Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? 15 million.
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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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