Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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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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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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The Rock accidentally knocked out Michael Clarke Duncan while filming a fight scene for The Scorpion King and had a custom Rolex made as an apology gift, but liked the watch so much that he kept it for himself.
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In their early careers, Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan both took part in porn.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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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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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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