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To prepare for the role, Daniel Craig read all of Ian Fleming's novels and talked with Mossad and British Secret Service agents who had served as advisers on Munich (2005).

The look of this Godzilla, though done with CGI, was meant to be reminiscent of the classic "suitmation" technique, with the posture more upright rather than leaning forward. The design mixes elements from several prior films, with the strongest influence being the 90s VS series/Heisei era design.

Godzilla Minus One (2023) was produced with a budget estimated at less than 15 million dollars. This is a fraction of the cost of Hollywood blockbusters despite its Academy Award winning visual effects.

Michael Sheen’s Performance in Unthinkable (2010) being a terrorist was so intense that some crew members reportedly felt genuinely uneasy around him on set.

Tom Hardy had 35 shooting days in which he played both brothers on the same day. He would film the scenes with the brother who had the most dialogue first, then go back into hair and make-up to be transformed into the other brother.

@BestMovieMom Brad Pitt praised Kevin Spacey's performance saying, "He's got more control on it than I do."

Kevin Spacey’s screen time in Se7en (1995) is less than 25 minutes. Despite this, his performance was so impactful that it is often cited as one of the most memorable depictions of a villain in cinema history.

@BestMovieMom Jessica Alba auditioned for the role of Delilah Profitt.

The school used in The Faculty (1998) was an actual high school in Austin, Texas. Filming took place during the summer break to avoid disrupting classes, though local students were often hired as extras.

The scene at the beginning of John Wick 4 in the desert was done without digital enhancement. The place where John Wick meets the Elder is an actual rock where Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was filmed.

@BestMovieMom Cary Grant found the screenplay baffling, and midway through filming told Sir Alfred Hitchcock, "It's a terrible script.

Cary Grant was 55 years old during North by Northwest (1959) while Jessie Royce Landis, who played his mother, was actually nearly a year younger than him. Grant’s ageless charm made the casting believable to audiences.

@everymovieplug According to director Chad Stahelski, the inspiration for the top-down action scene featuring the dragon's breath shotgun was from the video game The Hong Kong Massacre (2019).

3 years after it's premiere, the “Dragon’s Breath” sequence in 'John Wick Chapter 4' still remains modern action filmmaking at its absolute best.

@BestMovieMom To save money on the budget and also because they didn't always have permits, William Friedkin had the cameraman carted around in a wheelchair instead of using a camera mounted on dolly tracks for the moving shots.

The famous car chase in The French Connection (1971) was filmed without city permits. Director William Friedkin had stunt drivers race through real Brooklyn traffic at 90 mph, while he sat in the backseat operating the camera.

Finding a modern Berlin location for the train scene in Bridge of Spies was difficult, so the filmmakers recreated the station using an old, rusty S-Bahn overpass near another station with a worn brick wall.

@BestMovieMom Val Kilmer was so experienced with heavy weaponry and ammunition, having earlier been taught to use all varieties of guns by his father and grandfather on his home ranch and at Julliard

Val Kilmer’s rapid-fire reload during the bank heist in Heat (1995) was so technically perfect that the footage was later used by Special Forces instructors as a training example for "proper magazine changes under fire."

@BestMovieMom In order to create the feeling of the holiday season, Christmas decorations were kept in some streets of Bruges until the end of March. The town council made an official communication to the people of Bruges explaining the reason why.

The script for In Bruges (2008) was written by Martin McDonagh after he visited the city and felt both enchanted and bored. He split his conflicting feelings into the two lead characters: Ken loves the history, while Ray hates it.

@everymovieplug Zack Snyder's Justice League is deemed the original version of Justice League

Superman could not be stopped or controlled.

@everymovieplug Some film tricks are just too crazy

The way the assassin uses her sword is incredible

Leonardo DiCaprio had 100 costume changes through the film, and there were about 130 'day-players' (bit part actors) and 3,000-4,000 background extras employed.

Leonardo DiCaprio made a reported $25 million off The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

@BestMovieMom This appliance is on display in the American Museum of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles in a special Godfather exhibition

Marlon Brando wanted Vito Corleone to look like a bulldog in The Godfather (1972). He used cotton wool for his screen test, but for filming, a dentist made him a custom mouthpiece called a plumper to create that iconic sagging jawline.

When directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen approached Javier Bardem about playing Chigurh, he said, "I don't drive, I speak bad English and I hate violence." The Coens responded, "That's why we called you." Bardem said he took the role because his dream was to be in a Coen Brothers film.

Javier Bardem tried to reject the role in No Country for Old Men (2007) telling the directors he hated violence and could not drive. The Coen brothers hired him anyway replying that those were the exact reasons he was perfect.

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Project Hail Mary ' has earned $141M worldwide. It's the largest opening of 2026 so far. And Amazon MGM's biggest opening ever. It is also one of the biggest global openings for a non-franchise film ever.