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32 Bits of Movie Trivia Helpful for Defeating the Movie Trivia Goblin

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

November 04, 2023

32 Bits of Movie Trivia Helpful for Defeating the Movie Trivia Goblin

It happened to me one night a couple of years ago while I was walking home. I took a short cut over a spooky bridge, and didn’t listen to the various warnings I had received about the creature that lived beneath it. Sure enough, this little freak, the Movie Trivia Goblin, popped up as I was trying to cross and challenged me to a Movie Trivia Competition — to the death. Now, normally this may have sent me into a cold sweat, but thankfully, I had the following list ready to go. And so, I survived the encounter, much to the Movie Trivia Goblin's frustration.

All of which is to say, make sure to check out the below list and absorb as much movie trivia as you can — you never know when you’re going to need to fend off a Movie Trivia Goblin under a bridge!

32 300

300 GERARD BUTLER'S STUNT DOUBLE PLAYED HIS FATHER. During flashbacks to King Leonidas' childhood, Butler's stuntman Tim Conolly played Leonidas's father, which helped the family resemblance. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

31 Being John Malkovich

MYTH The beer can that hits John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich was unscripted. REALITY It was scripted, and a writer on set volunteered to do the scene, getting it in one take. The rumor spread fast about a drunk extra who spontaneously threw a beer can at Malkovich's head while yelling, Hey Malkovich, think fast! But it turns out that the rumor was started by someone who faked a Spike Jonze commentary track. Malkovich himself has debunked the rumor, twice. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

30 The New Mutants

MYTH The New Mutants went through a lot of adidas changes Soudia thanks to a lot of reshoots. REALITY The film had no reshoots at all. While it's common for films to have at least some reshoots, The New Mutants had absolutely none due to the Disney-Fox merger. Director Josh Boone said that there were no big changes to the film at all, and it seems like the rumor was started by an offhand comment from the comic co-creator Bill Sienkiewicz who, in an interview last year, said he thinks they were doing some reshoots at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

29 The Incredibles

MYTH Edna Mode was based on fashion icon Edith Head. REALITY The director says that's a no. Brad Bird @BradBirdA113 Oct 29, 2013 @oziecargile: Is Edna Mode really Edith Head? No. People from MANY countries (27 & counting) were convinced based E on a local icon. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

28 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

27 Little Miss Sunshine

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED BY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY). Screenwriter Michael Arndt read an article about Schwarzenegger telling high school students, If there's one thing ... that I hate, it's losers. Arndt hated that mindset, and wrote a movie about that. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

26 Pan's Labyrinth

CRACKED.COM PAN'S LABYRINTH FLAMES AND SPARKS WERE DIGITAL TO PREVENT FIRES. Because of a drought in the film's shooting location of Segovia, Spain, the timber was dry enough to risk a blazing fire. For this reason, most sparks and fire were added in post and green moss was used to cover the brown, dead vegetation. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

25 Animal House

CRACKED.COM COLLEGE ANIMAL HOUSE THE STORY WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT CHARLES MANSON. The first draft of the screenplay focused on the cult leader, the sex, and the murders involved. It was immediately rejected. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

24 Shaun of the Dead

MYTH Chris Martin played a zombie in Shaun of the Dead. REALITY No he didn't, and Simon Pegg was quite happy to debunk this myth himself in 2019. While Martin does appear at the end of the film in a TV clip about raising funds for ZombAid, Pegg has denied that Martin had a cameo as one of the many zombies on screen, and he's asked people to please stop writing that in...lovely articles online. CRACKED GOM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

23 The MGM Lion

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22 Alien

In Alien, Ripley was MYTH originally supposed to be a man. REALITY Not exactly. While screenwriter Dan O'Bannon initially wrote Ripley as a guy named Roby, he specifically noted the following in the script: The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

21 Fargo

A Japanese MYTH woman died looking for the Fargo money. REALITY No, the story is much sadder. The woman, Takako Konishi, did travel to the United States in 2001 and was found dead after asking police in North Dakota how to get to Fargo. But some good ol' detective work revealed that she had mailed a suicide note to her parents, and that she was probably in the country looking for a former lover who was an American businessman with whom she'd traveled to the states before. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

20 Austin Powers in Goldmember

CRACKED COM AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER MICHAEL CAINE THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS SPOOFING HIM. Before agreeing to play Austin's father, Caine thought Myers was being cheeky and portraying his character from the British spy film The Ipcress File. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

19 Do The Right Thing

Made DO THE RIGHT THING SPIKE LEE WROTE THE SCREENPLAY IN TWO WEEKS. I'd wake up in the morning and write for three or four hours, then I'd quit, carry on with the rest of the day, and come back the next morning. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

18 Bridget Jones' Diary

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY TONI COLLETTE AND KATE WINSLET WERE UP FOR THE LEAD ROLE. After Colette turned it down, Winslet was considered but producers thought she was too young. It ultimately went to Renée Zellweger. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

17 Predator 2

CRACKED.COM PREDATOR 2 SOME PREDATORS WERE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. A huge Lakers fan, Danny Glover convinced some players to come on set and get dressed and fully made up as Predator extras in the final sequence. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

16 Deliverance

MYTH The Dueling Banjos scene in Deliverance was unscripted. REALITY It was totally in the script. A rumor spread that the character who played the banjo in the scene was a local who, upon witnessing one of the actors at the gas station casually playing the guitar, decided to join in, and the scene was immediately filmed. The young actor, Billy Redden, was in fact neither a local nor a banjo player, and was hired to perform the scene as per the script. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

15 Suicide Squad

Director David Ayer MYTH only had two weeks to write the script for Suicide Squad. TW Дадать L FoCong REALITY Ayer says the rumor is garbage. Not sure if admitting it does him any favors. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

14 Donald Duck (in general)

MYTH Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. REALITY No he wasn't. Back in 1977, Helsinki cancelled their subscription to Donald Duck cartoons because of budget cuts, not because the duck is pantless. The only reason it blew up as some kind of prudish move is due to a reelection campaign. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

13 Teen Wolf

MYTH You can see an extra's penis in Teen Wolf. REALITY It's not a penis. It's a woman's underwear. After the discovery of an extra sporting unzipped pants during the celebration scene, the person in question was tracked down. She explained that it wasn't a flasher moment, but that the tight pants they wore were pretty uncomfortable and they would unzip their pants while sitting in the stands. She just forgot to zip them up before standing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

12 Little Shop of Horrors

CRACKED.COM LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS SIX PUPPETS OF AUDREY II WERE MADE. Six different animatronic puppets were used to show the growth of the mean green mother from outer space. The smallest Audrey II was four inches tall, and the largest was 12 feet tall. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

11 The Wedding Singer

CRACKED.COM THE WEDDING SINGER ADAM SANDLER WANTED TO MAKE A PRO-MARRIAGE MOVIE. Sandler said that he just wanted to make a movie that was pro-love and pro-marriage while still being heavy on the laughs. According to him, guys who are against love were just hurt. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

10 Rango

CRACKED.COM RANGO THE MOVIE WAS SHOT IN LIVE ACTION FIRST. In order to get more natural performances and body language in the animation, Gore Verbinski had the actors perform in person to capture their movements. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

9 Klute

KLUTE SYLVESTER STALLONE WAS AN EXTRA. Before he became a Hollywood and literal juggernaut, one of Stallone's first film roles was an extra in this 1971 movie. Не can be (barely) spotted disco dancing in the background of a scene. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

8 Scream 2

MYTH An original ending of Scream 2 had Sidney's boyfriend Derek and best friend Hallie as the killers. REALITY It was a dummy draft to prevent the real ending from leaking. After an actual draft of the movie was leaked, writer Kevin Williamson wrote three different decoy endings to keep the real twist from getting out. Williamson says he even wrote an ending where Deputy Dewey turned out to be the killer. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

7 Friday the 13th

MYTH Quentin Tarantino almost directed a Friday the 13th movie. REALITY Не had no intention of ever doing such a thing. While New Line did in fact approach Tarantino to possibly direct an entry in the franchise, he denied ever being interested in doing so. I like Jason and everything, but I've no intention of directing a movie! CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

6 The Dark Knight

MYTH Heath Ledger improvised the explosion scene in The Dark Knight because the explosives malfunctioned. REALITY Nothing malfunctioned because the glitch was planned. A redditor claimed that the glitch was unplanned and Nolan just kept filming, but it's not true. Ledger knew exactly what was going to happen because they rehearsed the scene meticulously, even the part where Ledger's Joker looks back at the hospital that doesn't want to blow up. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

5 Mad Max: Fury Road

MYTH Mad Max: Fury Road didn't have a script at first. REALITY It very much did. А rumor surfaced that the co-writers along with director George Miller approached the film without a script. Miller said of course there was a script, and wondered if the rumor started because of an image that showed the Mad Max room lined with around 3,500 storyboards. One of the writers suggests that Miller himself started the rumor. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

4 The Mask of Zorro

CRACKED.COM THE MASK OF ZORRO RAUL JULIA WAS GOING TO PLAY THE ELDER ZORRO. Julia was the first pick to play Don Diego de la Vega, but he unfortunately passed before filming and the role went to Anthony Hopkins. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

3 Unforgiven

CRACKED.COM UNFORGIVEN THE SCRIPT HAD BEEN AROUND SINCE 1976. David Webb Peoples had been writing scripts on the side while working as an editor in the 1970s. but the screenplay didn't get picked up until the early 1990s. Probably because one of the original titles was The Cut-Whore Killings. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

2 City Slickers

CITY SLICKERS CHARLES BRONSON WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF CURLY (AND WAS PISSED). Upon finding out his character died midway through the movie, Bronson cursed out Billy Crystal and turned the part down. Then Jack Palance went on to win an Oscar for it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

1 The Great Gatsby

CRACKED.COM THE GREAT GATSBY BRADLEY COOPER WANTED TO PLAY TOM BUCHANAN. Cooper said in a New York Times interview that he wanted to play the character, and hoped director Baz Luhrmann was reading the interview. Luhrman apparently wasn't, and cast Joel Edgerton. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

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