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

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Georgie Henley’s reaction to Mr. Tumnus at the lamppost wasn’t scripted. Henley had never seen James McAvoy in costume prior to filming, so her screams were genuine. Her wide-eyed, gleeful reaction to the winter wonderland of Narnia was also real; she had been carried to set blindfolded in order to make her first entrance as authentic as possible.

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The More You Know

  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
  • Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
  • A "Harry Potter" stunt double was paralyzed on the job.
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