31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Will Be Heavily Censored Once They Start Rerunning on Network TV

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31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Will Be Heavily Censored Once They Start Rerunning on Network TV

Once we get these random movie facts on TV, they’re going to involve a ton of commercial breaks and eye-rolling line dubs. Maybe that’s why we bought a ton of VHS and/or DVD copies back in the day. Sure, it was nice when we stumbled upon a great movie while flicking through channels, but it was rare to catch one at the beginning (and it wasn’t like you could rewind TV back then).

You better enjoy them now, because it’s all “Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon” after this.

 

School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Once filming, they still had to WRITE THE SONGS - - LAGO CRACKED.COM That was scary, because you're working on a time limit, says Black. And you know, I'm a songwriter. We put out an album with Tenacious D, but we had 10 years to f***in' put that thing together and only a few months to write all the songs in the movie!

MADtv

David Herman got fired from MADtv to appear in the movie. CRACKED.COM Не wasn't technically allowed to take the role while he was still a cast member, but he felt it was the right move for his career. So he loudly yelled all his lines at MADtv table reads until they fired him.

On Golden Pond

HENRY FONDA scored his first Oscar ON GOLDEN POND CRACKED.COM Fonda's kid Jane purchased the play On Golden Pond specifically to work out some real-life father/daughter issues. Onscreen wife Katherine Hepburn gave Spencer Tracy's lucky hat to Fonda, who wore it for the film.

Furious 7

PAUL WALKER was partly digital in his final film FURIOUS 7 CRACKED.COM It took state-of-the-art 2013 CGI (and Walker's brothers as stand-ins) to complete Walker's final performance. Amazingly, missing dialogue was pieced together from the actor's previously recorded lines.

The Flintstones

ELIZABETH TAYLOR ended her career as a cartoon mom. THE FLINTSTONES CRACKED.COM Appearing as a caricature of her once glamorous self, Taylor battled Fred Flintstone as his battle-axe mother-in-law. Likely not the last performance she wanted inscribed on her, er, tombstone.

Wagons East

JOHN CANDY feared a heart attack like his dad's. WAGONS EAST CRACKED.COM According to Candy's kids, Wagons was his least enjoyable experience making a movie. Fellow actors said he looked so tired. Не died in his sleep of a heart attack after a day of filming.

13 Going on 30

CRACKED.COM 13 GOING ON 30 It's one of Ariana Grande's favorite movies. Grande loves the movie so much that she references it in her video for thank u, next. She said on Instagram that she used to watch the movie every night before bedtime.

Die Hard

DIE HARD Bruce Willis did the movie due to a pregnancy. At first, Willis couldn't take the part of John McClane due to his commitment to Moonlighting. That changed when his Moonlighting co-star Cybill Shepherd announced she was pregnant, and the series paused production. CRACKED.COM

Bulworth

BULWORTH Warren Beatty needed Cornel West's opinion before releasing the movie. Beatty was concerned about how the movie would be received by black audiences, and wanted its intended message heard, so he arranged a private screening for the professor and civil rights activist. West gave the film a thumbs up. CRACKED.COM

Dogma

by DOGMA Jason Mewes took the role seriously due to Alan Rickman. Mewes didn't want to anger an actor of Rickman's caliber by being his usual slackish self, so he went out of his way to learn his lines. CRACKED.COM

The Good Dinosaur

THE GOOD DINOSAUR Arlo's movements were based on elephants. Since you can't exactly look at the way a living dinosaur walks, the animators mimicked the movements of elephants for the main dino character. CRACKED.COM

The Princess Bride

CRACKED.COM THE PRINCESS BRIDE André the Giant was too big for his horse. A pulley system was devised to lower the huge guy onto the horse without putting too much weight on the poor beast's spine.

Mulan

MULAN Mulan had two voices. Ming-Na Wen voiced the character during the speaking scenes, and Tony Award-winning Lea Salonga provided the singing voice. CRACKED.COM

Mortal Kombat

MORTAL KOMBAT (1995) It took eleven people to bring Goro to life. The four-armed champion required six puppeteers and four technicians (plus the stuntman stuffed into the suit). CRACKED.COM

Hotel Transylvania

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA The movie went through six directors. It was first helmed by Anthony Stacchi and David Feiss before Jill Culton, who was followed by Chris Jenkins and then Todd Wilderman. Genndy Tartakovsky ended the movie/hot potato, and saw the project to completion. CRACKED.COM

Osmosis Jones

OSMOSIS The movie inspired the National Buffalo Wing Festival. The festival didn't exist in real life when Bill Murray's character wanted to attend in the movie. Buffalo native Drew Cerza made it a reality in 2002. CRACKED.COM

Nomadland

NOMADLAND The majority of the cast were real people. The characters in the movie are actual nomads playing fictionalized versions of themselves. If you look at the credits, you'll see that most of their characters were named after themselves. CRACKED.COM

Godzilla

CRACKED.COM GODZILLA Godzilla was allegedly named after some big dude. According to director Ishiro Honda, Gojira (westernized as Godzilla) was a nickname for a large man that worked at Toho's publicity department. Gojira came about when two people argued whether he was as big as a gorilla or as a whale (kujira).

Mortal Kombat

CRACKED.COM MORTAL KOMBAT (2021) Sub-Zero's costume weighed 33 lbs. As the movie relied on realistic and practical effects/costuming, the entire outfit that Joe Taslim wore weighed in at 33 pounds, making his quick stunt moves even more impressive.

Hoosiers

CRACKED.COM HOOSIERS Jack Nicholson couldn't play the coach for legal reasons. Nicholson really wanted the part, but he was busy for several months playing the real-life role of a witness in a lawsuit during production.

Promising Young Woman

CRACKED.COM PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN The director purposely cast nice guy actors. Emerald Fennell cast Adam Brody, Max Greenfield, and Chris Lowell due to their past screen appearances as nice characters to help sell the reveal when their movie characters were... Well, not nice.

Wonder Woman

WONDER WOMAN General Erich Ludendorff actually existed. While the thing involving the Greek god of war wasn't real (probably), Ludendorff was actually a general in the German army during World War I. Unlike the movie version, the real Ludendorff resigned and fled to Sweden. CRACKED.COM

Conan the Barbarian

Arnold Schwarzenegger was too muscular when he began filming Conan The Barbarian. CRACKED.COM Schwarzenegger had to cut down his work- out routine because his arm and chest mus- cles were so big that he couldn't wield a sword properly.

Cast Away

The Cast Away screenwriter stranded himself on an island for research. III IIII CRACKED. .COM William Broyles Jr. took the writing pro- cess seriously, and when a volleyball washed up on shore, it became the inspiration for Wilson.

Harry Potter

The narrator for the 'Harry Potter' audiobooks used 300 voices. CRACKED.COM To help perform the hundreds of unique character voices, Jim Dale had to playback recordings of himself on set to each one, each time.

The Fourth Kind

Universal Pictures was sued for using the names of actual news outlets in their marketing. CRACKED.COM While marketing 'The Fourth Kind' movie, Univer- sal created fake news sto- ries of alien abductions and posted them online using the names of actual Alaskan news outlets. Those outlets sued and won.

Tenet

The plane wreck in Tenet was filmed by wrecking an actual Boeing 747. Turns out that option was cheaper than CGI or miniatures. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Hobbit

When The Hobbit came out, fans reported feeling literally sick after viewing it. Apparently the trilogy's 48-per-second frame rate causes nausea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Event Horizon

Sam Neill asked that the Australian flag on his uniform in Event Horizon be modified. Instead of the Union Jack, he wanted an aboriginal flag. SA EIR Не thinks it's a change that'll happen by 2047, when the film takes place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger has said I'll be back in other movies besides the Terminator franchise. Eleven other movies, to be exact. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

RoboCop

Robocop's suit was so big and unwieldy that he would not fit into a police car. So whenever you see him- he's not wearing pants. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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