Making of a Blockbuster: 35 Interesting Behind the Scene Facts of Popular Movies – Part 3

Quentin Tarantino nearly directed a Luke Cage film starring Laurence Fishburne right after the release of Reservoir Dogs but left the project to write Pulp Fiction instead.

27. The final battle between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was originally set on a lava planet that concealed the Emperor’s lair. The film’s finale would’ve seen the planet destroyed by the second Death Star, which had been conquered by the rebels.

28. Batman does not wear boots in Batman Returns. Instead, his Batsuit is comprised of body armor connected to a pair of Air Jordan 6.

29. The idea to cast Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaw in Avengers: Age of Ultron originated from the film’s creative team finding a photoshopped picture of the actor fan-cast as the character online.

30. For the production of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, sets were only built to tops of the actors’ heads and computer graphics filled in the rest. However, Qui-Gon Jinn actor Liam Neeson was significantly taller than the rest of the cast, forcing many of the pre-built sets to be reconstructed, costing production an extra $150,000.

When the script was originally written, Taskmaster was going to be included as a villain in the Deadpool film. He had to be removed by the time production started as the character rights reverted back to Marvel in 2013.

32. Director Peter Jackson wanted David Bowie to auditioned for the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film series, but that the actor/musician was too busy.

33. After the title The Avengers: Age of Ultron was revealed at Marvel’s 2013 Comic-Con panel, Chris Evans, who portrays Captain America in the sequel, had to ask reporters, “Who’s Ultron?”

34. Jack Nicholson took a pay cut from his usual standard rate to portray the Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman, but in exchange, his contract stipulated the actor receive a percentage the film’s gross, a cut all merchandise bearing his likeness, and a percentage of every future Batman sequel’s earnings too. This even included Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

35. The screenwriter for ‘Back to the Future’ came up with the idea for the film when looking through his parents’ old yearbooks and wondering if he would’ve been friends with them had he gone to their high school.