7 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite Movies

These days, producers and filmmakers have encouraged us to be on the lookout for easter eggs, which are small jokes and references slipped into a picture for no other reason than to say, “Woah! I See what we did there?” We all talk about these unexpected twists like well-informed film buffs. Of course, you might know about well-known facts like Sandra Bullock won the Oscars for her role in the Blind Side, which was about a homeless youth making big in NFL.

However, the reality is that your favorite film is likely hiding a much deeper treasure trove of secrets, some of which we will discover here! Speaking about NFL, if you’re a football fan, you must check out the NFL predictions to learn more about the game and make more insightful decisions while sports betting.

For example, were you aware that one of the finest Pixar films was nearly axed? Or that the biggest film of 1976 was written entirely in just two weeks, from the initial draft to the final cut? Here, we uncover the truth behind all these (and more!) Hollywood secrets.

What are some of the fascinating facts you didn’t know about your favorite movies?

1. James Cameron Made the Naked Kate Winslet Charcoal Portrait

   That somewhat scandalous charcoal sketch of a nude Kate Winslet in Titanic was created by none other than James Cameron, the filmmaker. Perhaps, the legendary director believes you must do something yourself if you want it done right.

2. ‘Psycho’ Is the First American Film to Include a Toilet Flushing Scene

   When it was considered unpleasant to display a toilet being flushed in cinema, Alfred Hitchcock recognized an opportunity to add even more shock to his already unsettling film by portraying a shred of paper that turns to be an essential clue, unable to flush in a toilet. The clue in the book was an earring discovered in the bathroom, but Hitchcock altered it to a piece of paper found in the toilet, partially to shock viewers.

3. Toy Story 2 Was Nearly Cancelled

   A command entered into the “master machine” in which the animation for Toy Story 2 was kept erased 90% of the work done by the Pixar team. According to Mental Floss, a rapid method was devised to retrieve the information from a routine backup, which ensured that only half a day of work was lost. Unfortunately, the backup system also crashed. Surprisingly, Pixar did not have a backup of the Toy Story documents on its computers. Thankfully, because the film’s technical director had been operating on a copy at home, she got a good chunk of it back.

4. Pet rats were in high demand following the success of Ratatouille.

   Following the success of the 2007 film that told the story of the charming, culinary-inspired rat, children all across the world begged their parents, “Can we get one? I swear I’ll take care of it.” After the film’s debut, at least one domestic pet chain noticed a 50% increase in pet rat sales.

5. Clownfish Disappeared After ‘Finding Nemo’

   As with pet rats, the number of clownfish in their natural ecosystems declined exponentially upon the release of Finding Nemo, which features a clownfish. According to marine experts, the fish population in the Australian reefs has decreased by up to 75%.

6. 2 Weeks! That’s how long Paul Schrader took to write Taxi Driver.The writing for Taxi Driver came together in just a few days, even though it would rapidly cruise into film history. According to screenwriter Paul Schrader, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, “I stayed at a former girlfriend’s and basically worked nonstop. The first draft was about 60 pages long, and I began the second draft immediately, which took under two weeks.”
7. In ‘Up,’ there were almost 10,000 balloons.The animators who produced the balloon pack in Up created every one of them. Jon Reisch, the film’s graphics artist, told Tech Radar that the canopy is completely covered in balloons. We didn’t only make a model of the outside shell. They even got an accurate count of how many balloons there were: 10,297.