Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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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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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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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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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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