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
Saturn’s moon Mimas bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star from “Star Wars” thanks to an enormous crater called the Herschel Crater.
Nicolas Cage was offered the lead role in Shrek but turned it down because he didn’t want to look like an ogre.
In 2022, the world record for the longest accurate archery shot was set at 333 meters (1,093 feet) by Tyler Toney on the set of “Dude Perfect.”
All of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother. He said he loved wearing them because they always made him think of her.
While filming “The Longest Day,” a tank from the actual invasion of Normandy was found buried in the sand since D-Day. The tank was cleaned up and used in the movie.
All the battles in space in Star Wars should be completely silent, as space is a vacuum, and sound doesn’t travel through it.
Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley’s son, wrote the theme song for the popular children’s cartoon, “Arthur,” when he was 26.
Hanna-Barbera pitched “The Flintstones” to networks for eight weeks before it was finally picked up. It became the first-ever animated show to air during primetime.
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar but had to sit at a segregated table at the ceremony due to the hotel’s racist policies.
Real skeletons were used as props in the 1982 film “Poltergeist” because they were easier to source than plastic replicas at the time.
The character Russell Crowe played in “Gladiator” was based on at least four different historical people.
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.
Godzilla’s roar was created by dragging a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
The “Lord of the Rings” costume team spent three years linking plastic chain mail. Each Orc suit had 13,000 rings and took approximately three days to assemble.
An Iranian refugee lived in an airport in Paris for over 18 years. This true story later on inspired the movie “The Terminal.”
In 1937, a major fire broke out at the Fox Film Studios in New Jersey. The fire destroyed 75% of their movies, including most of their silent films.
John Astin, who played Gomez in the original “The Addams Family,” had a suit pocket lined with asbestos so he could extinguish lit cigars in it during filming.
The first time Mickey Mouse talked was in the 1929 episode “The Karnival Kid.” His first words were “Hot dogs!”
In the early 1990s, Disney considered an animated “Romeo and Juliet” but chose to develop “Pocahontas,” incorporating similar themes of star-crossed lovers.
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 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.
