Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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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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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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Raj from the Big Bang Theory is married to Miss India.
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There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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