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

The Pianist

In order to try and experience the same feelings of desolation and despair as his character, Adrien Brody moved out of his apartment, sold his car, and didn’t allow himself to watch television. Although this wasn’t exactly on par with living in Nazi Germany, Brody’s performance was renowned as one of his best.

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The More You Know

  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
  • Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
  • The Terminator script was sold for a dollar.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
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