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 Tunisia, you can book an overnight stay in Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home for only $10.
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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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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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The girl who voiced Lilo from "Lilo & Stitch" (Daveigh Chase) was also Samara from The Ring.
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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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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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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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