Trivia: Hangman chooses "86" on the bar's jukebox, referencing 1986 when Top Gun was released.
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2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: The otherwise-unnamed "5th generation fighters" are Sukhoi Su-57 aircraft, currently only used by Russia. However only about 14 are operational, and Russia was unsurprisingly not going to loan their most advanced aircraft to a US movie production, so the planes seen onscreen are CGI. "5th generation" is an actual term, albeit somewhat loosely defined - the only 5th generation fighters in operation are the F-22 Raptor, the F-35 Lightning II, the Chengdu J-20, and the Sukhoi Su-57.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Val Kilmer's role as "Iceman" mirrors his own health struggles - the actor is in remission from throat cancer and has had a tracheotomy, reducing his voice to a "rasp" and making it hard to speak and for others to understand him. An AI program was used to recreate his voice for the small amount of dialogue he has in the film.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly did their own sailing.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Originally meant to be released in July 2019. It was then pushed back to June 2020 but further delayed, several times, due to the pandemic. It was eventually released in May 2022, 4 years after filming.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Glen Powell originally auditioned for the part of Rooster and made it to the last three (alongside Miles Teller and Nicholas Hoult). While he didn't get the part, he impressed Tom Cruise and the producers so much that the role he did get (Hangman) was expanded from what it was originally.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Tom Cruise wasn't happy with the results of the first beach football sequence, so it had to be reshot. Unfortunately for the cast that meant having got into peak physical shape for the first run and then "splurging" as they put it, on unhealthy food, they then had to hit the gym and get back into shape again.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: Most of the in-flight shots of the cast were filmed during actual flight sequences. Tom Cruise himself designed a training regimen for them so they could handle the strains of filming under those circumstances. As a result of the setup and being in the air, the cast were responsible for starting and stopping the cameras, also touching up their own makeup. On at least one occasion Miles Teller accidentally wiped the footage he'd filmed during one flight. The cast were only allowed in the fighters on condition that they didn't touch anything, as civilians aren't permitted to control any Defense Department assets.
20th May 2022
No Time to Die (2021)
Trivia: The film was delayed for so long due to the coronavirus pandemic that reshoots were needed for some product placements as they had become noticeably outdated.
20th May 2022
No Time to Die (2021)
Trivia: Daniel Craig chose Ana de Armas himself to appear in this movie, after starring with her in "Knives Out".
20th May 2022
Spectre (2015)
Trivia: The 4-minute-long "continuous" opening shot is a first for a Bond movie. It's actually three separate sequences cleverly stitched together with cuts disguised.
20th May 2022
Spectre (2015)
Continuity mistake: After Madeleine tells Bond, "I love you," her right hand slides off his face. Cut away and back, and her hand is back on his jaw in a shot of her. We then cut to a shot of Bond, and her hand isn't on his face at all. It goes back and forth like that between shots.
26th Feb 2021
WandaVision (2021)
Factual error: Wanda's father opens his briefcase of DVDs and one of them is Malcolm in the Middle. But the bomb that killed him fell in 1999, and Malcolm in the Middle didn't start airing until 2000.
2nd Dec 2020
Scrooged (1988)
Trivia: Bill Murray slipping out of the restaurant wasn't scripted, he just slipped on wet steps.
2nd Dec 2020
Scrooged (1988)
Trivia: Bill Murray wasn't a fan of Richard Donner's direction, saying "He kept telling me to do things louder, louder, louder. I think he was deaf."
2nd Dec 2020
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
2nd Dec 2020
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Trivia: Michael Caine insisted on playing the part entirely straight, being adamant he wouldn't wink or "do anything Muppety", ignoring the fact that his costars were puppets. Brian Henson said that was exactly what he wanted.
2nd Dec 2020
Nativity! (2009)
Trivia: None of the children had any acting experience prior to this film.
2nd Dec 2020
Nativity! (2009)
Trivia: Largely improvised. The actors were told the main points and events of each scene, and would make up dialogue around that.
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