Amazing facts about movies like Terminators, Harry Potter, Hitchcock's Psycho, Gibson's Passion of the Christ and the cult Star Wars that you never even dreamed about.
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid approximately 21,429 $ (€15,750) for every word he spoke in Terminator 2.
Terminator 2: Doomsday is not only popular among viewers, it is certainly loved by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as well. He was paid a fortune for his role in the film 15 million dollars, uttering throughout the film only 700 words. So he was paid about 21,429 $ for each word, which is a staggering €15,750.
2. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
When director Alfred Htichcock's today's cult Psycho hit the screens in 1960, it shocked not only with all the murder scenes and heavy psychological messages, but also because it is the first American film to show a toilet bowl being flushed. The screenwriter of the film included this in the film on purpose, so he composed a scene in which Marion Crane dispose of torn pieces of paper in the toilet bowl.
3. While filming a scene in Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, the actor who played Jesus was struck by lightning.
An actor Jim Caviezel in Gibson's famous film The Passion of the Christ, he, like Jesus, went through considerable suffering. While they are on top of the mountain were filming the scene in which Jesus gives his famous sermon, he was struck by lightning. Which seems pretty symbolic and a bit bizarre, even if you're not religious.
4. In the fifth episode of the cult Star Wars, in the scene on the asteroid field, a potato and a shoe fly across the frame.
The fifth episode of Star Wars proves that scenographers can include many fun "additions" in a film. The Empire Strikes Back. In the scene where the ship is in the asteroid field Millennium Falcon is trying to avoid the shower of asteroids, two non-space objects also fly across the frame: a shoe and a potato.
5. Snowy owls like Hedwig in the Harry Potter movies don't really hoot.
Hedwig, who is one of the iconic symbols of the popular saga about a young wizard, often coos kindly at Harry and his friends in the movies. The fact is that snowy owls don't really hoot, they advertise with a sound that is more like a bark. Also, all her daily rests in the owl tower are similar to magic, since they are snowy owls in reality diurnal animals, so they sleep at night.
6. As many as 532 cars were destroyed during the filming of Transformers 3.
Director Michael Bay he likes to use his films with all the explosions for therapeutic purposes. As many as 532 cars were destroyed during the filming of Transformers 3, which is a huge number, especially if you had to pay for them. Fortunately, all the cars were given to the filmmakers for free - the car insurance company called them worthless, as they were damaged in a flood.
7. The communication device used by Qui-Gon Jinn in the first episode of Star Wars is actually a Gillette women's razor.
The set designers of Star Wars proved their innovation even in the first episode of Star Wars, The Apparition. If you thought that all "gadgets" were the result of a lot of effort, you were wrong. A famous communication device Qui-Gon Jinn it's really nothing more than a slightly redesigned Gillette Sensor Excel razor for women. Unfortunately, this was not known to the parents of little enthusiasts, who were able to buy the aforementioned device for their children in stores for Star Wars fans for inflated 30 $.
8. Buzz's girlfriend in Home Alone is actually a boy with a wig.
We all probably remember the funny scene in the movie Home Alone 1 when Kevin explores his brother Buzz's room and discovers a photo of his chubby girlfriend and is so heartily disgusted. Film director he didn't mean to be cruel, so the photo is not really a girl, but a boy with a wig.
