Trivia: Blake Soper and Ethan Suplee wrote and pitched a Catcher in the Rye-inspired script to producer Michael Jacobs. He told them they wouldn't buy the script, but offered them contracts to be regular cast members moving forward. They subsequently never heard from him nor appeared on the show again. Suplee admitted to having a drug problem at the time, and thinks that may have been the reason he didn't return.
Phaneron
21st Mar 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
21st Mar 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Late professional wrestler Vader, who played a fictionalized version of himself and Frankie's father, once told Ethan Suplee about the time one of his eyes was popped out of its socket during a wrestling match, which he himself then popped back into place. Suplee said he thought Vader was just pulling his leg when telling him the story.
21st Mar 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: After earning money from his role in the show, Ethan Suplee took his dad on a vacation in the Caribbean. He encountered some children at the pool and was worried they would make fun of his weight. As it turned out, the kids approached him to talk about Boy Meets World. Suplee said he feels this was the first time in his life that his dad was proud of him.
21st Mar 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Trivia: Ke Huy Quan had been retired from acting for around 20 years prior to appearing in this film. He was inspired to return to acting after seeing the film Crazy Rich Asians, as he felt he was missing out. To his fortune, he ended up winning numerous awards for his role in this film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
21st Mar 2023
Game of Thrones (2011)
Trivia: Although he plays the eldest Baratheon brother Robert, in real life, Mark Addy is nearly 8 years younger than Stephen Dillane, who plays the middle brother, Stannis. Additionally, the real-life age gap between Dillane and Gethin Anthony, who plays the youngest brother, Renly, is more than 26 years.
16th Mar 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
16th Mar 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: This episode is Ethan Suplee's acting debut.
16th Mar 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Trivia: Michelle Yeoh won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film, making her the first Asian woman to win the award.
16th Mar 2023
The Whale (2022)
Trivia: Although he was nominated for the Golden Globe Best Actor in Drama (in The Whale), Brendan Fraser chose not to attend the Golden Globe Awards, as he alleges that in 2003 he was sexually assaulted by a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the body behind the Globes' nomination and voting processes. That incident, along with some health issues, largely derailed his acting career.
15th Mar 2023
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Trivia: This is the first film based on a Marvel property to be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category, with Angela Bassett being nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
13th Mar 2023
The Room (2003)
Trivia: This film is being remade with Bob Odenkirk in the lead role, with most of it being shot on a green screen.
13th Mar 2023
Captain Marvel (2019)
Trivia: A few months after Brie Larson was cast, issue #12 of Spider-Man/Deadpool depicted a scene in which Deadpool gives Carol Danvers a DVD copy of the infamous film The Room, with Danvers stating she actually wanted Room, the film for which Brie Larson won the Best Actress Oscar.
28th Feb 2023
Black Widow (2021)
Trivia: This film marks William Hurt's fifth and final appearance as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. He died from prostate cancer the following year, and his role was recast with Harrison Ford moving forward.
23rd Feb 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19
Trivia: The reason why Harley is played by a different actor for this episode, and then subsequently written out of the show and replaced by Griff, is because Danny McNulty, in his own words, suffered a bipolar meltdown during the table read and ended up checking into a mental health facility for around a month. He said it ended up largely derailing his acting career until he returned to play Harley again in Girl Meets World.
16th Feb 2023
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Trivia: John Leguizamo was nearly cast as the Vulture before Michael Keaton finally accepted the role after multiple offers. Leguizamo stated on his Instagram account that the studio just used him as a pawn to get Keaton to accept the role, and that he could have sued if he wanted.
16th Feb 2023
Batman Forever (1995)
16th Feb 2023
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
16th Feb 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: While filming the wrestling match, Rider Strong said he was tempted to run and hide backstage because the actual wrestling fans present for the filming of it were mocking him and Ben Savage.
16th Feb 2023
Boy Meets World (1993)
Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men - S4-E9
Trivia: While filming the wrestling match between Vader and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the actual wrestling fans in attendance didn't like Vader and shouted insults at him. Ethan Suplee said he almost got into a fight with some fans because of this, and a crew member had to tell him to stop engaging with the fans because he was mic'd up.
14th Feb 2023
The Dark Knight (2008)
Trivia: There was speculation that this film would receive a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Although this didn't come to fruition, the Academy Awards the following year expanded its Best Picture field from five nominations to ten, allegedly in response to the backlash it received for snubbing the film.
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