So, you consider yourself to be something of a movie buff, do you?
You may know the entire script of The Goonies word-for-word, you might know which actors
portrayed every single character in the Harry Potter franchise, and you might even know
which year every movie in the Friday the 13th franchise was released, but what about those
lesser known facts from behind the scenes?There are a lot of facts about movies that might
just take you by surprise - and that's what this video is all about.
Here's our latest edition of twenty rapid fire behind the scenes movie facts...
Captain America: Civil War The working title of Captain America: Civil
War was actually "Sputnik".
In the comic books, "Sputnik" was one of the words used to trigger the Winter Soldier's
mind control.
Thor: Ragnarok Thor: Ragnarok will bring to life a loose
adaptation of the acclaimed comic book arc Planet Hulk, and will see Thor and Hulk squaring
off against each other on a gladiatorial planet, prior to teaming up to defeat the movie's
villains.
Transformers: Age of Extinction In an interview about Transformers: Age of
Extinction, director Michael Bay described the Autobot Hound as "a ballerina with guns".
This line actually became part of Hound's dialogue in the movie.
Wolverine (Weapon X) After 2016's Deadpool became such a huge success
in spite of it's "R" rating, Fox are intending to make 2017's Wolverine movie R-rated as
well.
Bring on the gore!
Deadpool Producer Simon Kinberg has said that Olivia
Munn auditioned for the role of Vanessa Carlysle in Deadpool - a role that ultimately went
to Morena Baccarin.
However, Munn's audition led to her being cast as Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse.
X-Men: Apocalypse In X-Men: Apocalypse, the song playing in
the scene when Apocalyse finds Angel is by the heavy metal band Metallica.
It's called "The Four Horsemen" from the album "Kill 'Em All", which was released in 1983
- the same year in which the film takes place.
The Legend of Tarzan Alexander Skarsgård was ultimately cast as
Tarzan in The Legend of Tarzan, but swimmer Michael Phelps was actually in talks to take
on the role.
Fellow swimmer Johnny Weissmuller played the character in the movies of the 1930s and 1940s.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 You may recall the scene in The Amazing Spider-Man
2 in which Gwen Stacy gives a speech at her graduation.
Well, actress Emma Stone actually wrote that speech herself.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will be working
as an Executive Producer on Spider-Man: Homecoming.
However, unlike when he works on other MCU movies, Feige will not receive any compensation
for his role, due to the contract details in the Marvel/Sony deal.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story John Williams has composed the score for every
Star Wars theatrical release to date, and Rogue One will mark the first time in which
that won't be the case.
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman will meet her love interest Steve
Trevor in her first solo movie.
In the comic books, they met during World War II.
In the movie, they will meet in World War I.
The idea is to highlight her immortality more explicitly.
Zootopia In Zootopia, there's a nudist Indian Yoga
instructor working at Mystic Springs Oasis named Nangi.
In India, Nangi refers to a naked woman in the Hindi language.
Maleficent Lana Del Rey sang "Once Upon a Dream" for
the end credits of Maleficent.
Del Rey was personally picked by the movie's star, Angelina Jolie, for the job of doing
so.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Jeffrey Dean Morgan - who had previously played
the Comedian in Watchmen - played Bruce Wayne's Wayne's father Thomas in Batman v Superman,
but he was actually considered for the role of Bruce Wayne AKA Batman himself.
The Martian One of the key plot elements in The Martian
is the force of the wind on Mars.
It is shown as being strong enough to topple a large rocket and carry big objects.
In reality, the atmosphere there is so thin, even the fastest wind would feel like a breeze
to humans.The Jungle Book In King Louie's temple in the new Jungle Book
movie, one of the many treasures he has in his possessions happens to be the Genie's
lamp from Aladdin, another Disney movie.
Warcraft In spite of its extremely mixed critical reviews,
with huge takings of $8.5 million, Warcraft has recently the record for the largest weekday-midnight
opening in China.
Avengers: Age of Ultron For Age of Ultron, in order to make the Scarlet
Witch's movements look more graceful in action sequences, actress Elizabeth Olsen worked
with a dance choreographer.
Suicide Squad Although Margot Robbie looks fantastic as
Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, Emma Roberts was actually offered the role first.
However, she turned it down to star in television's Scream Queens.
Suicide Squad In order to transform Akinnuoye-Agbaje into
Killer Croc, Suicide Squad's make-up team took five hours to apply prosthetics to his
face and upper body.
The rest was body paint.
Thanks for watching our list of 20 rapid fire behind the scenes movie facts.
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