Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
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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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The girl who voiced Lilo from "Lilo & Stitch" (Daveigh Chase) was also Samara from The Ring.
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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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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.
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