Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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When playing an American character, Christian Bale will give all his press interviews in an American accent in order to not confuse the audience.
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Until he turned 12, Robert Pattinson's elder sisters dressed him up as a girl and introduced him as "Claudia" to strangers.
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Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
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Heath Ledger locked himself in a hotel room for a month to prepare for his iconic role as the Joker in The Dark Knight
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