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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.

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9th Apr 2025

Daredevil (2015)

Penny and Dime - S2-E4

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.

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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.

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Season 7 generally

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.

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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.

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Trivia: The subplot with various crooked cops appropriating the Punisher's skull symbol is a reference to the fact that police officers in the real world have co-opted the Punisher's logo with the "thin blue line" U.S. flag, despite the fact that the Punisher is a murderous outlaw.

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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.

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9th Apr 2025

What If...? (2021)

What If... What If? - S3-E8

Trivia: When the Eminence is listing off the names of people that Uatu intervened to save, he mentions a woman named Madisynn, with two Ns and one Y. This is a character who appeared in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, who would similarly introduce herself in the same way.

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Trivia: While most films that win the Academy Award for Best Picture are released late in the year ("Oscar season"), this film currently stands as the Best Picture winner with the earliest theatrical release, occurring on February 14.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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26th Mar 2025

Daredevil (2015)

Cut Man - S1-E2

Trivia: When Daredevil rescues the child, during one of the takes, a 28-year-old assistant director was used as a stand-in for Daredevil to pick up, as the child was no longer allowed to be on set for the rest of the day of shooting.

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26th Mar 2025

Daredevil (2015)

Trivia: As of 2025, this is the most recent PG-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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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.

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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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