Ping Pong Production
Though it’s nice to believe Tom Hanks learned how to dominate a ping-pong table for the movie, the reality is that all the games are CGI’d to matches Hanks’ moves.
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- Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
- The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
- The beer used while filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called "Sobering Thought".
- That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.