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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the film that made Connery call it quits, turns 23 today. This steampunk “literary Avengers” with Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll, Mina Harker, and more was ahead of the curve. This transformation still looks great.
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Lynda Carter was originally cast in Apocalypse Now as Miss May, a Playboy Playmate. She shot early scenes and posed for a mock topless Playboy centrefold shoot. Then a Typhoon hit, stalling production. By the time filming resumed, Carter had landed Wonder Woman and dropped out.
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With Omen III, Possession, and In the Mouth of Madness, Sam Neill became an unlikely horror icon, and then there's Event Horizon. I know it has issues, but the cast is fantastic, and the whole “Hellraiser in space” vibe works for me. Fishburne’s final reaction here is priceless.
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While filming The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mel Gibson got hilariously frustrated that even buried under mud and rags, Monica Bellucci still looked stunning. He joked, “It’s literally impossible to make this woman look uglier… the messier she got, the better looking she got"
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The Thomas Crown Affair test audiences were horrified by the original idea that Pierce Brosnan’s briefcase was custom-built with internal blades that sliced the Monet from its frame. They had to scrap it, hoping viewers would buy the slick heist and pacing over physical reality.
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Donald Sutherland, born today in 1935, is one of the greatest actors never to win an Oscar. His 15-minute JFK monologue is a masterclass: chilling, conversational, and complex. He shifts the puzzle from “How?” to “Why?” and without him, Stone’s conspiracy thriller would collapse.
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Yul Brynner was the First Terminator 11 years before Arnie, Yul Brynner (born OTD in 1920) was the original unstoppable robot that can’t be bargained with, can’t be reasoned with, feels no pity, remorse, or fear, and absolutely will not stop until you’re dead. In Westworld
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Clint Eastwood insisted on doing the ledge-hang stunt himself for In the Line of Fire (33 today). The crew built a rooftop-edge replica on a backlot, then hid a heavy safety harness and a steel cable under his jacket. It’s really his face in the frame, so the danger feels real
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