Keanu Reeves gave $75 million of his matrix sequels paycheck to the film’s SFX team and bought the entire stunt crew Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
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Clint Eastwood was in a plane which crashed into the sea. He and the pilot escaped the sinking aircraft and swam 3 miles to safety.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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