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In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford improvised shooting the swordsman, it was NOT in the original script.
Paramount Pictures
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There was an intricate sword fight planned, but Ford was so sick on set that day, he improvised the moment as a joke. Spielberg liked the bit so much, he kept it in the final film.
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The famous mask worn by Michael Myers in Halloween is actually just a William Shatner/ Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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I mean...William Shatner is pretty scary to begin with, TBH, and apparently the makers of Halloween felt the same.
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Ed Helms lost his tooth during a stunt gone wrong on the set of The Hangover, so they wrote it into the story.
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While Ed Helms is actually missing a tooth, he lost it as a teenager and had his dentist remove the fake tooth for filming.
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In The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway's character wasn't supposed to trip and fall on the bleachers, it was an accident, so both her and her co-stars reaction were genuine.
Walt Disney Pictures
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The film's director liked it so much he kept it in the final cut and felt like it was in character for Princess Mia. He was right.
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The first American film to show a toilet being flushed on-screen was Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Universal Pictures
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Trick question! The first American movie to show a toilet being flushed on-screen WAS by Hitchcock; however, it was Psycho, not The Birds.
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The entire plot of Final Destination is actually based on a a rejected Twilight Zone episode.
New Line Cinema
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Though the concept may feel like a Twilight Zone episode, the film's plot was actually based on a rejected episode for The X-Files.
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Richard Gere improvised the now iconic scene in Pretty Woman when he snapped the necklace case on Julia Roberts's fingers.
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It's just a prank, bro. According to the film's director, Roberts would show up to the set super-tired, and he thought it would be a funny, innocent way to wake her up. Her famous smile and laugh were 100% genuine.
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Henry Cavill was Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's first choice for the role of Edward, but the studio thought he was too old for the role.
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cavill was 25 at the time of casting, and the studio was like, even for a vampire, that's too old. He was offered the role of Carlisle Cullen, but turned it down because he had already taken his role on The Tudors.
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Lindsay Lohan was originally cast as Regina George in Mean Girls, but switched to the role of Cady because her team didn't want the public to associate her with a mean person.
Paramount Pictures
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After the unexpected success of Freaky Friday in 2003, her team had them switch the roles so the public would continue to root for her. Lohan was upset, but ultimately okay with it because she "got more lines."
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