Steven Callahan spent 76 days at sea while he drifted 1,800 perilous miles across the Atlantic in a rubber raft, battling starvation, thirst, sharks and storms. He later became the technical adviser for the acclaimed movie Life Of Pi.
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The police were called 91 times during the filming of the movie "Borat".
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During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
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Keanu Reeves gave $75 million of his matrix sequels paycheck to the film’s SFX team and bought the entire stunt crew Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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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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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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In 1997, Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and he had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
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