IMDB Fake Trivia

Total Recall 2012 – Rumours that Colin Farrell tried to engineer a threesome with Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel were later found to be true, as were rumours that Farrell tried the same thing with the cleaner and a homeless one legged Albanian woman that slept near the studio.

Sexy Beast – Ben Kingsley warmed up for his intense role as gangster Don Logan by headbutting entire baskets of puppies.

Oz, the Great and Powerful – James Franco bristled at director Sam Raimi’s reminding of where the CGI elements would be in the finished film, telling Sam “Why don’t you just put the stuff where I am looking?” Franco then went back to reading articles that described how enigmatic he is.

After Earth – After hearing Will Smith opted not to take the lead role in Django Unchained in favour of co-starring with his son in After Earth, Jamie Foxx sent Smith a fruit basket. Jaden Smith in turn ‘forgot’ Father’s Day in recognition of his Dad’s free hit.

Grown Ups 2 – An unshaven Adam Sandler walked into a production development meeting wearing cargo shorts and a t-shirt full of holes. Without bothering to sit he muttered “I dunno, I’m thinking something with a ‘2’ in it.” Sandler walked out with a bucket full of money and a note stating that the studio didn’t even care what he came up with.

Brave – A sex scene was story-boarded but discarded due to time constraints.

Reign of Fire – It was during production of this film that star Matthew McConaughey contracted the extremely rare ‘McConaughey-itis’, more commonly now known as a morbid fear of shirts.

The Man with the Iron Fists – Russell Crowe agreed to sign on only after it was agreed that he got ‘first dibs’ on all actresses playing hookers in the brothel.

World War Z – Angelina Jolie appeared on set in one of the zombie horde scenes and was heard asking where she might adopt one of these ‘energetic and excitable’ children.

Savages – Reports that John Travolta had a different masseuse sent to his trailer each day were angrily denied by Mr Travolta himself, who assured all present that he would NEVER order a female masseuse.

Les Miserables – On  the 12th day of production Amanda Seyfried was heard to exclaim “Oh I get it. It means ‘sad’!” The entire crew laughed, most loudly Hugh Jackman, who told Amanda “Just now? I go that like 5 days ago!” Anne Hathaway stood silent wondering what they were talking about and deciding what underwear would suit the dress set aside for the premiere.

Evil Dead 2013 – New director Fede Alvarez was convinced that an 80 minute section of undiluted gore and self mutilation with no let up might work after a conversation with the porn director who one day bravely asked “Wait, do we really need the pizza guy? What if they just get down to it from go?”

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – The real reason behind the seemingly endless delays prior to production were caused by Peter Jackson’s dedication to his diet, prompted by fears that he would be forever mistaken for an extra once all the dwarves showed up on set.

The Dark Knight – Tom Hardy had reservations that Bane’s unique voice was going a little too far and that audiences wouldn’t understand him. He was eventually persuaded to go with it when co-star Christian Bale told him “Don’t worry mate. No-one has understood the gravelly thing I’ve done for three films now”.

Django Unchained – Director Quentin Tarantino began each production day by calmly telling Jamie Foxx “Will Smith is blacker than you” to elicit the rage required by his character. The fact that he tried the same technique to motivate Samuel L Jackson in Jackie Brown explains his dented face.

Zero Dark Thirty – Alternate endings where Osama Bin Laden escaped were shot in case the film made more money at the box office and a sequel was called for. These plans were ultimately scrapped.

Dark Tide – Halle Berry only agreed to this film when the second worst script in Hollywood was taken by Lindsay Lohan, leaving her with absolutely no offers. She offered the production 1M if they let her expose her breasts, after they refused her offer of her Oscar, claiming it as ‘tainted’.

Skyfall – The name Skyfall was only chosen after a roundtable discussion ended with “Bond and M’s Excellent Adventure” was voted down 6 to 5. The proposed tagline was to be “Bond is back! And this time he’s brought his Mum.”

Life of Pi – Director Ang Lee was surprised when the animals could not be kept from attacking each other on set, more so given they were all computer generated.

Air Force One – Harrison Ford was so bored with acting by this stage that he would continually ask “Wait is this the “Give me back my family” one, the “Give me back my wife” or the “Get off my airplane” one? Regardless of the response he would play his character in exactly the same way.

The Last Stand – The shooting schedule was delayed several times when producers had to locate Arnold Schwarzenegger who had wandered off. They eventually came to realise that he was always positioned at the same location near the Mexican border, offering women a job as his personal ‘maid’ as they entered the United States.

Trespass – The two ‘Nics’ (Cage and Kidman) were deliberately teamed together under the mistaken belief that Cage’s over-acting hammery would offset Kidman’s botoxed expressionless frozen demeanour.

Howard the Duck – There were rumours on set that George Lucas wanted the Howard the Duck film to be a practical joke upon society to see if ticket buyers were stupid enough to pay to see a talking duck. This bizarre experiment was taken further with the ‘birth’ of Jar-Jar Binks.

Battleship – The script stayed in development hell for three years, and was only greenlit when the producers realised that their basic plotline for Operation: The Game: The Movie was already used in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

Battleship – Rihanna had no interest in an acting role, but was convinced when her agent told her “What are you scared? Beyonce would do it!”.

The Watch – Ben Stiller lobbied to cut Jonah Hill’s scenes from the film after Hill continually complained to the director that “that’s not how Pitt would do it”. Stiller only ceased his lobbying when he couldn’t rouse Vince Vaughn from his 7th nap of the day to back him up.

The Call – In a sign of the times Halle Berry was paid an extra $200 – not 2 million – to not unveil her breasts in this film.

Flight – The opening sequence in the hotel room had to be refilmed 12 times, with the first 11 being scrapped after Denzel Washington continued to put folded dollar bills in co-star Nadine Velazquez’ g-string, hollering ‘mmm you go gittum girl!’

Argo – The memorable line ‘Ar-go fuck yourself’ was not in the shooting script, but was an impromptu response when Ben Affleck asked John Goodman if he’d like to be involved in Daredevil 2.

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While I try to throw a joke or two into proceedings when I can all of the opinions presented in my reviews are genuine. I don't expect that all will agree with my thoughts at all times nor would it be any fun if you did, so don't be shy in telling me where you think I went wrong... and hopefully if you think I got it right for once. Don't be shy, half the fun is in the conversation after the movie.
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