Iconic Actors Who Never Won an Academy Award

The Help

The Help made waves when Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, and Viola Davis portray Southern women and their help in the 1950s. It helped shed light on the deep roots of racism through recognizable characters. Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis won viewers' hearts with that "You is kind, you is smart, you is important" scene.

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The More You Know

  • While filming ‘The Machinist,’ Christian Bale only ate an apple and a can of tuna each day. His goal was to weigh 100 pounds before producers stopped him.
  • The Postman, Costner’s second jaunt to a post-apocalyptic world, holds the 8th spot on the biggest flops losing $62m.
  • It took only 8 days to film "The Blair Witch Project".
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
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