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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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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In Jurassic Park, the T-Rex wasn't supposed to come through and break the glass roof of the explorer during the attack scene, subsequently producing the noticeably genuine screams from the children.
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Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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