You’ll never believe this. (But you should.)
Pumbaa is the first Disney character to ever fart.
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It took 48 different piglets to portray the character Babe.
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Michael Myers’ mask in Halloween was a captain Kirk mask painted white.
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R2D2 was originally meant to be able to speak normally.
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Sean Connery wore a toupee when he played James Bond.
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Bill Murray was almost chosen for the role of Han Solo.
Oh, and here are some other roles that Murray almost got: Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, Tom Hanks’ role in Forrest Gump, Michael Keaton’s role in Batman and Tom Cruise’s role in Rain Man.
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Disney’s Oscar for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came with seven dwarf-sized Oscar statues.
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Aladdin’s appearance is based on Tom Cruise.
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Back to the Future was originally going to be called “Spaceman from Pluto”.
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Chris Martin from Coldplay played a zombie in Shaun of the Dead.
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During filming of The Passion of the Christ, Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning.
And the assistant director was actually struck twice.
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At the Academy Awards, Tron was blocked from consideration for special effects because computer graphics were considered cheating at the time.
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O.J. Simpson was in consideration for the first Terminator movie, but was thought to be too gentle for the role of a killing machine.
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Star Trek: Generations was the first film with its own website.
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Gal Gadot hid the fact that she was pregnant when she was on set shooting Wonder Woman.
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Maybe you have one in your town, but the burger chain Wahlburgers is co-owned by Mark Wahlberg and his two brothers, Donnie and Paul.
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The sound they used for the velociraptors in Jurassic Park is actually a recording of two turtles having sex.
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When Voldemort died during the Battle of Hogwarts, he was actually meant to be 71 years old.
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