Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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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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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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According to legend, there's a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? 15 million.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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