10 Insane Movie Facts that Will Make You Say ‘Whaaaat?’

We all enjoy some movie trivia from time to time, but usually it’s mostly for geeks and those devoted fans that re-watch their favorite movies for the umpteenth time in order to find something they’ve missed. But sometimes we stumble upon a fact or two that turns our world upside down, making us want to share our findings with the rest of the world immediately. Or at least with our closest friends. This is exactly the type of facts we’ve gathered in this article. Enjoy 10 mad movie facts that will make your eyes go wide with excitement.

The silence of Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is by far the best movie of the whole Terminator franchise and we love it dearly. Arnold Schwarzenegger loves it too, but perhaps his reasons are a bit different from ours’. To star in the movie Schwarz was paid a whooping sum of $15 million dollars. During the movie he utters no more than 700 words, which makes it roughly $21,429 per word!
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The basketball scene (Alien: Resurrection)
One might wonder what a basketball scene is doing in a movie like Alien: Resurrection, but it definitely served a certain purpose. It was to showcase just how badass Ripley had become, thus, directors created a scene where Sigourney Weaver had to make a really tricky shot without even looking. The scene was supposed to be CGI, but Sigourney Weaver just went and did it for real. It took her a couple of takes, but she did it nonetheless!
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The first ever flushing toilet (Psycho)
While the Hitchcock classic used all kinds of disturbing things to stun the viewer, many remember this movie for a whole different reason. It appears that Psycho was the first ever movie to show…a flushing toilet! Apparently it’s the thing of evil and shouldn’t ever be shown on the big screen. It also turns out that the movies’ screenwriter was so keen on including a flushing toilet in the movie that he even wrote a special scene for that!
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Shoes and potatoes (Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back)
People who work on the production of various blockbusters always have the temptation to sneak things into the movie. No one will even notice the smallest of details, so why not have some fun? This is exactly what happened with Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. It’s hard to see properly, but what you see is actually a shoe and a potato flying by the asteroid. Production designers are all powerful and shouldn’t be messed with!
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