Django Unchained (2012)

After an accident in training where Christoph Waltz was thrown off his horse and broke his pelvis, Jamie Foxx gave him a gift to make him feel better about riding a horse - a saddle with a seat belt!

Home Alone (1990)

Joe Pesci kept forgetting that he was filming a “family” movie during his character’s on-screen outbursts, so director Chris Columbus advised him to say “fridge” instead of the “F-word”.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

So he fell onto pillows!

Frankenstein (1931)

Boris Karloff having a snack in-between filming!

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

The actors snorted crushed B vitamins for scenes involving cocaine. Although their noses felt uncomfortable, it gave them more energy to perform their scenes.

Avatar (2009)

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Anthony Hopkins invented the fast, slurping-type sound that Hannibal Lecter does. He did it spontaneously during filming on the set, and everyone thought it was great.

The Matrix (1999)

How the effects were created for this film were truly revolutionary for the time. See all those black circles spiraling around the green screen? Those are cameras, and the ‘bullet time’ effects in The Matrix were achieved by all of those firing at nearly the same time during key shots.

Sin City (2005)

Godzilla (1988)

We all know that the original Godzilla movies were a bunch of folks in rubber costumes, but somehow that doesn’t make this photo any less incredible.

Lower east-side NYC rooftop

The Dark Knight (2008)

Christopher Nolan asked Aaron Eckhart not to perform any tics or slurping noises as Two-Face to make the character less “showy”.

Inception (2010)

Christopher Nolan kept the technical secrets of Inception under very tight wraps before its release, as he was using rather unique, groundbreaking techniques in the film. Rather than going full CG, Nolan used some practical effects in addition to the green screen.

American Psycho (2000)

Good Will Hunting (1997)