The strangest facts about famous movies

The strangest facts about famous movies

The DeLorean time machine from the film Back to the Future was originally a refrigerator. The ideas in the script were replaced for the safety of children who would go up to the fridge, imitating film actors.

Jim Carrey declined the Walt Disney film studio's offer to play Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. It was the producer who was initially represented as the captain of the Black Pearl.

Christopher Lee (Saruman) was the only actor from the Lord of the Rings trilogy who read all of Tolkien's books before he was approved for the role. Initially, the actor planned to play Gandalf's gray wizard.
Chewbacca's appearance from the Star Wars film was copied from the appearance of a beloved dog directed by George Lucas. And the name Chewbacca was coined based on the Russian dog word.

To make his character look more realistic, Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't blink in the Terminator film frame, because he believes that robots don't blink. He also wants to double his role in German personally. But the distributor found the Austrian accent too soft for the hard Terminator.

Back in the early 1990s, James Cameron himself was actively interested in the Spider-Man film project. Charlie Sheen was supposed to play Peter Parker, and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Doctor Octopus. But the project was not destined to become a reality, because the rights to the film were constantly being transferred from one studio to another.

During the filming of West Django, Leonardo DiCaprio, who was not shaved with all his might, hit the table several times with his hand. The actor broke the crystal glass with all his might but continued to play, not paying attention to the pain and blood dripping from his hands, so he was accustomed to that role. In the frame, this scene looks very natural, and it seems like this is the idea of ​​the director.

Steven Spielberg has traditionally not come to take the last scene from his films. This tradition began with the film Jaws: the director was convinced that the actors conspired to drop him into the water after the command "Stop, shot!", And preferred to sit in the trailer.

Ian Fleming, author of the powerful spy novel, loves bird watching and has read a bird expert book named James Bond. This name seems very ordinary, not romantic and is very suitable for heroes. That is why in the film Die Another Day James, under the guise of an ornithologist, Penetrates Cuba, has with him a very real Bond book.

Alfred Hitchcock likes to act in the brilliant acting of his films. In the film To Catch a Thief, for example, he rides a bus next to the main character.

In the comedy, Bruce Almighty God can be called by phone 776-2323. In Buffalo, where the film takes place, the film company bought this number for film making. But in other cities, the owner of the number receives hundreds of calls per day from viewers who want to talk to the Almighty.

The cat for the role in the film The Godfather Marlon Brando himself accidentally took on one of the streets next to the set.