22 Movie Facts You Never Knew Until Now

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jul 16, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

You know, movie productions are such immensely large entities that it is almost surprising that every movie set does not have a biographer who observes the multiple events of each shoot and turns them into a book with all the juiciest details from behind the scenes for die hard fans of those movies to read after being blown away by the movie in the cinema.

And while the movie industry has not quite realized the value of such tidbits, the internet most certainly has, and it has offered up a plethora of curious facts and stories from the filming of some of the more influential films of our time. So if you are a fan of Batman, X-Men, the Truman Show or Hercules, then you are in for one heck of a treat as we delve into some of the lesser known factoids from their creation and filming.

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  • 01
    HUGH JACKMAN WAS CAST THREE WEEKS AFTER FILMING BEGAN, SO HIS PHYSIQUE CHANGES SLIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE AS HE CONTINUED TRAINING DURING PRODUCTION
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  • Wow, that is quite the interesting tidbit right there. We were pretty sure that his physique change was done on purpose to represent the growing power of his character, but apparently it was just a happy coincidence. That is the beauty in creating art, you never know what a crooked brush stroke might lead to.

  • 02
    THE FILM'S DIRECTOR BRYAN SINGER BANNED COMICS ON-SET, NOT WANTING THEM TO INFLUENCE THE CAST. THE CAST SECRETLY READ THEM ANYWAY
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  • 03
    AFTER ACCEPTING THE ROLE OF MAGNETO, SIR IAN MCKELLEN WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF GANDALF IN 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS' AND ORIGINALLY HAD TO DECLINE. AFTER EXPRESSING HIS INTEREST TO STAR IN LOTR, X-MEN DIRECTOR BRYAN SINGER AGREED TO REARRANGE THE FILM'S SHOOTING SCHEDULE SO THAT MCKELLEN WOULD FINISH HIS MAGNETO SCENES BY THE END OF 1999. MEANING HE WAS FREE TO SHOOT LOTR IN 2000.
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  • 04
    OAKLEY GLASSES, WHO MANUFACTURED THE CUSTOM SPECS CYCLOPS (JAMES MARSDEN) WEARS IN THE MOVIE, GAVE MARSDEN A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF SUNGLASSES
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  • Well, this is a bit of a kick in the teeth isn’t it. Like here famous rich person, we made a custom pair of sunglasses for you, and as a gift for accepting our custom sunglasses, you get free sunglasses forever. All the while we are digging for change in our pockets while squinting at the sun…

  • 05
    NICK OFFERMAN AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF WOLVERINE
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  • 06
    NEITHER SIR PATRICK STEWART NOR SIR IAN MCKELLEN KNEW HOW TO PLAY CHESS DURING FILMING. A CHESS MASTER CAME IN TO TEACH THEM.
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  • 07
    TO CELEBRATE HER LAST DAY ON-SET, REBECCA ROMIJN BROUGHT IN A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DAY SHE HAPPENED TO BE FILMING THE WOLVERINE AND MYSTIQUE FIGHT SCENE, AND SHE THREW UP BLUE- COLORED ALL OVER HUGH JACKMAN
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  • 08
    HUGH JACKMAN TOOK ICE-COLD SHOWERS EVERY MORNING OF FILMING TO HELP GET INTO CHARACTER
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  • 09
    CHRISTIAN BALE LOST HIS VOICE THREE TIMES DURING FILMING.
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  • 10
    WHILE CHRISTIAN BALE PERFORMED MANY OF HIS OWN STUNTS, HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE BATMOBILE
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  • 11
    SINCE 'BATMAN BEGINS', SIR MICHAEL CAINE HAS WORKED ON EVERY NOLAN FILM SINCE, EXCEPT FOR 'OPPENHEIMER'
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  • 12
    DUE TO HIS ROLE IN 'THE MACHINIST', CHRISTIAN BALE WAS UNDERWEIGHT (120 POUNDS). AFTER HE WAS CAST FOR BATMAN, HE UNDERWENT A SIX-MONTH DIETARY AND EXERCISE REGIME AND WEIGHED 220 POUNDS.
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  • 13
    BATMAN'S GEAR AND APPAREL, INCLUDING HIS CAPE AND SUIT, IS BASED ON REAL-LIFE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
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  • 14
    9 B AAAAAAAA44 IN CHRISTIAN BALE'S FIRST SCENE ACTING ALONGSIDE MICHAEL CAINE AND MORGAN FREEMAN, HE WAS MEANT TO BE ASLEEP. HOWEVER, BALE FELL ASLEEP WHILE WAITING AND WAS WOKEN UP BY CAINE POKING HIM, SAYING "LOOK AT THAT! HE'S BLOODY FALLEN ASLEEP"
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  • 15
    WHILE SHOOTING IN CHICAGO, A PERSON CRASHED INTO THE BATMOBILE, BELIEVING IT WAS AN INVADING ALIEN SPACECRAFT
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  • 16
    NONE OF THE BIG NAME CAST MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS A BATMAN MOVIE, THEY WERE SENT A SCRIPT TITLED THE "THE INTIMIDATION GAME"
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  • 17
    'THE TRUMAN SHOW' EASTER EGG REVEALS ITAMIN D CLECALCIFEROL 1000 TRUMAN TAKES VITAMIN D BECAUSE THERE'S NO REAL SUNLIGHT
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  • 18
    LIVE TRUMAN'S WHOLE LIFE IS A REALITY TV SHOW, WITH TRUMAN NOT KNOWING THAT HE'S GROWN UP LIVING ON A SOUNDSTAGE
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  • 19
    ITAMIN D POLECALCIFEROL 1000 MEANING THAT TRUMAN TAKES HIGH DOSE VITAMIN D WITH HIS BREAKFAST DUE TO HIM NEVER HAVING ACCESS TO REAL SUNLIGHT
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  • 20
    IN 'HERCULES', HADES SAYS "GUYS, RELAX. IT'S ONLY HALF TIME." EXACTLY HALFWAY THE MOVIE
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  • 21
    LOOKE "Guys, guys, relax. It's only half-time." HADES SAYS THE LINE EXACTLY AT THE 46 MINUTE MARK. THE RUNTIME FOR 'HERCULES' IS 92 MINUTES LONG
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  • 22
    "I do every job I'm asked to do involving the voice of Hades. It is one of my favorite roles, and I am honored to have been part of the pantheon. #Hercules" 各
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