Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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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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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 scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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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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