Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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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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Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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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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Shakira has been making music for more than 23 years, can play the guitar, drums, percussion, and harmonica, speaks 7 different languages, is the founder of a charity called Pies Descalzos, and is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
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Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume and nobody noticed.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.
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