Trivia Tuesday
#TriviaTuesday: Among many other things, #RutgerHauer improvised his iconic “Tears in the Rain” final line in 1982’s #BladeRunner pic.twitter.com/l4Tc4NCSYy
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) December 21, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #LiamNeeson auditioned for and #KareemAbdulJabbar had to turn down the #AndreTheGiant “Fezzik” role in #ThePrincessBride pic.twitter.com/5KmeuLBCkR
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) December 13, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Opting 2 remain on earth after #Alien, Yaphet Kotto turned down the #LandoCalrissian role in #StarWars #TheEmpireStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/pRRfUOTaK2
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) December 6, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #JohnMalkovich turned down the #DeNiro “Jimmy Conway” role in #MartinScorsese‘s 1990 mob masterpiece #Goodfellas pic.twitter.com/xgN4tXLbjk
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 29, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MelGibson & #MichaelMann were the original #director choices for #GoodWillHunting, before producers settled on #GusVanSant pic.twitter.com/CdAMuDSZH8
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 22, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: As well as the voice of #Woody for #ToyStory merchandise, #JimHanks was the running double for his brother in #ForrestGump pic.twitter.com/4hI8ILbEQJ
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 15, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The original 1950s #RatPack was led by #Bogart & #Bacall before being resurrected by #Sinatra for his own super fivesome pic.twitter.com/QAMYaNZmC7
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 8, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Not content with just starring, #CharlieChaplin directed, produced, scored & financed his masterpiece #TheGreatDictator pic.twitter.com/gEBVi6Z0Ae
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) November 1, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: “Actor”, fighter & #AustinPowers villain (“Random Task”) Joe Son is currently serving life in prison for rape & torture. pic.twitter.com/tfJHehgrFm
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 25, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #JohnTravolta was originally offered and turned down the #TomHanks “Paul Edgecomb” role in #TheGreenMile pic.twitter.com/dlapqX430r
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 18, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #ArnoldSchwarzenegger turned down the #AdamBaldwin “Animal Mother” role in #FullMetalJacket for #Predator & #TheRunningMan pic.twitter.com/5ZkT4GG1Qa
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 11, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #CoreyHaim met eventual best friend #CoreyFeldman when they both auditioned for the role of “Mouth” in #TheGoonies pic.twitter.com/3mt8EHKb3F
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) October 4, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #WinonaRyder dropped out of the #SofiaCoppola
“Mary Corleone” role in #TheGodfatherIII, going on to do #EdwardScissorhands pic.twitter.com/y4crH7b6dd— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 27, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: A young #JohnWilliams was the pianist in the orchestra for #ElmerBernstein‘s iconic 1960 #TheMagnificentSeven score #Mag7 pic.twitter.com/mOQeoJTVHL
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 20, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #IngridBergman turned down the #KimHunter role of #Zira in the original 1968 #PlanetOfTheApes pic.twitter.com/NOizBAYdZy
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 13, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: In the original #Alien script, #SigourneyWeaver‘s #Ripley was a man & there was no android #Ash pic.twitter.com/0oVe9y5Iuc
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) September 6, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: If you adjust for inflation, #TheExorcist is the highest grossing R-rated film of all time #Horror pic.twitter.com/x084ngZZ5o
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 30, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #JohnWayne was set for the lead in an early version of #LawrenceOfArabia, which fell through pic.twitter.com/6bAEnEMmNA
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 30, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #TheShawshankRedemption was a #US box office flop, but became 1 of the highest grossing rentals ever pic.twitter.com/fK9i2tOsSm
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 23, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #BillMurray & #JohnTravolta turned down the lead role in #ForrestGump & #Tupac auditioned for Bubba pic.twitter.com/t659UlWpl1
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 23, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #AClockworkOrange was never banned in the #UK, but was given an X-rating before #Kubrick withdrew it pic.twitter.com/J6bnPcdbvR
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 16, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #HarveyKeitel was fired as the lead “Cpt. Willard” in #ApocalypseNow & #ClintEastwood turned it down pic.twitter.com/P2DUROX4Rw
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 16, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The double #SarahConnor in #TERMINATOR2 isn’t thanks to #CGI but to #LindaHamilton‘s twin Leslie. pic.twitter.com/DBUnt8eamw
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 9, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The Wildebeest stampede scene in #TheLionKing took 2 years of groundbreaking CGI to animate #Disney pic.twitter.com/BVgPVf0EOr
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 2, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The studio offered #TheJoker in #Batman to #RobinWilliams to lure a reluctant #Jack, it worked, #RIP pic.twitter.com/tpZXCzdzML
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) August 2, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #BradPitt turned down the lead in 2002’s #TheBourneIdentity to star in #SpyGame, enter the #Damon pic.twitter.com/MwiPg2kaFt
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 26, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Mr Incredible & Buzz Lightyear make have cameos in #FindingNemo while #Nemo debuted in Monsters Inc. pic.twitter.com/tCSlh3zFUM
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 26, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #ReeseWitherspoon & #SarahMichelleGellar were the studio’s choices for the Marla role in #FightClub pic.twitter.com/Igl2TKjPfB
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 19, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MichaelWinslow of #PoliceAcademy fame also did several of the creature voices in 1984’s #Gremlins pic.twitter.com/jOuobWa3f0
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 12, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MickeyRourke & #SylvesterStallone were early choices 4 #AxelFoley in #BeverlyHillsCop before #Eddie pic.twitter.com/2uqppLJH94
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) July 5, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Before #Legolas & #Gimli, #OrlandoBloom & #JohnRhysDavies auditioned for #Faramir & #Denethor pic.twitter.com/UNdHW0NDJI
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 28, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #LeeMarvin, #OliverReed & #RobertMitchum all turned down the #RobertShaw Quint role in #Jaws pic.twitter.com/8W4XMl9pMG
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 28, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #BillMurray was badly bitten by “Punxsutawney Phil” during #GroundhogDay, requiring rabies shots. pic.twitter.com/CJfgqvzuxe
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 21, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #WillSmith turned down the #Neo role in #TheMatrix for #WildWildWest, #NicolasCage also passed on it pic.twitter.com/Do64upEdwp
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 21, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #OJSimpson was considered for the T-800 in the 1st #Terminator but was ultimately too “likeable” pic.twitter.com/2UFty67ULO
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 14, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #AnthonyHopkins, #AlecGuinness, #AlbertFinney were up for the lead in #Gandhi, providence intervened pic.twitter.com/x9WqsAQeNP
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 7, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #StevenSpielberg dropped out of directing #RainMan & #Big to focus on #TheLastCrusade #IndianaJones pic.twitter.com/dvzpotY6DN
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) June 7, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #BurtLancaster ideologically turned down the lead role in Dirty Harry #HappybirthdayClintEastwood pic.twitter.com/aOaT1wjz05
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 31, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MarkHamill & #MelGibson auditioned for the lead in #Amadeus & #KennethBranagh was initially cast. pic.twitter.com/bTxyBvUTbJ
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 24, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: For non-fans, #MarkHamill had a serious car accident between the 1st 2 #StarWars hence the new look pic.twitter.com/3zkXpk8C6X
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 24, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #NickNolte and #JeffBridges turned down the #KurtRussel MacReady lead role in #TheThing #horror pic.twitter.com/Q0gatoV97N
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 17, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: In true method style, #DeNiro became an actual licensed #NewYork cabbie to prepare for #TaxiDriver pic.twitter.com/UWRbZg2IKC
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 17, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #RalphMacchio was the original choice for #MartyMcFly in #BacktotheFuture but turned it down. pic.twitter.com/X9Zh6wW21k
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 10, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Young stuntman #JackieChan in 1973 getting his neck snapped by #BruceLee in #EnterTheDragon #KungFu pic.twitter.com/ReLvoR2T1g
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) May 3, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Besides #PinewoodStudios, #Aliens was shot in an abandoned West #London power station #alienday426 pic.twitter.com/WLpvtG9heB
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 26, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #AshtonKutcher was reportedly the studio’s choice for #BruceWayne in #BatmanBegins, Nolan disagreed pic.twitter.com/t99dmBeepU
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 19, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #EddieMurphy was 1st choice for Winston in #Ghostbusters but did a little 80s cop movie instead. pic.twitter.com/li0I4bbRtD
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 12, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Godfather II was the 1st sequel to win the best picture #Oscar, the other was The Return Of The King pic.twitter.com/nb4hVErvmN
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 5, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #Gladiator‘s Commodus was in real life the only Emperor to fight as a Gladiator & was strangled pic.twitter.com/qNJmM7hZ6K
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) April 5, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: 1959’s Ben-Hur was the 1st remake to win the best picture #Oscar, the only other was #TheDeparted pic.twitter.com/TKDhrfyYIv
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 29, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The #Paris streets in #TeamAmerica were paved with croissants & the #Panama plants were cannabis pic.twitter.com/5zBhewXvDv
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 29, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Michael Ironside & Rutger Hauer were early choices for #RoboCop but were too big for the costume pic.twitter.com/jh2uN2U5oh
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 22, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MelGibson wanted Jason Patric for the William Wallace role in #Braveheart but the studio declined pic.twitter.com/FEZEjieZOG
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 22, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #LiamNeeson turned down the #ChristopherWalken mob role in #TrueRomance, imagine that accent. pic.twitter.com/gdLVHNZfba
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 15, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: Due to technical issues, the actual shark in #Jaws appears for only 4 minutes…but what a 4 minutes pic.twitter.com/gGG1VGfsE5
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 8, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #Goldfinger is the only #JamesBond film where #SeanConnery orders a Martini shaken not stirred #Bond pic.twitter.com/rFXAtPitGP
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) March 1, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The Michael Myers mask in #Halloween was actually a modified $2 #StarTrek Captain Kirk mask #horror pic.twitter.com/LEbFGUwiMv
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 23, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The splattered crap in the #Trainspotting toilet scene was actually deceptively tempting chocolate pic.twitter.com/m8FCFL1uSw
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 16, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #AlPacino, #KrisKristofferson & #JeffBridges were all considered for the #Rambo role in #FirstBlood pic.twitter.com/9znqJI69HP
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 9, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #HarrisonFord turned down the Oskar Schindler role in #SchindlersList as he was too recognizable pic.twitter.com/pIkNdz40Ix
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) February 2, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #RobertDeNiro turned down the Tony Montana role in #Scarface, if you can’t get 1 genius… #AlPacino pic.twitter.com/u95hxjI8F0
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 26, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #EasyRider story was mostly made up while shooting & the crew were hippy friends of Hopper & Fonda pic.twitter.com/JoQT5ZiTYW
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 26, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: According to his daughter, #StanleyKubrick himself provided the heavy spacesuit breathing in 2001 pic.twitter.com/dRbS48LD01
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 19, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #CarrieFisher was briefly engaged 2 #DanAykroyd after he saved her from choking in #TheBluesBrothers pic.twitter.com/h68dSXV2oH
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 19, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #MichaelJackson & #Sting were 1st choices 4 #Jareth in #Labyrinth, thankfully #Bowie prevailed #RIP pic.twitter.com/b7BB7yYTMM
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 12, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: The theatrical end #BladeRunner mountain scene was recycled unused footage from #TheShining #Kubrick pic.twitter.com/EuhZf0P2Bw
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 12, 2016
#TriviaTuesday: #RobertDeNiro actually broke #JoePesci‘s rib in a sparring scene for #RagingBull, #LetsMovie pic.twitter.com/hTgwPGqIwn
— FilmPhonic (@FilmPhonic) January 5, 2016
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