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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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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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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The actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was only 25 years old at the time of filming.
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