Movies/Tv - Facts and Trivia

Sony at one point wanted to do a crossover with Barbie and He-Man lol.

In Ghostbusters towards the end of the film where Walter Peck played by William Atherton is covered in marshmallow goo was actually 50 gallons of shaving cream.

The bald child in the film the golden child which we thought was a boy was actually played by a female actress.

During the production of King King vs Godzilla(1962)the giant octopus was portyed by four live octopi.One of which was taken home and eaten by special effects assistant, Eiji Tsuburaya.

East Is East (1999)
Jordan Routledge,so impressive as youngest child Sajid,only took one more acting role and now is an accountant.
Archie Panjabi,who played 14 year old Meenah,was 26 at the time of filming!

Sabotage (1936)

This Hitchcock film was based on Joseph Conrad's novel The Secret Agent, confusingly Hitch's next film was called Secret Agent,also in 1936, but had nothing to do with the Conrad book.
Future Carry On star Charles Hawtrey made an uncredited appearance in the film, in the aquarium scene.

Revered make up artist Tom Savini,most famous for his many collaborations with George A.Romero was a combat photographer in the Vietnam war. He cited the carnage he witnessed during the conflict as inspiration for his gruesome make up creations in the horror genre.

Robert Daniel Sloan & Dartanian Sloan who play twins in the film Sinister 2, are actually two of triplets, the third is a sister Anastasia!

Production was halted on Rocky IV when Sylvester Stallone had to be flown to a hospital in Los Angeles due to an injury he suffered at the hands of Dolph Lundgren during the filming of the final fight.Lungdren punched Stallone with such force in his stomach it sent his diaphragm up against his heart,causing the organ to bruise severely.

Beginners(2010)

Aged 82,Christopher Plummer became the oldest person to win an acting Oscar,when he won Best Supporting Actor.