You’ll Never Believe What Went on Behind the Scenes of These Award-Winning Films

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In order to shoot the film, the cast often had to fly to remote locations via helicopter. Sean Bean, who played Boromir, was terrified of flying, and only did it when he had no other choice. When shooting scenes of the Fellowship crossing the snowy mountains, Bean would spend two hours every morning climbing from the base of the mountain to reach the set at the top, already dressed in costume. The crew watched him from their helicopters.

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The More You Know

In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
The code in "The Matrix" comes from sushi recipes.
For 'Fight Club' (1999), Brad Pitt had pieces of his front teeth chipped off to play Tyler Durden. He also took soap-making classes, boxing, taekwondo, and grappling lessons with Edward Norton to prepare for the role.
That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.

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