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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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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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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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 mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 32 and her daughter Judy is 16, which made Jane a teen mum.
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