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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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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The actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was only 25 years old at the time of filming.
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