What’s your favorite movie? Or do you prefer getting stuck into a series? Either way, here are interesting facts about the best (and worst) films & TV shows ever released!
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Film & TV Facts
Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor often made lightsaber sound effects during fight scenes in the Star Wars prequels, which had to be edited out in post-production.
Will Smith owed $2.8 million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt just before signing the contract for “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
The Powerpuff Girls had an episode called “Meet the Beat-Alls,” in which almost every line and plot point was based on lyrics from the Beatles.
The boots worn by actors in “Saving Private Ryan” were made by S.M. Wholesale, the same company that supplied boots to American soldiers during WWII.
Top Gear set a Toyota Hilux on fire, submerged it, hit it with a wrecking ball, and buried it in a building collapse; each time it was repaired without spare parts and restarted.
Viggo Mortensen was offered the chance to return as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy, but turned it down because the character doesn’t appear in the books.
The phrase “To Protect and Serve” is not codified in law but is merely the motto used by the LAPD and popularized by Hollywood.
After Animal Planet aired two fake documentaries on mermaids, the U.S. government issued a statement to clarify that mermaids do not exist.
The first Academy Awards, held on May 16, 1929, featured 12 award presentations and lasted just 15 minutes.
A nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission and was the precursor to modern cinema.
Dorothy’s slippers in the Wizard of Oz book are silver in the book, but were changed to red for the movie to contrast better with the yellow brick road.
The audience members on “Judge Judy” are paid actors, and to attend a filming of the show, the actors need to be members of the Screen Actors Guild.
The iconic tornado in The Wizard of Oz was crafted from a 35-foot muslin sock, suspended on a crane and enhanced with dust effects, costing around $230,000 today.
The concept of a rocket launch having a countdown originated from Fritz Lang’s 1929 movie “Woman in the Moon,” where the countdown was used to increase tension.
In the early 1990s, Disney considered an animated “Romeo and Juliet” but chose to develop “Pocahontas,” incorporating similar themes of star-crossed lovers.
Snoop Dogg’s real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., and his nickname came from his mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from “Peanuts.”
The kookaburra is native to Australia and New Guinea; its calls are often used as sound effects in movies for jungles in Africa or South America.
An episode of “The Simpsons” can take 6-9 months to produce, while “South Park” only takes a week due to its computerized animation style.
Red Solo cups are a typical souvenir to bring back from the United States. The novelty comes from the cups being used in many party scenes in movies.
Karen Gillan shaved her head bald for her role as Nebula in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Marvel saved her hair and made a wig from it for Karen to use on the show “Selfie.”
The term “footage” originated from the early days of cinema when film stock was measured in feet, with one foot of 35mm film containing 16 frames.
In the 1940s, air conditioning became popular in movie theaters and was advertised as “cool entertainment.”
