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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover, but she declined because the screenplay "had no potential".
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Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume and nobody noticed.
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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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