These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Stars in the Stars

In the movie, Gary Sinise’s character makes a reference to the Forrest Gump book. He says that the day Forrest works on the shrimp boat is the day he becomes an astronaut, both of which are jobs he held in the book.

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The More You Know

  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
  • Iron Man first appeared in the Marvel Comic “Tales of Suspense” in 1963.
  • Jackie Chan voiced the Beast in the Chinese dub of The Beauty And The Beast.
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