The origin of A Woman Under the Influence (1974) began when director Cassevetes’ wife, actress Gina Rowlands mentioned she wanted to do a play about difficulties faced by contemporary women. When he wrote the play, Rowlands recalled, ‘I couldn’t believe John wrote it. I don’t mean to be sexist because I don’t really believe that women can’t write for men and vice versa. But I really couldn’t believe that a man would understand this particular problem.’”
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In a 1975 interview with John Cassavetes and #GenaRowlands, the interviewer asks “As you were writing it, did you have Gena in mind and how much of the character that you created was Gena as you were writing it,” and Cassavetes responded “Making movies is part vengeance[...] the truth is Gena told me to write something for her. I think I am an obedient person.”
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A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Stars #BrieLarson and #LewisPullman both play superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Larson had been playing Captain Marvel since 2019, where Pullman was set to play Sentry in the film Thunderbolts* (2025) after actor Steven Yeun quit the role.
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Brie Larson’s first major TV role since United States of Tara (2009) and also her first lead role in a TV series.
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Lessons in Chemistry (2023)

Sir Michael Caine believes Alfred represents the audience: “You amongst all the nutcases in the
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Sir Michael Caine signed on to play Alfred for the chance to work with the “clever” writer and director Sir #ChristopherNolan. He has now appeared in every Nolan movie since, with the exception of Oppenheimer (2023).
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In a promotional interview, Sir #MichaelCaine explained he had never worked with #ChristianBale before making this film but was fascinated by his performance as the caped crusader stating, “Christian and I, who never knew each other before, we get on very well. Plus, he’s an excellent actor, the best Batman I’ve ever seen.”
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Batman Begins (2005)

Rated PG despite the central themes of the movie being sex-related. During a s*x scene, there is n*dity when #GeenaDavis’s breasts are briefly visible during a scene transition. Her bathing suit top also is see-through. A recurring joke through the movie is how her character (Valerie) hasn’t had s*x in two weeks.
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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

#TomCruise and #PenélopeCruz became romantically involved during the production and would date for two years.
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#CameronDiaz plays Julie Gianni, who is obsessed with the main character, David Aames. In There’s Something About Mary, Diaz plays the title character, who is the object of obsession, for multiple characters.
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Vanilla Sky (2001)

The kiss between Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson at the end of the movie was not in the script but was an “in the moment” ad-lib between the performers. Bob whispering to Charlotte at the end was not in the original script either.
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#ScarlettJohansson was 17 during filming, Bill Murray was 52.
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#BillMurray’s favorite film of his own.
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Lost in Translation (2003)

Lupita Nyong’o’s screen time in 12 Years a Slave is approximately 22 minutes and 30 seconds. Despite this relatively limited time, her performance as Patsey was critically acclaimed and earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Feature film debut for actress #LupitaNyongo. She had just graduated Yale’s School for Drama. She went on to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the film, making her the 16th actor to win an Oscar for their film debut.
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Before filming their more brutal scenes together, Lupita Nyong’o and #MichaelFassbender performed a ritual of “making nice.” According to Nyong’o, “We wouldn’t say anything to each other, just a look in the eye and a grasping of hands. Our characters are in such opposition, but we as actors needed each other in order to be able to go the distance.”
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12 Years a Slave (2013)

Despite being a box office success, this film was not as successful as #MelGibson argued it could have been because Disney pulled it from theaters. On the Joe Rogan Experience, Gibson elaborated: “(Apocalypto) had no stars, it was in another language, and it came out on the same weekend that had a film with Leonardo DiCaprio in it and another film that had Cameron Diaz in it; and those three films came out on the same weekend. And the one with no stars in it and without the language won the weekend- monetarily. It won the box office by a narrow margin. The second week out, Disney pulled the screens... and I thought, ‘That’s funny,’ because (Apocalypto) was another self-funded project. So I guess that’s another agenda, maybe this distribution deal wasn’t as good as the other ones. But ya know, it’s a business.”
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Apocalypto (2006)

A month before filming began, Lisa Marie Presley reached out to director #SofiaCoppola with concerns about the “shockingly vengeful and contemptuous” script. “My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative,” she wrote. “As his daughter, I don’t read this and see any of my father in this character.” She went on to tell Coppola she would speak out against the film after its release. “I will be forced to be in a position where I will have to openly say how I feel about the film and go against you, my mother, and this film publicly.” Unfortunately, Presley died four months later.
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#ElvisPresley and #PriscillaPresley have a ten-year age difference. However, #JacobElordi, who portrays Elvis in this film, is only one year older than #CaileeSpaeny, who portrays Priscilla in this film.
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Priscilla (2023)

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Splitsville (2025)

Many critics believe that the film is a reimagining of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire. Coincidentally, #CateBlanchett and #AlecBaldwin have both appeared in productions of the play. Blanchett played Blanche in a 2009 revival by the Sydney Theatre Company, while Baldwin played Stanley in the 1992 Broadway revival. Baldwin also went on to play Stanley in the 1995 film adaptation of the play, alongside #JessicaLange as Blanche.
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Blue Jasmine (2013)

Daniel Day-Lewis’s method acting for the role famously consisted of him staying in character even when the cameras were not rolling. While many critics applauded his dedication to ‘inhabiting’ the character of Christy Brown, the film crew and technicians were apparently not impressed, feeling they were having to wheel the able-bodied actor around the set and over obstacles unnecessarily.
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According to the “Making of My Left Foot” segment on the Special Edition DVD, Sir #DanielDayLewis broke two ribs during filming from assuming the hunched-over position in his wheelchair for weeks of filming. He also would refuse to come out of character. On visits to the set canteen, other people would have to help him with food. On one visit from his English agent, Day-Lewis again refused to come out of character as Christy Brown, and his frustrated agent took off.
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My Left Foot (1989)

The band in the movie, Sonic Grave, features songs from the real-life band Kix.
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Though the band name in the movie is contrived, the actual band music references like “Don’t Close Your Eyes”, and “Blow My Fuse” (sung toward the end by Jake Busey) is word-for-word taken from the 80s rock Band KIX! Credit for this should be verified to exist at the end movie credits.
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Dead Ant (2017)

The story of #GaboureySidibe joining the cast is a tale that could have been written by an old-school Hollywood publicist. At the exclusive Academy Awards party thrown by Madonna and her manager, Guy Oseary, there were Sidibe and Sacha Baron Cohen, one Oscar nominee chatting up another (Sidibe’s nomination is for her performance in Precious (2009); Sacha Baron Cohen’s for writing the screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)), about a role in an upcoming movie. “He was telling me how funny he thought I was, and I didn’t believe him,” says Sidibe. “But he asked me if I could do an African accent, so I lied and said yes, and then he asked me who represents me, and I was there with my manager, so I pointed her out and they talked. Two weeks later, my manager emails me - ‘remember that movie you talked to #SachaBaronCohen about at the party?’ Well, I guess he was serious and he really did think I was funny.”
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The Brothers Grimsby (2016)

#RobinWilliams and #JamesEarlJones have both starred as the Genie in adaptations of the “Aladdin” fairytale: Williams in Aladdin (1992) and Jones in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986).
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)

The climatic scene involving the car bomb and subsequent chase of Darby and Gray Grantham was created specifically for the movie. No such scene exist in the original novel.
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The Pelican Brief (1993)

#LeonardoDiCaprio, whose role marked the first time he played a villain since The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), was uncomfortable with how horrible and explicitly racist his character was. However, #QuentinTarantino convinced him to be as menacing as possible, saying that if he didn’t take it all the way, people would hold it against him forever.
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Django Unchained (2012)

The premise of the movie was inspired by a bar fight involving Conrad Goode. The football player turned actor plays the bailiff and Lexus guy in this movie.
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#JackNicholson's first film since As Good as It Gets (1997) to gross over $100 million at the North American box office.
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Anger Management (2003)

When #TerrenceMalick saw the picture, he wrote Martin Scorsese a letter asking him, ‘What does Christ want from us?’.
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According to producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff, this shoot was as grueling as any she and #MartinScorsese had ever experienced. Weather conditions in Taiwan were inhospitable, and the production was daylight-dependent. The budget did not allow for any luxuries.
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#ShinyaTsukamoto is long time fan of Martin Scorseseand eagerly applied for a role. Scorsese on the other hand was confused when the application reached him, questioning if it really was the director of Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) that wanted to act in his film.
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Silence (2016)