Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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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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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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