Silver Screen Did You Know?

Sean Connery as James Bond, Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

(The following facts and pictures were from Hollywire.com)

1. Nicolas Cage's real name is Nicholas Coppola, but he changed it to disassociate himself with Francis Ford Coppola.

2. Cool Hand Luke star Paul Newman was one of the celebrities on the "Enemie's List" kept by Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.

3. In reference, to "Cool Hand Luke", 90210 star Luke Perry changed his name from Coy Luther Perry to his favorite character, Luke.

4. Jean-Claude Van Damme speaks five languages.

5. Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond film that he starred in, beginning with Dr. No (1962).

6. The title for the movie "Cloverfield" was named after the boulevard in Santa Monica, California, where the Bad Robot offices were located during the making of the film.

7. Johnny Depp dropped out of school at age 15 with hopes of becoming a rock star.

8. Jack Nicholson hates giving interviews so much that he has not appeared on a talk show since 1971.

9. It took $7,500,000 to build the Titanic, approximately 20,000,000 tons of iceberg to sink it, and $200,000,000 to make a movie about it.

10. Jim Carrey was Tupac Shakur's favorite actor. While in prison, Carrey would write letters to Tupac to keep his spirits up.

11. Britney Spears' name is an anagram for "Presbyterians."

12. Mel Gibson met his wife through a dating service.

13. Brad Pitt's first job was dancing in a chicken suit to attract customers to an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Blvd.

14. M & M's were the original choice for the candy to be used in E.T.: The Extraterrestrial.

15. Robocop was the first film even given an "X" rating, but was later re-edited to get an "R" rating.

Before They Were Famous

(Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Buscemi, Madonna, Charlie Chaplin, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Pierce Bronson, Al Pacino)

Which of the following actors was a .......?

A. circus fire eater

B. carpenter

C. janitor

D. owner of a body-building mail-order company

E. cinema usher

F. bricklayer

G. firefighter

H. employee at Dunkin' Donuts

I. valet at Columbia University

J. coffin polisher

Next time, you will find out several more facts including who was originally meant to play two roles that Harrison Ford made famous: Han Solo and Indiana Jones and who was originally meant to play the lead roles in "Bad Boys."