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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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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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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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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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.
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