16 The Girl Who Voiced Boo in Monsters, Inc. Was an Actual Toddler
Mary Gibbs, who’s now in her early 20s, was just a toddler when she provided the voice of Boo in Monsters, Inc. Her father was a storyboard artist on the movie and to capture her lines, the crew just followed her around with a microphone and edited her babbling into something usable.
“They would follow me around the recording studio, use puppets to talk to me, and have my mom tickle me or take money/candy away from me to make me laugh and cry,” she revealed.
17 900 Tons of Styrofoam and Salt Were Used in The Shining
The snow that covers the hedge maze at the end of The Shining was actually a combination of Styrofoam and salt. In fact, to effectively blanket the hedge maze, over 900 tons of the stuff had to be dumped on set.
18 Waterworld Spent Close to Double Its Intended Budget
Critically panned Kevin Costner action movie Waterworld couldn’t manage to stick to a budget of $100 million, thanks to difficult sets and major demands allegedly made by both cast and crew. In fact, the set itself—built in the middle of the ocean instead of on a sound stage— was so difficult that everyone involved had to jet-ski to it. In the end, the movie cost a staggering $175 million to make.
19 The Tin Man’s Makeup Nearly Killed Him in The Wizard of Oz
Buddy Ebsen, who played the Tin Man in the classic film, was nearly killed by the aluminum-based makeup he wore for his role. According to his autobiography, he suffered debilitating symptoms, including his finger and toes curling and stiffening, his knees bending the wrong way, and an inability to breathe.
20 Joe Pesci Actually Bit Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone
The scene in which Joe Pesci bites Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone left Culkin with a scar he still bears to this day. “In the first Home Alone, they hung me up on a coat hook, and Pesci says, ‘I’m gonna bite all your fingers off, one at a time.’ And during one of the rehearsals, he bit me, and it broke the skin,” Culkin told Rolling Stone.
