The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.
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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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John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!
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While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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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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