22 little-known facts and details from films, after which I want to revise them
In many films from the history of cinema, there are interesting details or incidents that occurred during filming. This collection contains just such interesting facts that can open something new for you, even about your favorite movies that we have all seen more than once.
In the movie "Kid on the Drive" (2017), the dark-skinned deaf guardian of the main character was played by a deaf comedian from childhood, K. J. Jones. According to director Edgar Wright, he asked many actors to play the deaf, but after Jones, he ended the search
On the set of Forrest Gump (1994), Tom Hanks had trouble imitating his character's southern accent. The voice of Michael Humphrey, the actor who played Gump as a child, was with such an accent. Watching him, Tom Hanks carefully imitated his voice
During the filming of the movie "Wrestler" (2008), the institution was not closed from this frame. Real visitors came in there, and everything Mickey Rourke did was improvisation
The actress in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013) did not use a wig in the scene where her head is shaved. The directors were even surprised by her courage
In the movie "Robocop" (1987), the group of medics who save Murphy when he is brought to the hospital is a real team of doctors from a Dallas, Texas hospital. Texas
Preparing for the role in the film "The Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth" (2003), Russell Crowe studied the violin for 3 months. He called it the hardest thing he's ever done for a movie. Later, he sold the 130-year-old violin used in the film for 73,528 pounds (more than 7 million rubles).
On the set of the movie "Nice Guys" (1990), Robert De Niro did not like holding fake money in his hands, and they were replaced with real bills. The prop provided several thousand dollars, and after shooting the scene, he demanded that everything be strictly recalculated
In the film "The Godfather" (1972), Al Martino, who performed the role of singer Johnny Fontane, got the role thanks to the help of the mafia and gangster Russell Buffalino. However, most of the scenes with him were cut out due to the indignation of singer Frank Sinatra
In the movie "Captain Phillips" (2013), the medic played by Danielle Albert is actually a Navy doctor. She was told to act like it was a routine military exercise, so most of it was improvisation
Actor John Heeder, who plays the main role in the film "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004), drew all these drawings himself
During the creation of the anime "Gone with the Ghosts" (2001), the team took a real Audi A4 1.8T car from the 90s, and took a ride on it to record its sounds and make them as realistic as possible in the cartoon
In one of the final scenes of the movie "Freaky Friday" (2003), when Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis were at a concert, Curtis performed a guitar solo on her own. Before the shooting, she specially learned it
On the set of "Apocalypse Now" (1979), a real ritual was filmed with the killing of a sacrificial bull. The animal has already been marked for sacrifice by a local tribe
In the movie "The Ringleader" (1996), Bill Murray played bowling master Ernie McCracken. Almost all of his lines were improvised, and also - Murray really scored three strikes in a row on the set, so the applause of the crowd is not feigned
In the cartoon Cars (2006), "King" gets to the finish line, despite the breakdown. In 1992, Richard Petty also reached the finish line after a breakdown at a NASCAR race
In one of the scenes of Titanic, a boy spins a spinning top on the deck. The same scene is depicted in a picture from the real Titanic, which was taken on April 11, 1912. The photo shows first class passenger Frederick Spedden with his 6-year-old son Douglas. Both survived the crash.
In the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), Nazi clothing is a real uniform from the Second World War. She was found by costume designer Joanna Johnston
In the movie "The Alien" (1982), an alien is rescued by a real team of doctors from the Los Angeles Medical Center
In the cartoon "Soul" (2020), the first soul has the number 108,210,121,415. This corresponds to the data of the Population Reference Bureau, according to which more than 108 billion people have existed on Earth throughout history.
In a conversation with Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), Russell Crowe talks about his real home from the past
During the creation of the cartoon "Ratatouille", a Pixar employee specially jumped into the pool in a chef's uniform to check how it would get wet and stick to the body. This was done to make the scene with Alfredo Linguini look more realistic
The hickeys of the actress Stockard Channing from the movie "Grease" (1978) were real. They were directed by actor Jeff Conaway