Mind-Blowing Movie Plot Twists That Nobody Saw Coming

Audition

Audition has been heralded as one of the most disturbing horror films of all-time. Widowed father Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) stages a fake audition to meet a potential wife. While the movie seems like a romantic comedy during its first half, the second half is a series of gut-churning, violent, gore-filled sequences in which Asami  Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) is revealed to be a homicidal sadist.

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The More You Know

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  • Rowan Atkinson – also known as Mr. Bean – is the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
  • The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
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