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

12 Years a Slave

In order to better embody the character of an alcoholic, Michael Fassbender had his makeup artist paint his mustache with alcohol so the cast would react naturally to the scent of alcohol on his breath.

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The More You Know

  • "E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
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