Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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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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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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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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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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It costs around 2.75 million dollars to make an episode of The Walking Dead, and it pulls in 11 million in commercial revenues for a profit of 8 million an episode
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