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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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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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 names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
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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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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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