Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.
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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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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.
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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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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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