Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
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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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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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