29 Big-Budget Bits of Movie Trivia That Can Only Be Fully Enjoyed on the Big Screen

These aren’t your ‘talking heads at a dinner’ facts. Expect explosions!
29 Big-Budget Bits of Movie Trivia That Can Only Be Fully Enjoyed on the Big Screen

We don’t know what we were thinking, but we pulled out all the stops for this list. In a time when big budgets are normally reserved for MCU facts or Mission: Impossible facts, we took a chance on these multi-million dollar indies. 

Streaming-wise, they could easily get outplayed by some low-budget romcom, but we’ll hopefully win the weekend at the box office! So stuff your pockets with Dollar Store candies and us at the cinema, will ya?

Inglorious Basterds

CRACKED.COM Inglourious Basterds THE REAL HUGO STIGLITZ IS MEXICAN, NOT GERMAN. The name of the Nazi-killing ex-Nazi is a homage to a prolific Mexican actor and director named... yeah, you guessed it right - Hugo Stiglitz.

From Dusk Till Dawn

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ FROM DUSK TILL DAWN TARANTINO WAS GOING TO DIRECT. In the end, though, he found that being a writer, actor, and director at the same time was too much. Не considered Renny Harlin and Tony Scott for the job, before landing on Rodriguez. CRACKED.COM

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Total Recall

The look of Total Recall's villain was an accident. When actor Ronny Cox was being fitted for a mask they needed for a visual effect, they slicked bac

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Walk Hard

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THERE WAS A TON OF WORK PUT INTO SET DESIGN. WALK HARD Director Jake Kasdan says that compared to a regular comedy, the movie put much more effort into deg very detailed and authentic sets. Seven hotel rooms and three music studios for different time periods were built for the film. CRACKED.COM

Office Space

TGI Fridays quietly discontinued its flair policy because of Office-Space. I CRACKED.COM One of Mike Judge's assistant directors once asked a Fridays waiter why they stopped wearing flair, and was told they removed it because of that movie Office Space.

This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap The band has three real studio albums and six real singles. Christmasmith the Devil CRACKED.COM All 3 of their albums charted in the US, and their single B*tch School climbed as high as #35 on the UK charts.

Princess Bride

Princess Bride saved lives CRACKED.COM An extreme skier once told Rob Reiner that, after being trapped by an avalanche, she recited the entire movie to keep herself and others awake and active.

Talladega Nights

BEHINO-THE-SOENESPACTS Ready for some crazy CASTING WHAT-IFS? TALLADEGA NIGHTS GRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY Michael J. Fox was considered for Jean Girard, the role that went to Sacha Baron Cohen. Also in the running for John C. Reilly's Cal Naughton Jr.? Dennis Quaid, Billy Crystal, and Jack Black.

Step Brothers

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS A RAP ALBUM WAS IN DEVELOPMENT. PRESADO STEP WORLDWE BROTHERS According to Adam McKay, the popularity of Boats 'N Hoes was going to be expanded on with a full-fledged rap album. However, in the middle of development, everyone involved got too busy and abandoned the project. CRACKED.COM

Adam Scott

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS ADAM SCOTT GOT THE ROLE THANKS TO PAUL RUDD. STEP BROTHERS Adam McKay became interested in Scott after Rudd told him he's one of the funniest guys he knows. If Paul Rudd's saying that, you know he's good, said McKay. CRACKED.COM

Superbad

BEHINO-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS Superbad was the film debut of EMMA STONE CRACKED COM It was Emma's first time seeing herself in a movie; it was very sweet, says Hader. We sat in the back of this theater in Westwood, and it blew the roof off the place. People were going crazy, and we were just like, 'Whoa.

Unknown

A silent horror film from 1927 went missing because it was titled Unknown. In the archives of Cine- matheque Francaise, there were hundreds of film cans marked un- known, so for years no one knew that one of them contained the actu- al movie. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

LEMONY SNICKET'S ASERIES OF- UNFORTUNATE CRACKED.COM EVENTS In A Series of Unfortunate Events, Esmé Squalor's shoulder pads become larger and pointier as the story progresses and she becomes more evil.

Home Alone

Macaulay Culkin had 6 years of acting experience before he was in Home Alone Culkin made his stage debut at age 4 Manhattan's Symphony Space in a play called Bach Babies. CRACKED.COM

Monty Python

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS THE CAMERA BROKE ON THE VERY FIRST SHOT OF MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. CRACKED.COM First-time film directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones leapt feet first into the pro- duction of the movie, choosing an impos- sible location half a mile up Glen Coe in Scotland for their first days of filming. The camera jammed on the first shot, leaving them scrambling to make do.

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood hated his iconic cigarillos in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Director Sergio Leone wanted a ton of takes, which sometimes made Clint so sick he'd say, You'd better get it this time, because I'm going to throw up. CRACKED.COM

Chloe Grace Moretz

Chloe Grace Moretz faked a British accent when she auditioned for her role in 'Hugo.' CRACKED.COM Moretz heard that Martin Scorsese was looking to cast a Brit- ish actress. When she got the part, she had to come clean.

Rushmore

The production of Rushmore couldn't afford a Bentley, SO they made a deal with a local resident. Since the production budget was only $20 million, they couldn't afford to rent a Bentley for Bill Murray's character, Herman Blume. A local Houston resident offered to lend them his Bentley if they gave his daughter a role in the film.0M

The Rock

CRACKED.COM Dwayne The Rock Johnson не assigns different colognes to his characters. To get into a role, Johnson envisions what brand of cologne his character would wear. So far, the process seems to be working.

Jason Statham

Jason Statham was a con artist. LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELLS CRACKED.COM Guy Ritchie asked him to impersonate a street counterfeiter in his audition, which was a lucky break, since Statham was currently working as a knock-off perfume salesman.

Brazil

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now Brazil Before: a 142-minute version with a depression-fuel ending. After: Universal got all normie for the US release. They cut the darker ending without Terry Gilliam's consent, but after the movie proved to be a critical darling and an immediate classic, they agreed to a Gilliam-supervised 132-minute version. CRACKED.COM

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger insisted The Terminator would be low risk, low reward. CRACKED.COM His agent warned him that taking the role would typecast him. While he kind of had a point there, Arnold was convinced that it was low profile, and referred to it as some sh*t movie I'm doing.

Rambo

RAMBO FIRST BLOOD BOOK RAMBO KILLS DOGS IN COLD BLOOD. In the book First Blood, Rambo shoots a bunch of police dogs without thinking twice, all to distract the cops they're with (so he can kill them). Не leaves one dog to die as its guts spill out, making the cop who kills it out of mercy look like a good guy. CRACKED.COM

The World’s End

Family accidentally played the same role. THE WORLD'S END ORLD'S END CRACKED.COM Two actors who were cast as slightly different owners of identical pubs met on set, only to realize they were each other's cousins.

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan almost filmed at the Twin Towers on 9/11. NOSEBLEED CRACKED.COM The movie was ultimately cancelled because Chan didn't like the script. But had he taken on the project, he would have been on top of one of the towers during the attack.

The Girl from Petrovka

Anthony Hopkins stole the wrong (or right?) book. THE GIRL FROM PETROVKA CRACKED.COM Hopkins was cast in the film adaptation of George Feifer's novel of the same name. Не chanced upon a copy of the book someone had left on a park bench, so he swiped it. It turns out that was Feifer's personal copy with handwritten notations.

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