30 Charming Bits of Movie Trivia That Couldn’t Act Their Way Out of A Wet Paper Bag

And it’s too bad, because they’re oh so handsome
30 Charming Bits of Movie Trivia That Couldn’t Act Their Way Out of A Wet Paper Bag

If you’ve ever been behind the desk in a casting call, you’d know the feeling when an actor with the right look walks in. There’s this light-bulb moment like, “Yup, that’s the guy!” 

These random movie facts gave us that exact feeling moments ago, but it all came to a screeching halt when they started speaking. Oof, that voice and serious lack of ability really put a damper on the day.

Maybe we can cast them but overdub their lines with a talented actor in post. Here, check out their pretty faces while we see if the director is cool with that.

Hocus Pocus

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Hocus Pocus is Bette Midler's favorite movie I'm flawless in that movie, she says, adding that it was the only time she disappeared behind a real mask.

Blade Runner

A T-shirt war broke out on the Blade Runner set. In an interview, Ridley Scott complained that American crews don't just do what he says, while British ones just say Yes, Guv'nor. His (American) crew saw it, and had T-shirts printed saying YES GUV'NOR MY ASS! Then Scott and some other Brits showed up in shirts saying XENOPHOBIA SUCKS -- which, apparently, broke the tension. CRACKED.COM

The Shining

THE CREW KEPT GETTING LOST IN THE HEDGE MAZE. THE SHiNiNG The maze was a set made with pine boughs stapled to plywood, but it was still maze-like. The crew was given a map, and even so they got lost several times while shooting. CRACKED.COM

Jack Nicholson

JACK NICHOLSON ATE ONLY CHEESE SANDWICHES FOR TWO WEEKS. THE SHiNiNG Nicholson hates cheese sandwiches-so Kubrick had him eat nothing but that, to push him into Jack Torrance's murderous rage. CRACKED.COM

Tommy Boy

chris Farley and David spade got Rob Lowe-related jealousy. Tommy Boy The two got jealous over the fact that the other was hanging out with Lowe, and it led to Farley (supposedly) pushing Spade down the stairs, after stepping on his lunch. They got over it, eventually - presumably after a threesome with Lowe. CRACKED.COM

Peter Pan

Disney behind the scenes Peter Pan Neverland live They filmed some scenes on spare, bare sets, looking like a black box theater production. CRACKED.COM

Kong: Skull Island

A member of the Kong: Skull Island crew quit because of the scene where Kong's eyes glow. Kong's eyes glowing in the fog made no sense to them, and they didn't understand why that would happen, so they quit the movie. CRACKED.COM

Some Like It Hot

Behind-the-scenes feuds Some Like It Hot Tony Curtis vs Marilyn Monroe During her final years, Monroe was dealing with heavy stuff (and drugs), which strained the shooting. She said she had to fantasize about other guys during her romantic scenes with Curtis, while he said it was like kissing Hitler. imbim CRACKED.COM

American Beauty

The screenplay for American Beauty is loosely based on the Amy Fisher/ Joey Buttafuoco story. Alan Ball got the idea for the movie after he saw a comic book about their story that featured two different sides of the same coin, which got him thinking about the truth in the middle. CRACKED COM

Peter O’Toole

Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif were drunk during a big action scene in Lawrence of Arabia. The two actors were nervous about filming the Battle of Aqaba, where they charge at full speed alongside hundreds of men riding camels and horses. A bottle of Brandy and two bottles of milk is what it took to make O'Toole feel supremely confident. CRACKED.COM

Snoke

Snoke's look from The Last Jedi was based on Hugh Hefner. The decision to dress a space dictator as a playboy came from Andy Serkis and Rian Johnson, who after contemplating other dictators to base his look on, eventually settled on Hefner. CRACKED.COM

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee's iconic on-screen fight with Chuck Norris was filmed illegally. They fought in The Way Of The Dragon at the Colosseum in Rome, and really filmed part of the scene there - filming there is against the law, but they bribed some officials and hid filming equipment in bags. CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man

2002's Spider-Man was supposed to have a scene with the WTC. It was even featured in an early teaser trailer but, for highly obvious reasons, was cut from the final movie. CRACKED.COM

E.T.

The alien species from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial appears in The Phantom Menace. CRACKED.COM George Lucas included them as a tribute to his long-time friend Steven Spielberg, as well as showing them existing in the same universe.

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is based off of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. CRACKED.COM Walt Disney created Oswald but rights to the character were taken by Universal Stu- dios. Walt created Mickey Mouse as a replacement and made sure all future charac- ters were owned directly by Disney.

The Black Cauldron

One of the only acknowledgments of The Black Cauldron in Disneyland is in Tokyo. GRACKED COM Tokyo Disneyland once hosted a Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, featuring encounters with classic Disney vil- lains, ending with the Horned King.

Friday the 13th

'Friday the 13th' was nominated for a Razzie when it came out. 1980 marked the first Razzie awards, and its first 'Worst Picture' nomination with 'Friday the 13th.' The winner, though, was The Village People's disco movie, 'Can't Stop the Mu- sic.' CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Star Wars

A 'Star Wars' actor survived being stabbed in the heart and suffering a stroke. In 1999, Rebecca Jackson Mendoza survived a stroke caused by a severed aorta after being stabbed by her husband. By 2005 she made a full recovery and was able to play Breha Or- gana in 'Revenge of the CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Beetlejuice

CRACKED THE BEETLEJUICE PRODUCTION TEAM HAD TO SEARCH THROUGH POSTCARDS TO FIND THE PERFECT TOWN. Because there were no search engines at the time, the team essentially drove through Vermont looking at postcards in different bookstores.

Easy Rider

Things that mysteriously disappeared Easy Rider motorcycles Those two badass choppers bikes from Easy Rider were custom-made. Two of each were built, but three of the bikes went missing from their storage garage right before the film's premiere in 1969. CRACKED.COM

Mother!

The Mother! crew built Jennifer Lawrence a Kardashian tent, so she could de-stress. It had gumballs, it was plastered with Kardashians' pictures, and it looped Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She called it my happy place. CRACKED.COM

Orson Welles

Orson Welles THE BLACK ROSE CRACKED.COM Welles demanded that a coat he wore in the film The Black Rose be completely lined in real mink... despite it never being visible. I bet that coat was very comfortable! Unlike trying to watch a movie from 1950 where everyone's in brownface.

The Incredibles

The Incredibles copied a whole scene from Die Hard With a Vengeance. In the Die Hard movie, a cop points a gun at Samuel L. Jackson (mistakenly thinking he's a bad guy), but Jackson says he has to answer a phone, which he does - - then a bomb blast incapacitates the cop. The exact same things happen in The Incredibles scene when a cop points a gun at Frozone (voiced by Jackson), except Frozone gets a drink instead, and the bomb blast is a freeze ray. CRACKED.COM

Errol Flynn

CRACKED.COM ERROL FLYNN was a sword dancer. One of the most famous swashbucklers of all time, Flynn was as good with a sword as he appeared to be, being taught by masters. Не performed his own stunts and was called the dueling Fred Astaire.

Marvel Movies

CRACKED LUCRECIA MARTEL SAID MARVEL MOVIES ARE HARD TO WATCH. She declined to direct Black Widow after Marvel wouldn't allow her more creative control. She said, It's hard to watch a Marvel film. It's painful to the ears to watch Marvel films.

Bruce Lee

Performers Bookends First episode / Last Episode Bruce Lee Lee was seemingly born into the film industry, with his first as an infant in 1941's Golden Gate Girl, and his final being his most lauded in 1973's Enter the Dragon. CRACKED.COM

The Sixth Sense

Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense Osment's father made him read the script over twice before he auditioned. His father told him that it was a movie about communication, not horror. CRACKED.COM

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Klaus Kinski turned down a role in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Не said no because the script was, according to him, moronically S**tty. CRACKED.COM

Us

Us There are loads of A Nightmare On Elm Street easter eggs in the movie. Its tape is seen during the opening scene, the underground world features a boiler room much like the one in which Freddy Krueger was killed, Pluto's face covered in burn scars, and the Krueger gloves. Jordan Peele said he even picked Luniz's I Got 5 On It because the song reminds him of the Nightmare On Elm Street soundtrack. CRACKED.COM

Wall-E

UN WIN UTRO UFD 25 WALL WALL. E The spaceship's computer in WALL-E was voiced by Sigourney Weaver. Maybe it was to keep aliens away. CRACKED.COM

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