Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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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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John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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The scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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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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If the runway in the final action scene of Fast & Furious 6 was real, it would be at least 26 miles (42km) long.
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