1Unintended Destruction in Inglourious Basterds
In "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), when the cinema is burning, the giant swastika above the screen falls to the ground. According to Eli Roth, this wasn't supposed to happen. The swastika was reinforced with steel cables, but the steel liquefied and snapped due to the intense heat.
2. In "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017), Taika Waititi recreated the Doom cover with Skurge. Karl Urban, who portrays Skurge, also portrayed the main character in the "Doom" movie, which came out in 2005.
3. For the dodgeball scene in "Billy Madison" (1995), Adam really hit the kids as hard as he could because, according to him, "hurting kids is funny." The director cut right before they started crying, and some of the parents got upset with him.
4. The drawing that Anastasia gives to her grandmother in the 1997 film "Anastasia" is based on a 1914 painting by the real Princess Anastasia.
5. In "Forrest Gump" (1994), the girl on the bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to her is played by Elizabeth Hanks, the daughter of Tom Hanks.
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6Monsters Inc.'s Nemo Surprise
In "Monsters, Inc.," released in 2001, Boo tries to give Sully a Nemo doll. "Finding Nemo" wouldn't come out until 2003.
7. In "Deadpool 2" (2018), Wade wears a shirt that says, "Olivia & Meredith. Best Friends Purrrr-ever." The two cats actually belong to Taylor Swift, and the production crew had to get permission from her to use their photos.
8. One of the funniest lines in "Zoolander" (2001) was ad-libbed. JP Prewitt (David Duchovny) spends a full minute explaining why male models are being used for evil. Stiller forgot his next line, so he repeated, "But why male models?" Duchovny rolled with it, saying, "Are you serious? I just told you that!"
9. In "Mulan" (1998), Mulan touches her hair a lot because the animators noticed that Mulan's voice actor, Ming-Na Wen, touched her hair a lot while recording. So, they added it to the character.
10. In one scene of "Free Guy" (2021), you can see a bottle of gin labeled "Subtle Product Placement." This is actually a bottle of Aviation Gin, a company that Ryan Reynolds, who played the movie's leading man, owns in part.
11Soul's Population Reference
In "Soul" (2020), the first soul assigned is numbered 108,210,121,415. This lines up with the current estimate from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), which estimates that more than 108 billion humans have existed on Earth.
12. In "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers" (2022), you can see in one frame of the movie that Dobby the House Elf became a model for Gucci after the Harry Potter series wrapped.
13. In "Joker" (2019), Joaquin Phoenix improvised the iconic dance in the bathroom. Originally, Arthur was just meant to stare into the mirror and quietly contemplate his actions. However, after hearing some of the composer's music, Phoenix thought the dance was more appropriate.
14. In "Tremors" (1990), despite the fact that he handed Melvin an empty revolver per safety rules, Burt still checks to make sure the gun is unloaded upon its return.
15. In "22 Jump Street" (2014), Jonah Hill was attacked by a parrot during the car chase. His panicked reaction is real. On the DVD commentary, he said, "That was not acting. I don't like birds."
16Senator's Role in The Dark Knight
In "The Dark Knight" (2008), the old man the Joker intimidates and compares to his father was actually Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Senator Leahy has appeared in five Batman movies and even voiced a senator in Batman: The Animated Series.
17. In "Wreck-It Ralph" (2012), Bowser holds his cup of tea in a particular way. This was actually an addition by Nintendo. Before the film was released, they contacted the filmmakers and said that Bowser was drinking his tea the wrong way in the group therapy scene. So, it was changed.
18. In "Deliverance" (1972), during the "dueling banjos" scene, actor Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn't know how to play the banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid behind him and played the chords with his left arm in Redden's sleeve while Redden picked with his right.
19. The four Hobbit actors from "The Lord of the Rings" (2003) all confirmed on podcasts that one of the orc leader's looks in the movie was based on Harvey Weinstein. This decision was made after Weinstein wanted Miramax to cut the trilogy down to one film before a deal was made, and New Line Cinema rescued the epic saga.
20. In "Uncharted" (2022), Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer (Tom Holland and Sophia Ali) wash up on a beach and meet a stranger who says something similar happened to him once. That actor is Nolan North, the original voice actor for Nathan Drake in the Uncharted video games.
21Toy Story 2's Near-Deletion
In "Toy Story 4" (2019), a car has the license plate "RMRF97." In 1997, someone at Pixar accidentally typed "rm -r -f," deleting the entire "Toy Story 2" movie from the Pixar database. Fortunately, the film's supervising technical director had a backup copy at home, and the movie was restored.
22. In "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015), Han drops his parka on the floor when he arrives at Starkiller Base. When he leaves, Chewbacca hands it back to Han, and he reacts with confusion. Joonas Suotamo, the actor who plays Chewbacca, improvised this scene and confused Harrison Ford by deviating from the script.
23. In "Zootopia" (2016), Mr. Big, the mafia boss, is an Arctic shrew. Director Byron Howard made this choice because "the Arctic shrew is the most vicious predator on Earth." Arctic shrews eat three times their own body weight and even prey on other shrews.
24. In "Wind River" (2017), in one scene, Elizabeth Olsen takes the time to move an arm's distance away from the wall before aiming around the corner. This is a close-quarters battle tactic that presents less of your body to threats, widens your field of view, and ensures that neither you nor your gun extends beyond your cover.
25. In "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), as the opening scene unfolds and Hawkeye's family disappears due to Thanos' snap, the sound of the birds around them gets quieter and quieter. (Video in Source)
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RE: Fact #12 (Dobby the Model in Chip ‘n Dale) – Dobby the House Elf becoming a Gucci model would be incorrect as Dobby was murdered by Bellatrix LeStrange in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.