18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts to Read While Stirring the Gravy
![18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts to Read While Stirring the Gravy](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/5/868145_320x180.jpg)
If you want to make perfect gravy for your pasta dish, you have to regularly stir it. Not too much, or it’ll get too thin. Not too little, or it'll still be clumped. The key to a good tomato-based gravy is to stir nice and slow, consistently and constantly. A constant swirl, a consistent spiral. But you'll get bored if you don’t put your mind on something.
Why not help pass the nigh-endless stirring time by reading some movie trivia facts on your phone? It could help distract you for at least a couple of minutes until the gravy is right and ready to get married to your rigatoni. It’s more simple than you think. Just stir with one hand and read off of your phone with the other. You’re welcome.
Here are some movie facts to read over and over until they’re memorized to help you kill time while you kill it with that gravy!
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
![Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron wanted Billy Idol as the T-1000. That became impossible when Idol broke his leg and forearm in a motorcycle accident, so the role went to Robert Patrick CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/4/868164.jpg)
The Ringer
Photo Credit: Carlos Aguilar/Wiki Commons
Spider-Man 2
![Spider-Man 2 There was originally going to be a love triangle with Peter, Mary Jane, and Doc Ock. The idea was to make Octavius younger and have Mary Jane reciprocate his feelings towards her. Luckily they went in another, more Molina direction. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/7/868157.jpg)
Paddington 2
![Paddington 2 Director Paul King had to teach the children how to use a phone booth. Не called it one of the most dispiriting things he had to do during production. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/0/868150.jpg)
The Dark Knight
![The Dark Knight Heath Ledger's performance was partially inspired by Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. Not only did Ledger use the character of Alex to help form his speech pattern as the Joker, but kept clippings and pictures of the character in his Joker diary for inspiration. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/8/868158.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings
![The Lord of the Rings The orcs' black mouths were done with mouthwash. As orcs are supposed to have black blood, they couldn't go around with normal human pink mouths. So the actors swished black licorice mouthwash between takes. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/5/868165.jpg)
Ralph Breaks the Internet
![Avnature Ralph Breaks the Internet Bill Hader wasn't credited, for some reason. His condition was that the coffee was hand- delivered by Ryan Reynolds. Fair trade (the price to get Pitt, not the coffee itself). ebay RUG CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/1/868151.jpg)
Rocky II
![Rocky II An early draft of the script revealed Rocky's real name as Robert. It was scrapped because of that face you're making right now. Rocky CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/3/868153.jpg)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
![Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Max only has 16 lines of dialogue. Two of them are the repeated line, I only came for the gasoline. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/5/868155.jpg)
A Quiet Place Part II
![A Quiet Place Part II Brian Tyree Henry was originally cast in the film. Не had to drop out due to scheduling issues, and was replaced by Djimon Hounsou. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/9/868159.jpg)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
![CRACKED.COM Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Amanda Seyfried found out about the sequel only two days after giving birth. Her first thought was, Now we're doing it?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/2/868152.jpg)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
![Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Ricardo Montalbán couldn't remember how to play Khan. Не had to watch his Star Trek episode three or four times to recall how to perform as the character. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/4/868154.jpg)
The Godfather Part II
![The Godfather Part II Robert De Niro lived in Sicily to prepare for the role. Going the method route, De Niro stayed in Sicily to thoroughly learn the local language, as all but eight words of his dialogue were in Sicilian. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/6/868156.jpg)
2 Fast 2 Furious
![CRACKED.COM 2 Fast 2 Furious John Singleton wanted to direct the sequel because he loved the original. Growing up in South Central L.A. ,Singleton was into the street race scene. In fact, he was reportedly jealous he didn't come up with the movie's concept. Non spacso Enyce 42](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/8/868148.jpg)
Evil Dead II
![CRACKED.COM Evil Dead II Stephen King is the franchise's godfather. The horror writer loved the first Evil Dead so much that he told Dino De Laurentiis to fund the second one without Sam Raimi's knowledge.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/2/868162.jpg)
Deadpool 2
![Deadpool 2 Brad Pitt did his cameo for scale and a Starbucks coffee. His condition was that the coffee was hand- delivered by Ryan Reynolds. Fair trade (the price to get Pitt, not the coffee itself). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/1/868161.jpg)
Dawn of the Dead
![CRACKED.COM Dawn of the Dead The zombies were left to do whatever they felt like. To get authentic performances (and because he was busy with other things), director George Romero just let the zombie extras roam on their own without giving them any directions.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/0/868160.jpg)
Batman Returns
![CRACKED.COM Batman Returns In an early. draft of the script, the Penguin and Max Shreck were brothers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/9/868149.jpg)
Aliens
![Aliens It took 14-16 people to operate the Alien Queen animatronic puppet. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/3/868163.jpg)