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

The Wolf of Wall Street

The “cocaine” snorted in The Wolf of Wall Street was actually crushed B vitamins. Jonah Hill said he inhaled so many of them that he eventually contracted bronchitis and landed himself in the hospital.

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The More You Know

  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
  • The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • Paranormal Activity cost $15000 to make and has grossed $210 million so far.
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