No matter how big the budgets, stars, or spectacle of a Hollywood blockbuster, some of the coolest
twists and surprises happen behind the scenes.
Here's another dose of rapid-fire trivia about your favorite films.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Along with the main heroes, the new Star Wars
movie adds Rebel pilot Poe Dameron to the story - with everyone assuming he's dead for
most of the movie.
But in the original script, the character actually did die - it was only after Oscar
Isaac accepted the role that they came up with an excuse for him to appear in future
movies.
When Rey asks Han Solo if he's the famous smuggler she's always heard about, he replies
that "he used to be."
It isn't just a clever jab at the character's younger days, but a regular line of Harrison
Ford's.
When taking his castmates to dinner, they all watched as a waiter asked if he was Harrison
Ford, giving him the same reply.
Batman V Superman Zack Snyder's vision of an older, darker,
Batman isn't just a change for fans, but the studio, too.
Since Ben Affleck is a year and a half older than Christian Bale, it's the first time ever
that a new Batman actor is older, not younger, than the one before.
The times, they are a changin'.
Ben Affleck actually got a personal blessing and some advice from Christian Bale, but it
wasn't planned.
Just weeks after his casting was announced, Affleck was shopping for his son's Batman
costume in an L.A. Halloween store.
It was there that he ran into the former Dark Knight, shopping for the same costume for
his own son, in that exact aisle.
Spider-Man When the deal between Marvel and Sony was
made, fans waited to see what actor would land the part of the brand new Spider-Man.
It's on surprise that the reboot will, once again, follow Peter Parker through high school.
But at just 19, Tom Holland is the first actor who could actually be in Peter's classes - both
previous actors were close to 30 when they played the same age.
Captain America: Civil War The battle between Iron Man and Captain America
was originally very different, with Tony Stark having a minor role.
But Robert Downey, Jr. wanted a bigger one, which would bring a bigger price tag along
with it.
The executives were split, but the opportunity was too good to pass up - and Marvel Studios'
leadership was completely reorganized, with those opposing Downey's salary removed from
the process.
Mad Max: Fury Road It's hard to believe that the stars of this
critical hit doubted their director, but star Tom Hardy admitted that shooting weeks in
the desert without much of a script had him leave the production frustrated.
So it wasn't pride he felt the first time he saw the movie, admitting that the first
thing that popped into his head was that he owed George Miller an apology.
As gory as the movie is, there's no cursing in Mad Max.
The only thing that comes close is when The Dag refers to Max as "a crazy smeg who eats
shlanger.
They sound bad, but "smeg" comes straight from the British sitcom "Red Dwarf," used
in place of profanity.
And schlange is just German for "snake."
The Avengers: Age of Ultron Most of Marvel's movie heroes take some cues
from the "Ultimates" versions, but that wasn't the case with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.
In the "Ultimates" story, they're not just brother and sister, but lovers.
The incest was left out of the movie, but the actors made sure to always seem a bit
TOO close as a nod for the fans.
The mutant heroes owe their powers to their father, Magneto, but due to rights issue between
Marvel and Fox, they're not mutants in the MCU - only "gifted" test subjects.
When actress Elizabeth Olsen confused the terms during the Comic-Con panel for Age of
Ultron, her castmates, and the crowd, was quick to correct her, as loudly as possible.
X-Men: Apocalypse Taking the mutant superteam back to the 1980s
was a dream come true for director Bryan Singer, making sure to include clothes, music, and
movies that he loved when he was actually living it.
When the young characters visit a video arcade, it's actually a recreation of the Space Port
- the exact arcade Singer frequented as a kid in New Jersey.
The villain of the movie, Apocalypse, was immortalized as a major X-Men villain in the
massive comic crossover "Age of Apocalypse."
The director and writers have confirmed that the movie was originally going to feature
the same name, but had to be changed when both Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Transformers:
Age of Extinction would make the title seem worn out.
Suicide Squad The first picture of Jared Leto's Joker showed
he was all-in on becoming the villain, but staying in character on set wasn't easy on
his castmates.
Leto delivered a surprise gift of a live rat to Margot Robbie, his character's lover.
Things weren't as nice for the rest of the cast: they got a pig fresh from the butcher,
stuffed with bullets.
Ever wonder what happens to famous movie props?
Harley Quinn's weapon of choice in the movie is a baseball bat, based on her re-imagining
in the Batman: Arkham video games.
When Kevin Smith helped promote DC's upcoming movies, he got a prop bat as a gift, passing
it on to his own daughter, who he'd already named after the crazed character.
Jurassic World The fourth installment of this dinosaur series
didn't feature any of the original film's heroes, but it did feature one cameo - sort
of.
Scattered throughout the movie are glimpses of Ian Malcolm's book, assumed to be his account
of his trip to the original Jurassic Park, simply titled: "God Creates Dinosaurs," a
line from the original film.
To shape their version of the Park's control center, the crew visited the control rooms
of both Universal Studios and NASA's mission control.
When the director learned the theme park's brain is operated by a handful of employees
using outdated monitors, he turned to NASA and imagination to do the rest.
Furious Seven Even though Paul Walker passed away before
the movie could be finished, his friends and family found a way to get a piece of him on-screen.
The effects team used CG to insert Walker into the final drive beside star Vin Diesel,
but the car he's driving was the actor's own white Toyota Supra, purchased after driving
the same model in the first movie.
Man of Steel Knowing that the impressive Kryptonian armor
worn by Zod's forces might only be added digitally, actor Michael Shannon only accepted the role
when Zack Snyder promised he'd have armor, not just a brightly colored bodysuit on set.
When Shannon arrived on the first say of shooting, he met Snyder first, offering an apology...
and a mocap bodysuit.
Inside Out The movie may take place mainly inside a young
girl's brain, but the Pixar staff still found a way to work in their own experiences.
A pizzeria that uses broccoli as a topping is made the butt of a joke - but it's based
on a real place in nearby Berkeley California, The Cheese Board Collective, frequented by
employees.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Tom Cruise finally meets his match in the
franchise's fourth movie, played by actress Rebecca Ferguson.
Critics and audiences appreciated that her characters took off her high heels before
a fight, sticking with realism, especially when Jurassic World was being slammed for
ignoring the issue.
When the studio suggested they cut new TV spots to highlight the difference, the star
and director decided against it, claiming it would only be "twisting the knife" in their
big screen competition.
Those are some of our favorite bits of lesser known trivia in recent blockbusters, but what
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