Trivia Round-Up: July

This months Trivia update.  These seem to be some of the most popular posts on our blog and I have to say I really enjoy writing them, sometimes trivia is the best part of the film.  I watched The Sixth Sense the other day and I couldn't stop noticing the colour red after our post last month!

Kill Your Darlings (2013)

In this film, David Cross plays Allen Ginsberg's father, Louis. In I'm Not There. (2007), David Cross played Allen Ginsberg himself.

Man of Steel (2013)

During the early scenes at the Kent house a double tanker truck drives by bearing the brand name 'Lexcorp' the company owned by Supermans arch nemesis Lex Luthor.  Also, when Kal-El and Zod fly out into space near the end they both hit a satellite marked 'Wayne Enterprises' the company owned by Bruce Wayne, AKA Batman.  Here is one I spotted myself, when Kal-El and Zod are fighting on the building site, Superman crashes into a sign that states number of days since last accident, he knocks the first digit off leaving it as 0 days since last accident.

Trance (2013)

All the actors underwent hypnosis as part of their preparation for the film. James McAvoy claimed that his hypnotism session was successful and left him unable to move his hand during the duration of the session.

The Fault in our Stars (2014)

Shailene Woodley wrote impassioned letters to author John Green and director Josh Boone. "If I'm passionate about something, I'll do everything I can to try to be a part of it," Woodley asserts. Although Green didn't initially picture Woodley for the part, he "was blown away" when she read for him. "We were all crying. It was actually sort of bad," he laughs. "But it was hers from that moment on." (IMDB, 2014)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

The film was released in the USA on June 6th, 2014 which was the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion during WWII. The film is based around an attack on Normandy Beach.

The Heat (2013)

The guy Mullins Melissa McCarthy makes out with in the bar scene is McCarthy's real-life husband Ben Falcone.

Pompeii (2014)

In reality, among the ash-covered bodies buried by the volcano, archaeologists did find a couple actually embracing together (although not in the position depicted in the movie), and they are now known as "The Lovers of Pompei". Moreover, the corpse of a very large man, probably from North Africa, was really found in Pompeii's arena.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Gobber is the first openly homosexual character in a DreamWorks Animation film. This is evidenced when he says the reason he never married was because of the arguing. He then adds, "Well, this and another reason." Writer-director Dean DeBlois told E! News, "When we were recording Craig Ferguson, I had written the line, 'This is why I never got married,' and he, as he often does, added it as an ad lib and he said, 'Yup, Gobber is coming out of the closet.'"
I didn't pick up on this at all - did anyone else?

End of Watch (2012)

As part of their training, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña spent five months doing 12-hour ride-alongs with on-duty LAPD officers. During Gyllenhaal's first ride-along, he witnessed a murder.

I found another really interesting bit of trivia about the name of the film, but it's a massive spoiler so look it up once you've seen the film!

Evolution (2001)

As this film was shot in December, the crew had to ask locals not to put up their Christmas lights.  As a thank you, DreamWorks paid the city staff overtime to light the city up once shooting had finished.