These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

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• Brad Pitt and Edward Norton actually learned how to make soap in Fight Club.
• Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
• Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
• 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.