Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover, but she declined because the screenplay "had no potential".
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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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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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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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Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
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