By:: Eric B; Cracked Writers

August 01, 2021

30 Wild Stories from Behind the Scenes of Famous Movie Locations

Many factors go into choosing the perfect movie location. The first consideration is usually the budget; studios want to find a place that can accommodate their needs without breaking the bank. Another important factor is the weather; locations with reliable sunlight and mild temperatures are always in high demand. But sometimes, a movie’s success can come down to its location. For example, the Harry Potter series would not be nearly as popular if it had been filmed in Los Angeles instead of England. The same could be said for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was partially filmed in New Zealand. In both cases, the movies’ popularity can be attributed in part to their enviable locations. It just goes to show that sometimes, the best place to shoot a movie is not always the most obvious one.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work on a movie set? We are talking about those huge, star-studded productions where the cameras are always rolling. Well, wonder no more! We have got some wild stories from behind the scenes of famous movie locations. You're in for a real treat! Sit back, relax, and get ready for some Hollywood gossip.

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Did CRACKED COM you grow up thinking Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood was filmed in a small home? It's actually an open set, with a nice view of the neighborhood from the living room. — Source: 18 Movie Locations (With The Curtain Pulled Back)

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SESSION 9 CRACKED.COM Session 9 was shot at the Danvers State Mental Hospital, which had decayed for over a decade. No set decoration needed- old patient records and various bits of nightmare fuel were already there. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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STAR TREK CRACKED.COM The Paramount Lot where all episodes were filmed had a problem with stray cats. So when they shot alien planets, the Enterprise crew were constantly crawling through cat poop. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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THE MATRIX RELOADED CRACKED.COM They built a 1.5-mile freeway replica on an old naval base for the big chase. It cost $2.5 million, and it needed to be surrounded by a 19-foot wall to block the view of San Francisco. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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THE X-FILES CRACKED COM They couldn't film the second season finale on location in the desert of New Mexico. So they went to a Vancouver quarry and covered it with 600 gallons of red paint. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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WATERWORLD CRACKED.COM The atoll was a 1,000-ton set that floated off the coast of Hawaii. Craziest part: they forgot to install bathrooms. Boats had to take crew members to a separate barge to relieve themselves. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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RAISE THE TITANIC CRACKED.COM This 1980 movie's 55-foot model ship cost $5 million. The tank that floated it cost another $3 mil. Said a producer, It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic. Total box office: $7 million. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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STAR WARS CRACKED.COM Locations around the Tunisian city of Tataouine served as sets for the planet Tattooine in most Star Wars movies. Later, the region became a waypoint for padawans looking to join ISIS. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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SPEED 2 CRACKED.COM They spent six months building a full-size Caribbean town with 35 buildings, into which a full-scale, one-third ship was guided by 1,000 feet of underwater track for a huge collision. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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HARRY POTTER CRACKED.COM If a story's set in England, it's negligent NOT to shoot in Alnwick Castle. Besides Hogwarts, it has served as Nottingham and Queen Elizabeth's throne room, and also popped up in Downton Abbey. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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GROUNDHOGDAY TOP TIP CRACKED.COM The Tip Top Cafe where plenty of the action took place in Groundhog Day was just a set, unsurprisingly. Post-filming, though, it had enough customers to operate for real for 20 years. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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GONE WITH THE WIND CRACKED.COM For the burning of Atlanta, the sets of several previous movies were set ablaze, including King Kong and King of Kings. New sets for the sprawling production were built in the space cleared. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE CRACKED The stairs at Caserta Palace have appeared in a bunch of blockbusters-besides MI3, they've been in Angels & Demons, The Phantom Menace and more. Now it's falling apart thanks to all the tourists who come see it — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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EUROTRIP CRACKED.co The characters in this movie travel the whole continent But it was filmed entirely in Prague. The Vatican, Parisian museums, hellish Eastern Europe, and even the American college-all Prague. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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SCHOOL OF ROCK CRACKED COM This film was shot at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz. As was Zapped!, Rebel Without a Cause, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Charlie Bartlett, Good Burger, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grease, Austin Powers2... — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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THE MARTIAN CRACKED.COM Want to experience the grand vistas of Mars but don't have $6 billion to spare? Go to Wadi Rum, Jordan! The Valley of the Moon has appeared in The Martian, Red Planet, and Last Days on Mars. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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A scene in The Empire Strikes Back was filmed in George Lucas' backyard. It's the one where the dragonsnake comes out of the bog, and it was shot in the foundation of his swimming pool. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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They tested military hardware at the site where SkyfalP's finale was filmed. The location was Hankley Common in the south of England, and that's where the British army tested a tank designed to smash through walls in WWII. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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Jurassic World was shot in a theme park abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. 15 The park was Six Flags, New Orleans, and it was so heavily flooded after Katrina that it never reopened. Shooting in a place like that had some advantages - namely, that the production was pretty safe from people snooping around. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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The real-life King's Landing was the site of a long siege. the The city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, doubled for King's Landing on Game of Thrones, and Dubrovnik was heavily fought over in the Croatian War of Independence- in 1991, it was shelled by artillery for three months. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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Theed Royal Palace in The Phantom Menace was where Nazi Germany surrendered. That's Caserta Palace in Italy, and it's the place where the Allied High Command for the Mediterranean was established in 1943. In 1945, a delegation from Germany signed their country's surrender there. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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The Berlin airport in The Last Crusade was actually a radioactive San Francisco island. ==========1 BERLIN FLUGHAFEN The man-made Treasure Island was where the U.S. Navy established its Nuclear War Academy - which conducted exercises such as spraying a ship with radioactive material, then cleaning it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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The Crait scenes in The Last Jedi were shot on the world's largest salt flat. It's called Salar de Uyuni, and it stretches over 4, 086 square miles in Bolivia. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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A WWII internment camp used to be right next to Elliot's house in E.T. Tuna Canyon Detention Station, in the suburbs of L.A., held about 500 people from 1941 to 1943- and the E.T. house is basically right next to where it stood. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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The house in Malcolm in the Middle was being rented to the production for $3-4,000 per day. The house (used for exterior shots -- interiors were shot by a soundstage) was owned by a doctor, who earned around $100,000 for letting his house be used for exterior shots. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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A bunch of Elf scenes were shot in an abandoned mental institution. mind The Riverview Hospital in British Columbia, Canada was used for Greenway Press, the orphanage, and the Hobbs' apartment. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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Training Day was shot on location in some of the most dangerous parts of L.A. At first, they weren't supposed to be shooting in some of them for safety reasons, but the residents then allowed them to come and shoot -- - they wanted the work they could get thanks to the set, and they wanted the movie to shine a light on the issues they were dealing with. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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Camp Crystal Lake from Friday the 13th is real (kind of), and you can go there. Camp NORE BOSCO TO WELCOME CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE Those scenes were shot at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a Boy Scouts camp in New Jersey that's still active today. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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Kingsman's tailor shop scenes are filmed at a real tailor shop. It's called Huntsman & Sons, and it inspired the franchise -- at an appointment there, creator Matthew Vaughn got the idea for a place like that being a spy headquarters. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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The King's Speech was shot at the same place as gay porn. The scenes in Lionel Logue's office were filmed in 33 Portland Place, London, in 2009 - just a year after gay porno Snookered was shot at the same address, in the same room CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Iconic Movie Scenes’ Filming Locations

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