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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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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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The Rock accidentally knocked out Michael Clarke Duncan while filming a fight scene for The Scorpion King and had a custom Rolex made as an apology gift, but liked the watch so much that he kept it for himself.
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John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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