Trivia: Carrie Coon, who portrayed Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Infinity War, turned down the chance to reprise the role in this film. She wanted a higher salary based on the box office earnings of the aforementioned film, but Marvel was not willing to pay it.
Phaneron
9th Apr 2025
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
9th Apr 2025
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Trivia: John Lithgow became friends with series creators Bonnie and Terry Tyler through a couple of stints of hosting Saturday Night Live. Lithgow was their only choice for the role of Dick Solomon, whom they conceived as a cross between Errol Flynn and Bugs Bunny.
9th Apr 2025
Daredevil (2015)
Trivia: When Daredevil and Frank are talking in the cemetery, some people thought Charlie Cox was crying when Frank was telling the story about his children. It turns out that Cox was just sweating profusely under his mask from multiple takes of carrying Jon Bernthal up the hill, with some of the sweat trickling down near his eyes.
9th Apr 2025
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Trivia: According to Simu Liu, none of the actors knew which other actors would appear in the film until the first round of cast members was announced to the public. Liu attributed this to Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo constantly spoiling previous films in interviews.
9th Apr 2025
Home Improvement (1991)
Trivia: According to Taran-Noah Smith, the Gothic phase Mark went through for all of season seven was the idea of the show's head writer, whose own son was going through a similar phase. Smith actually came face to face with the son the first time he went through wardrobe for the style change.
9th Apr 2025
Daredevil: Born Again (2024)
Trivia: When this series first went into production, Karen and Foggy were not included, and Vanessa Fisk was played by Sandrine Holt. When Marvel decided to retool the series, Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson were brought back to play Karen and Foggy, and Ayelet Zurer was reinstated as Vanessa. Wilson Bethel was also brought back to play Bullseye.
9th Apr 2025
Daredevil: Born Again (2024)
9th Apr 2025
Dexter: Original Sin (2024)
Trivia: Despite playing María LaGuerta as 15 years younger, Christina Milian is actually a year older than Lauren Vélez was when she originated the role for the original Dexter series.
9th Apr 2025
Dexter: Original Sin (2024)
Trivia: Jamie Chung, who appeared in Dexter: New Blood as a podcaster, went on to host a YouTube aftershow for this series, titled "Final Cut."
9th Apr 2025
What If...? (2021)
2nd Apr 2025
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
29th Mar 2025
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Trivia: The first round of casting announcements for this film was shown on Marvel Entertainment's YouTube channel in a live stream lasting more than 5 hours, in which each of the 27 cast members was announced with their name adorning the backside of a director's chair, with each name being revealed in 12-minute intervals.
27th Mar 2025
Drive (2011)
Trivia: In the original script, Bernie kills Shannon by choking him with a garrote wire. Bryan Cranston suggested changing it to having Bernie slash Shannon's arm under the pretense of shaking his hand, as the handshake originated as a way for two individuals to demonstrate to each other that they were not carrying a weapon.
26th Mar 2025
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Trivia: Charlie Cox was told by Marvel to see this film on its opening weekend so that he could see the crowd's reaction to his surprise cameo. He went to a theatre in his hometown in Connecticut and was snuck into the theatre by the manager. It turns out that his appearance elicited no significant reaction from the crowd, with a lone member of the audience saying, "Oh, cool."
26th Mar 2025
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Trivia: Although they are friends in real life, neither Andrew Garfield nor Charlie Cox knew the other was in this film. Cox texted Garfield when he arrived in Atlanta for shooting and said he thought they were doing a film together, as Garfield was heavily rumoured to be in it. Garfield responded by saying he was filming "SM," to which Cox affirmed they were doing the same film. Garfield then clarified that "SM" meant "Spider-Man," to which Cox also affirmed. It turns out they weren't in each other's scripts.
26th Mar 2025
Daredevil (2015)
26th Mar 2025
Daredevil (2015)
21st Mar 2025
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
20th Mar 2025
Footloose (1984)
Trivia: While filming an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun, a guest actor playing a carnival strongman told John Lithgow that, growing up in a small town, his father was similar to Reverend Moore. The man took his father to see Footloose without telling him what it was about, and his father was so moved by Lithgow's performance that he permitted his son to be the first of his six children to attend his high school prom.
20th Mar 2025
Cliffhanger (1993)
Trivia: John Lithgow considers Eric Qualen to be the corniest villain he's ever played, but also feels that the character has survived the test of time. He also considers this film to have his best death scene.
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