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Earth_Seeker@Earth_Seeker1 · Sep 1, 2025

Facts you didn't know about the film industry. A thread 🧵🧶🧶 1. Angelina Jolie had her real cute daughter act in…

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A collection of lesser-known facts about the film industry, covering everything from production budgets and actor salaries to behind-the-scenes improvisations and special effects innovations. The thread highlights notable moments from classic and modern films including Maleficent, Cleopatra, Terminator 2, Taxi Driver, and Star Wars.

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    Facts you didn't know about the film industry. A thread 🧵🧶🧶 1. Angelina Jolie had her real cute daughter act in Maleficent because all the other kids were too scared.

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    2. Cleopatra (1963) was so expensive it nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox. What started as a $2M film spiraled into a $44M disaster thanks to delays, reshoots, and Elizabeth Taylor's record-breaking salary

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    3. Arnold Schwarzenegger received roughly $21,429 per word for his role in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," where he spoke a total of 700 words and made $15 million

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    4. Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver improvised the entire monologue of "You talking to me?". That line wasn't in the script. Scorsese just told him to "do something" in front of the mirror. De Niro got inspired by Bruce Springsteen concert he attended. x.com/VideoChannel13…

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    5. During the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jane Russell was accidentally knocked into a pool by a diver during the “Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?” scene.

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    6. They shut down 20 blocks of Times Square, spent $1 million, and filmed for 3 hours all for one of the craziest scenes in movie history

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    7. This is the first known motion picture made with color in history. It's not hand-painted or edited after recording, but a true color recording. Filmed in 1902 by British photographer Edward Raymond Turner.

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    8. CHARLIE CHAPLIN FAKED A DEATH-DEFYING DROP IN 1936 - WITH GLASS AND PAINT

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    9. Action movies, as they exist today, would not be the same without a mistake made by a special effects team in the 1960s in the samurai movie Sanjuro

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    10. The original Darth Vader actors voice (David Prowse) vs James Earl Jones voice in Star Wars.

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    11. George Lucas sold the rights of Star Wars for $4 billion and seemed to instantly regret it

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    12. Stanley Kubrick lining up the iconic 'freezer door' shot in 'The Shining' (1980)