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

Black Swan

Natalie Portman trained for an entire year as a dancer to prepare for the role. Not only that, but she paid for the training out of her own pocket until the film secured investors. Darren Aronofsky attributed the film’s success to Portman’s unbridled enthusiasm for the project.

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The More You Know

  • 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.
  • Sean Connery wore a wig in every single one of his Bond performances.
  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
  • Only three films have won “The Big Five” Oscars
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