Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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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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HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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After Disney threatened to sue three day care centers for unauthorized use of their characters, Hanna-Barbera gave them the right to use Universal characters as decorations.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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