While most of us will spend our Friday nights on the sofa watching a movie, or even heading out to the cinema to catch the latest release, there's plenty we don't know about the behind-the-scenes process of filmmaking. And while the big milestones are often well-publicized by the studios, there are lots of strange bits of trivia that we probably haven't heard before.
1. The girl from The Ring provided the voice for LiloDaveigh Chase, the actor who played Samara in The Ring, also voiced the titular character of Lilo & Stitch.
2. The Halloween mask was a Captain Kirk mask painted white 3. Sean Connery wore a toupee when he played James Bond 4. Bill Murray almost got the role of Han Solo 5. The Oscar for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came with seven smaller statues 6. Christian Bale's performance in American Psycho was inspired by Tom CruiseMary Hannon, the director of the film, said that Bale saw Cruise on Letterman and noticed "this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes".
7. China has outlawed time travel moviesIn 2011 the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television ruled that "writers are treating serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore".
8. O.J. Simpson was in consideration for the role of The TerminatorHe didn't get the part as they believed he was too 'gentle' for the role.
9. Gal Gadot hid her pregnancy when filming Wonder WomanLast summer she revealed to Marie Claire that she hid her morning sickness and migraines so she wouldn't be treated differently in the early stages.
10. The Velociraptor sounds in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises mating 11. Steven Spielberg has been thanked more times at the Oscars than GodI'm all for some movie trivia, but I didn't know most of these before I got into writing this. At what point do you think the team behind Jurassic Park decided on recording two tortoises going at it?