These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Out of Work

After being Bubba, Mykelti Williamson couldn’t get an acting gig. His lip prosthetic made casting directors think he was too unattractive to be in any other roles. Eventually, though, he got back into the business.

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The More You Know

  • The skeletons in "Poltergeist" are not props. They are real human skeletons.
  • 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.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid approximately $21,429 for every one of the 700 words he said in, Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
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