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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On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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Walt Disney was a high school dropout and he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
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In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland’s was $500 a week.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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