11 The Cast of Saving Private Ryan Actually Went Through Boot Camp
To get the cast in character, Steven Spielberg had Tom Hanks, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Ed Burns, Barry Pepper, Tom Sizemore, and Adam Goldberg participate in a 10-day boot camp. Calling the experience “miserable,” Hanks told the New York Times, “things were demanded of us as human beings that are rarely demanded of actors. Our hands were raw. They were like hamburger by the time we were finished.”
12 Keanu Reeves Helped Cast Point Break
Keanu Reeves was adamant about Lori Petty being the right actress for the female lead in Point Break before she even auditioned. “I was in LA and Kathryn [Bigelow] was casting for the female lead and I remember I saw this woman come in driving this old beat up Cadillac and I was to meet actresses that day, and I saw this woman and I said ‘that’s the actress,’ and it turned out to be Lori Petty,” the actor told Reddit.
13 It Took Over 1,000 Takes to Get Groot’s Line Right in Guardians of the Galaxy
Vin Diesel admitted in an interview that he said the line more than 1,000 times to nail the character’s three-word catchphrase. “When I came into the recording booth, there was a 50-page document and on the left-hand side, it said, ‘I am Groot,’ and on the right-hand side, it would have a paragraph or a sentence explaining what he was really meaning,” he said.
14 Leonardo DiCaprio Really Cut His Hand While Filming Django Unchained
During the scene in which Leonardo DiCaprio’s character smashes a glass on the table in the Quentin Tarantino-directed movie, the actor actually ended up cutting himself badly.
“My hand started really pouring blood all over the table,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “Maybe they thought it was done with special effects. I wanted to keep going.”
15 Ryan Gosling Really Plays the Piano in La La Land
Ryan Gosling actually plays the piano in his scenes in La La Land. In fact, he picked up the instrument so quickly that co-star John Legend admitted to being jealous of his talent.
