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

Myth #47 – Hackers Are Soley Out To Commit Crimes

If you’ve seen movies like “Die Hard” then you’d assume that anyone who breaks into a security system is an evil genius. The truth is actually completely the opposite. Hackers are usually appointed by a company to search through their computer firewalls for any possible breaches and then help them fix it and make their systems safer.

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The More You Know

  • A "Harry Potter" stunt double was paralyzed on the job.
  • Toto was paid more than the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz".
  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
  • Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
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