Movies and TV shows are a huge part of our lives, but there’s always more than meets the eye. From hidden production secrets to fascinating behind-the-scenes moments, the world of entertainment is full of surprises. Get ready to discover some unknown facts that will change the way you see your favorite movies and TV shows!

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Zack Gottsagen turned his movie dream into Oscar history.

The Peanut Butter Falcon was written around Zack Gottsagen, an actor with Down syndrome who wanted to become a movie star. In 2020, he became the first Oscars presenter with Down syndrome.

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A Moldovan teen copied Half-Blood Prince by hand into notebooks.

In 2005, BBC Newsround reported that a 15-year-old girl in Moldova hand-copied Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince into five notebooks after borrowing a copy from a friend in the U.K. Because the book was not available in Moldova and shipping cost too much, she spent about a month writing the whole thing out by hand.

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She shot through the lens opening and wrecked a $300k camera.

On Blade: Trinity, Jessica Biel had to fire an arrow straight at the camera for a shot. They boxed the camera in Plexiglass and left a tiny square for the lens, and director David S. Goyer said she still threaded the opening and destroyed a camera worth about $300,000.

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Buffy reportedly first turned “Google” into a TV verb.

Pop culture first heard “Google” used like a verb on TV in Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 2002, when Willow asked “Have you Googled her yet?” in the Oct 15 episode.

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Willis wanted four million, not three; Ford replaced him within 72 hours.

Bruce Willis declined a $3 million, four‑day offer for The Expendables 3, insisting on $4 million instead. Stallone refused, called him “greedy and lazy,” and replaced him with Harrison Ford within three days.

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The Phantom Menace premiere cost U.S. companies millions.

When Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace opened in May 1999, employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated about 2.2 million full-time U.S. workers would skip work to see it, costing roughly $293 million in lost productivity that day.

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Scrubs was filmed entirely in a decommissioned hospital, cast and crew used old hospital rooms.

Scrubs was filmed in the decommissioned North Hollywood Medical Center, which also housed the writers, editing suites, and sound studio. Instead of trailers, cast members were given repurposed hospital rooms, making the entire show’s production—writing, filming, and post-production—take place within the old hospital.