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Trivia: This film, along with 2000's "X-Men" and 2002's "Spider-Man," are often cited as the three movies that helped revive the comic-book-movie genre after several poorly-received 90's movies like "Batman and Robin" and "Steel" had effectively killed it for a few years.

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Trivia: Blade's somewhat infamous one-liner "Some mother****ers are always trying to ice-skate uphill" was something that star Wesley Snipes once casually said in conversation while trying to describe the character of Deacon Frost. Director Stephen Norrington and writer David S. Goyer thought it was such a bizarrely unique expression, they vowed to work it into the script somehow.

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Trivia: Donal Logue, who plays Quinn, fell and dislocated his jaw during the filming of the hospital scene, where his severely-burned character attacks Karen. He had to be rushed to a real hospital while still in full burn makeup, which caused a panic among the staff, as they thought he had really been severely burned over his entire body.

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Trivia: Writer/Director Zoe Lister-Jones based a number of scenes in the film on experiences she had growing up, including moving in with her mother's boyfriend and suddenly having to learn to live around young men.

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Trivia: At one point, Blade sarcastically asks the Nightstalkers if they think hunting vampires is like "a sitcom." Both Ryan Reynolds and Patton Oswalt, who play two of the Nightstalkers, starred in sitcoms either before or while this film was made. ("Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" and "The King of Queens" respectively).

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Trivia: Up until the release of "Spider-Man: No Way Home," this was the highest grossing film in the "Spider-Man" franchise domestically. It managed to hold the record for nearly a full 20 years.

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Trivia: As initially conceived, the series was meant to be a family drama about the 24 hours that passed before a wedding, with each episode being in real-time. However, the creators worried that this idea wouldn't be exciting enough to hold an audience's attention. So they began to brainstorm other ways to use the real-time format idea they had come up with. They ultimately decided to change the series from a drama to an action-thriller, and thus "24" was born.

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Trivia: None of the four main actresses had been born yet when the original film came out in 1996.

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Trivia: Captain Amazing's publicist Vic mentions that he's "a publicist, not a magician." Which is pretty ironic since he's played by Ricky Jay, who was in fact a renowned magician.

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Trivia: The original title was "Freaky Friday the 13th," but it was shortened to "Freaky."

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Trivia: Director Christopher Landon has subtly implied that this film takes place in the same universe as his two "Happy Death Day" films.

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Trivia: According to actress Kate Beckinsale, a few years after the release of "Blade: Trinity," Sony/Screen Gems approached New Line and tried to pitch a crossover movie in which Blade would appear in an "Underworld" film, but New Line declined the offer.

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Trivia: Danny DeVito was originally attached to direct the film and co-star as "The Shoveler," but left due to creative differences. Co-star Ben Stiller was also approached to direct, but he decided against it due to the size of the production. Finally, commercial director Kinka Usher signed on. It wound up being the only feature film he ever directed.

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Trivia: Ever since the film came out, there has been a conspiracy theory that it was secretly directed by Tim Burton, and that director Kinka Usher was a pseudonym he used. Alleged "evidence" includes the fact it was the only film Usher ever directed. In truth, Usher is a very real person (in fact, he's a famous TV commercial director) and did indeed direct the film... he simply decided to go back to commercials after the movie came out as he didn't enjoy the experience making a feature film.

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I saw a movie years and years ago. I think it was a kids or family movie from the early/mid-90's. I just remember either the opening scene or the second scene introducing the hero (who was like a teen or pre-teen boy) playing Nintendo... and he was using his index fingers on the controller instead of his thumbs. I could swear the main character was played by Tobey Maguire, but I can't seem to find the scene anywhere, so it was probably someone else. (Maybe he was in the movie but didn't play the main character?) Does this ring anyone's bell?

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Trivia: The initial cut of the film came in at under one hour. Original director William Lustig refused to shoot any new scenes and walked away from the production. Joel Soisson was brought in to direct several new scenes to pad the film out. Additionally, outtakes and clips from "Maniac Cop 2" were also spliced into the film to lightly pad the runtime.

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Trivia: Claudia Christian did not want to make the film and only took the job for the paycheck. Reportedly, she frequently got into fights with the director and other cast members, threw a tantrum when she found out she didn't have the biggest trailer, refused to shoot certain scenes, and would often refuse to take direction. She also hadn't disclosed that she was pregnant at the time to the producers, and as a result suffered a miscarriage while filming a strenuous stunt scene. Since she hadn't disclosed the pregnancy, the producers were not held liable for the incident. They reluctantly allowed her to return to the film with the condition that they wouldn't sue her for the monetary losses she had cost the production, amounting to around $200,000.

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Trivia: Spoilers: There's a pretty subtle bit of foreshadowing in Gary's house. When he's seated and the group is playing Jenga, if you look behind Gary, there are two old-fashioned guns on the mantle. The way the shots of Gary are framed throughout the scene, both guns are pointed right at him several times. Later in the movie, Gary ends up being shot twice by two different guns - once by a gun loaded with blanks and once by a gun loaded with live ammunition.

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Trivia: Bruce Campbell reportedly only took the job working on this film for the paycheck, and he isn't very keen on the finished product despite it being a cult-classic and warmly received by the horror community.

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Trivia: Danny Huston plays the mobster Donald Anderton, who hosts an underground fight club. He briefly mentions that his fighter is named "Logan." Danny Huston also played William Stryker in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," in which he was the commander of Wolverine - aka "Logan." This is either a bizarre coincidence or a subtle reference... either way, it's pretty amusing.

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