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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Keanu Reeves has a private cancer foundation to help children’s hospitals and cancer research, but he does not attach his name to it. He also has spent over 5 million dollars to help his sister in her fight against leukemia.
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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has more money than Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales.
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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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In their early careers, Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan both took part in porn.
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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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