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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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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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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When Liam Neeson was asked about the potential for another Taken sequel, he responded "I don't think there'll be a 'Taken 3'. She can't get taken again. That's just bad parenting."
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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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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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