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TIL in the film Paddington, the writers wanted the CGI bear to use a cake fork for a gag, but director Paul King had to veto it because it’d cost another £10k to render the fork in CGI

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 11:27 am

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TIL: John Wick was directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, who had worked with Keanu Reeves as his stunt doubles in The Matrix trilogy (though only Stahelski was officially credited as director)

by whatilearned January 10, 2022, 1:42 pm

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TIL in The Goonies the director Richard Donner didn’t let the child actors see One-Eyed Willy’s ship so they could have a genuine reaction. When they first saw the ship some of them started to swear. So they had to use the 2nd take in the final cut.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 7:39 pm

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he director of one of America’s finest hospitals is showing the President around the hospital. In one room, the President sees a male patient masturbating furiously. “What’s that guy doing?” he asks.

by cringeyjokesman December 8, 2021, 8:27 pm

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TIL Robin Williams wanted to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, but was turned down because J.K. Rowling and director Chris Columbus only wanted British and Irish actors.

by whatilearned December 7, 2021, 6:34 pm

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TIL The 1972 production of Godspell in Toronto launched the careers of Victor Garber, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Gilda Radner, Dave Thomas, and Martin Short. It even featured Paul Shaffer as the musical director and Howard Shore on saxophone

by whatilearned December 6, 2021, 2:04 pm

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TIL the crew of ‘Return of the Jedi’ mocked the character design of Admiral Ackbar, deeming it too ugly. Director Richard Marquand refused to alter it, saying, “I think it’s good to tell kids that good people aren’t necessarily good looking people and that bad people aren’t necessarily ugly people.”

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 10:01 pm

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The director of one of America’s finest hospitals is showing the President around the hospital.

by cringeyjokesman November 29, 2021, 5:21 pm

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TIL Lord of the rings director (Peter Jackson) holds the largest private collection of WWI aero planes in the world.

by whatilearned November 23, 2021, 5:14 am

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TIL X-Men movie director Bryan Singer banned Comic Books on set because he worried that bringing comics on set might get in the way of the “three-dimensional characters” he was trying to portray on screen.

by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 2:42 pm

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TIL that the director of the film The Ant Bully said he felt like a hypocrite for calling an exterminator to destroy ants in his house while working on the script.

by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 10:22 am

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TIL actor Bill Moseley made a parody of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre called The Texas Chainsaw Manicure. Director Tobe Hooper saw it and loved Moseley’s performance as The Hitchhiker, which led to Hooper casting Moseley as the Hitchhiker’s twin brother Chop Top for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

by whatilearned November 20, 2021, 12:39 am

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