Trivia Tuesday

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Luke and Owen Wilson turned down the chance to star as the Malloy brothers in 2001’s ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and opted for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ instead, so Casey Affleck and Scott Caan stepped in. pic.twitter.com/TO96DhGLZu

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) December 18, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Staying true to his reputation as a method actor, #RobertDeNiro hired Al Capone’s original tailors to make him many of the clothes worn in 1987’s #TheUntouchables, and even wore the same silk underwear as the Chicago mob kingpin. pic.twitter.com/y93n9U8BBQ

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) December 4, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: While #MontyPython friend George Harrison helped bankroll their 1979 classic ‘The Life of Brian’, fellow Python fans #LedZeppelin, #PinkFloyd and #Genesis co-financed 1975’s ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, the troupe’s “first proper film” (their words). pic.twitter.com/JEEYSxdU2S

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 27, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Michael Mann’s 1995 crime masterpiece #Heat was essentially a reworking of his own 1989 TV movie ‘L.A. Takedown’, itself originally planned as a TV pilot for an L.A. version of #MiamiVice, which of course Mann himself produced. pic.twitter.com/JJyp7VubB5

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 13, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: 007 superfan ‘Sick Boy’ in 1996’s #Trainspotting is played by the only non-Scot in the film’s main cast Jonny Lee Miller, who is the real life grandson of original Bond spymaster ‘M’ Bernard Lee. pic.twitter.com/xtVh4tDXZp

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 20, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: For his three key roles in classic 1964 satire #DrStrangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, more than half the film’s budget, and was also offered George C. Scott’s crazy general role but turned it down. #LetsMovie pic.twitter.com/fov1BRLAz7

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 6, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: After his debut co-writing and starring in John Carpenter’s own 1974 debut and student film sci-fi/comedy ‘Dark Star’, Dan O’Bannon used some of those elements as the basis of his script for 1979 sci-fi/horror masterpiece #Alien. pic.twitter.com/Ooq9XOFWWn

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 30, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #GuillermoDelToro turned down the chance to direct David Fincher’s 1995 dark masterpiece #Se7en as it was too cynical and morbid, while #DenzelWashington turned down the #BradPitt lead role for the same reason. pic.twitter.com/dexF3zOMCz

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 16, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #SylvesterStallone was so poor before made it with 1976’s #Rocky that he had to sell his dog, before buying him back and featuring the Bull Mastiff as Balboa’s dog ‘Butkus’ in a couple of the films. pic.twitter.com/IXr4CVfef5

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 9, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: After clashing with producers, Crispin Glover was replaced by a prosthetic-wearing Jeffrey Weissman as George McFly in 1989’s #BackToTheFutureII, only for Glover to sue the studio and settle out of court. pic.twitter.com/bIvafOjRIS

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 2, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: 2008’s #TheDarkKnight is the 1st comic book movie to gross $1 billion, has the most Academy Award nominations for the genre with 8, and is the only superhero film to win an acting Oscar, thanks to Heath Ledger’s unforgettable exploits. pic.twitter.com/WPYZ3Q2Blg

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 25, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #ChristopherReeve was one of the original choices for the Riggs character in 1987’s #LethalWeapon but turned it down, along with seemingly half of the male stars in #Hollywood at the time. pic.twitter.com/glYlGEhECZ

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 18, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #KareemAbdulJabbar‘s co-pilot role in 1980’s #Airplane was originally to be played by disgraced baseball legend #PeteRose, who had to turn it down due to playing commitments. pic.twitter.com/SMvTCY6B5d

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 11, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Director #MelGibson thought he was too old for the lead in 1995’s #Braveheart and wanted #JasonPatric to play #WilliamWallace, until the studio put its foot down. pic.twitter.com/Ypt6IdWsqJ

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 4, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #RobertDeNiro turned down the role of Jack Sparrow in 2003’s #PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl because of reservations about the #pirate sub-genre, only to star as a flamboyant fantasy pirate in #Stardust four years later. pic.twitter.com/D8MQTq4WiY

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 28, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Writer/director and qualified doctor #GeorgeMiller partially funded his 1979 game-changing #indie debut #MadMax by making house calls in his native #Australia, helping to fund a A$350k budget for a film which went on to gross over US$100 million worldwide. pic.twitter.com/97vtbwa8kk

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 21, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #TomCruise made an uncredited doomed cameo appearance in 1988’s #YoungGuns while visiting his friend #EmilioEstevez, who reciprocated later by taking a small role in 1996’s #MissionImpossible, where he also meets his maker. pic.twitter.com/hEiiD20lEn

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 14, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: In its first incarnation, 1990’s #TotalRecall was an 80s Bruce Beresford film starring #PatrickSwayze which went into pre-production, before Dino De Laurentiis’ production company went bankrupt, sold the script and everything changed. pic.twitter.com/Fe3vLu5r5b

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 7, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #TheBourneIdentity was originally set to be an early 80s adaptation of the #RobertLudlum novel starring #BurtReynolds, before it fell through—only to become a late 80s #RichardChamberlain TV movie, and then the #MattDamon series we all know. pic.twitter.com/TvMv2VoKD2

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 31, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: 1980’s groundbreaking comedy #Airplane! was a spoof of 1957 disaster film ‘Zero Hour!’, and marked the comedy debut for Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen and Peter Graves pic.twitter.com/y5j7HWNRNH

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 24, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #DannyDeVito was offered the role of Sallah in 1981’s #RaidersOfTheLostArk but turned it down due to his #Taxi commitments, only to then co-star in #IndianaJones-inspired adventure #RomancingTheStone three years later. pic.twitter.com/gred68mNw8

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 17, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: After #Spielberg referenced #StarWars in 1982’s #ET, #GeorgeLucas reciprocated by featuring E.T.’s species as members of the galactic senate in 1999’s ‘Star Wars: Episode I’ #ThePhantomMenace pic.twitter.com/EpOKb8e2Vp

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 10, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Cary Elwes turned down the lead in 1991’s ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’, only to then star as the Nottingham outlaw in 1993’s spoof ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’. pic.twitter.com/lmTgnKnCsW

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 3, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #GeorgeLucas read and loved the script for 1987 #StarWars spoof #Spaceballs and was fully on-board, even lending #MelBrooks the services of Industrial Light & Magic to help make the film. pic.twitter.com/InJmWUpsP0

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 26, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: 1988’s #ComingToAmerica saw the first big-screen appearance for both Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vondie Curtis-Hall pic.twitter.com/f5pIiOGuzY

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 19, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: A darker early version of the ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ plot involved the two San Dimas slackers using a Chevy van time machine and causing many of history’s great disasters, including the sinking of the #Titanic. pic.twitter.com/IbjXIk5v7r

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 12, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #Prince was originally cast as Ruby Rhod ‘The Fifth Element’, but pulled out due to touring commitments ,and ironically because of his objections to the flamboyance of the Jean Paul Gaultier costumes. pic.twitter.com/qQm4zDXzxn

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 5, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Keeping #Goodfellas in the Scorsese family, the director’s mother Catherine plays Joe Pesci’s mom and feeds him, while dad Charles Scorsese helps to kill him . . . and puts too many onions in the sauce. pic.twitter.com/EPwn2j6Xbu

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 29, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: After previously turning down #Splash and #ForrestGump, 1995’s #Apollo13 signalled the third lead role #JohnTravolta lost to #TomHanks. pic.twitter.com/rivnjNZupU

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 22, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: After the first #Marvel comics feature film adaptation #HowardTheDuck tanked, #GeorgeLucas sold part of #Lucasfilm‘s CGI division to #SteveJobs & co., which would then contribute greatly to rise of #Pixar Animation Studios. pic.twitter.com/7ztN8ITCdA

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 15, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: The Nazgul shrieks in the #LordOfTheRings trilogy were provided by co-writer, producer and #PeterJackson‘s wife Fran Walsh pic.twitter.com/AKLmgLr7Xq

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 1, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #BradDourif was #TimBurton‘s choice to play #TheJoker in 1989’s #Batman but was blocked by the studio, who enticed #JackNicholson with what remains one of the most lucrative deals ever offered to an actor. pic.twitter.com/Z2ik0VudKF

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 24, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Classical British actor Jon Finch—who turned down #Bond after #Connery—was the original Kane in 1979’s #Alien, only to be replaced well into filming by #JohnHurt after becoming ill. pic.twitter.com/XuZp7Rx1UE

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 17, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: The original #Predator was an ant-like creature played by #JeanClaudeVanDamme, before he was replaced by 7’2″ Kevin Peter Hall and the suit was redesigned. pic.twitter.com/prM6EpPa9j

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 10, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Among many other roles, king of rejecting iconic parts #BurtReynolds turned down #JamesBond after Lazenby, #HanSolo, and the male leads in ‘Terms of Endearment’ and ‘Pretty Woman’. pic.twitter.com/NuBOlEC9RD

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 3, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Only the last third of the infamous Ezekiel 25:17 speech in #PulpFiction about God’s wrath is paraphrased from the Bible, the rest was made up by #QuentinTarantino and #SamuelLJackson. #HappyBirthdayQuentinTarantinoh pic.twitter.com/XbXs99GTO2

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 27, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #FrankieHowerd reportedly had to turn down the titular role in 1971’s #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory, while other British comedy legends like #PeterCook, #PeterSellers & #DudleyMoore were rejected in favour of the late-great #GeneWilder. pic.twitter.com/R8yjRquHXd

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 20, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #LeonardoDiCaprio turned down the lead in the #PaulThomasAnderson‘s 1997 modern classic #BoogieNights due to his #Titanic duties, and #GwynethPaltrow turned down the ‘Rollergirl’ role. pic.twitter.com/zzjCoUM963

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 13, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Aside from all the music legends, other #BluesBrothers cameos include Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens, legendary puppeteer #FrankOz, 60s uber-model #Twiggy, and a certain #StevenSpielberg pic.twitter.com/6jZIj37szy

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 6, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Before #MichaelJFox replaced #EricStoltz well into the production of #BackToTheFuture, Stoltz himself replaced the original Marty McFly #CThomasHowell well into rehearsals. pic.twitter.com/pGOfNM0mxS

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 27, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #FrancisFordCoppola had such a bad experience with Paramount making #TheGodfather that he insisted #MartinScorsese direct #TheGodfatherII, but the studio rejected that too. pic.twitter.com/4FD0ppMiGJ

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 20, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Beyond “sharing” major narrative elements from Tolkien’s #TheLordOfTheRings, 1998’s #Willow was the first fantasy epic to make use of stunning #NewZealand locations, which would later bring Middle-earth to life. pic.twitter.com/vPu7cfHnmb

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 13, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Mobster biopic #DonnieBrasco was originally to be a #StephenFrears film starring #TomCruise, before #FourWeddings director #MikeNewell stepped in and #JohnnyDepp was cast in the lead years later, on the recommendation of #AlPacino pic.twitter.com/PAAetjysLl

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 6, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: #DanielDayLewis turned down #Aragorn in the #LordOfTheRings trilogy several times before #StuartTownsend was cast, before he was famously replaced by #ViggoMortensen well into the shoot. pic.twitter.com/HY2laDWc4J

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 30, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Originally cast as #Wolverine in 2000’s #XMen, Dougray Scott was replaced by #HughJackman 1 month into shooting after his current project #MissionImpossible II overran. pic.twitter.com/1iuC1Iw6eD

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 23, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: The choice for the #MichaelMyers mask in 1978’s #Halloween came down to either an Emmett Kelly clown mask or a modified $2 Captain Kirk one, they went with the terrible likeness of #WilliamShatner and so a legend was born. pic.twitter.com/RTPd6NIgEr

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 16, 2018

 

 

#TriviaTuesday: Rather than being replaced, #KatieHolmes turned down the opportunity to reprise the ‘Rachel’ role in #TheDarkKnight and made ‘Mad Money’ instead, enter #MaggieGyllenhaal, pic.twitter.com/JRgWqF4ZNJ

— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 2, 2018

 

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