These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Old Aged

Though she plays his dying mother, Sally Fields is only ten years older than her on-screen son!

Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
Peter O’Toole was nominated for eight performance Oscars and didn’t win a single one.
During the filming of the movie Titanic, an angry crew member put PCP in James Cameron’s soup, sending him and 50 others to the hospital.
For 'Fight Club' (1999), Brad Pitt had pieces of his front teeth chipped off to play Tyler Durden. He also took soap-making classes, boxing, taekwondo, and grappling lessons with Edward Norton to prepare for the role.