Movies, The More You Know

The Green Mile

Although director Frank Darabont cast Tom Hanks in the lead role of Warden Paul Edgecomb (a choice that delighted author Stephen King) fairly early in production, the director reportedly offered the part to John Travolta, who turned Darabont down.

Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
Robert Downey Jr. claims that Burger King saved his life from his drug addiction.
Before she was a megastar, Madonna worked at Dunkin Donuts. She got fired for squirting jelly on a customer.