The Wildest Myths Viewers Have Been Led to Believe by Movies & Media

Myth #2 – A Japanese Woman Died Looking for the “Fargo” Money

“Fargo” isn’t a true story despite the fact that the opening credits say “This is a true story.” So when Takako Knoishi lost her job in Tokyo, booked a holiday to Minnesota, downed two bottles of champagne, and decided to take her own life in a snowdrift, the press thought that her death was just too Coen-esque not to be related to the film.

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The More You Know

  • Barbie in Toy Story is voiced by Jodi Benson, best known for her role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid approximately $21,429 for every one of the 700 words he said in, Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • Dan Akroyd’s original script for Ghostbusters was set in a future where Ghostbusters were everyday figures of society like paramedics and firemen.
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