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TIL after filming of the restauraunt scene in the 1983 “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life”, hundreds of pounds of fake vomit had to be cleaned up on short notice as a wedding was booked at the same venue hours later.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 1:55 am

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TIL that Oliver Reed (actor who played Proximo in the Movie Gladiator) died during filming of a heart attack. He became ill after allegedly drinking 3 bottles of Captain Morgan, 8 German beers, cognac, and numerous shots of whiskey at a pub in Malta. The pub was renamed “Ollie’s last pub.”

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 6:42 pm

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TIL Actor Vincent D’Onofrio gained 70 pounds to play the role of Private Leonard Lawrence (aka Private Pyle) in Full Metal Jacket. This is still the current record for most weight gained for a role. Nine months after filming, D’Onofrio had lost the weight to play Dawson in Adventures in Babysitting.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:34 am

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TIL in 2008, Johnny Depp told Beavis & Butt-head creator Mike Judge he was interested in playing Beavis for a live-action film. Depp and Marlon Brando would riff on the B&B characters while filming Don Juan DeMarco. Judge said he considered the idea of a live-action B&B, but nothing came of it.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 1:28 pm

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TIL that the Squid Game Doll is named Young-Hee after a character in Korean textbooks similar to Jane in the Western world. It is also a real ornament used by a carriage museum and was only borrowed for filming the series.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 5:35 am

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TIL A Stunt Pilot Died Filming ‘Top Gun’ [1986] in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 5:37 am

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TIL that when filming the iconic final scene of Real Genius, over 140 tons of popcorn had to be popped since the film was made before CGI was invented.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 12:47 am

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TIL that during the filming of My Left Foot (1989), Oscar winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis remained in character for the whole production. He stayed in the wheel chair for the duration of the shot and the film crew had to lift him over obstacles. They had to feed him too.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 1:01 pm

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TIL during the filming of Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd drunkenly “conquered” the infamous Bucket Fountain in Wellington, New Zealand and took a leak. The director Peter Jackson was understandably upset.

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 7:01 am

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TIL that Ozzy Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003, while The Osbournes was still filming. He allowed people to joke about his symptoms, and attribute them to his previous drug use. He didn’t reveal his diagnosis until 2020.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 6:58 pm

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TIL Benedict Cumberbatch experienced a carjacking while in South Africa for filming. He was demanded drugs and money, tied with shoelaces, forced on his knees to be executed but in the end the kidnappers fled.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 5:01 am

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TIL the first reality show was 1973’s An American Family documenting the life of a family, but ended up breaking it up – 10 million people watched as mom Pat complained about husband Bill’s cheating, moaned about their sex life and then, midway through filming, asked him for a divorce on camera.

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 6:17 pm

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