Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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People actually live in the Mos Eisley set from Star Wars.
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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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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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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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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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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