Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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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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The Rain Man (Laurence Kim Peek) was the only savant known to science who could read two pages of a book simultaneously - one with each eye.
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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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Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume and nobody noticed.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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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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