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All of the princes wear clothing with a pattern spelling out their number in Roman numerals, composed by smaller Arabic numerals.
Septimus' musical theme is written in 7/8 time.
Michelle Pfeiffer was Matthew Vaughn's only choice for the rule of the Witch Queen. He had been a die-hard fan since first seeing her in Grease 2(1982).

John Burgess won the "Rising Star" award at the Naples International Film Festival for One Small Hitch.
The producers licensed 16 seconds of "Sixteen Candles" for when Molly Mahoney is watching TV as an homage to John Hughes.
John Burgess won the "Rising Star" award at the Naples International Film Festival for One Small Hitch.

During the Riff-Off, Ester Dean sings S&M, which was co-written by her.
Adam Devine (Bumper) accidentally hit a cameraman with one of the burritos he had to throw out of the bus.
Kelley Jakle (Jessica) was an actual ICCA-winner in 2008 and 2010 with the USC SoCal Vocals. Ben Bram, who worked in the music department of the film, also won the ICCAs with the 2008 and 2010 USC SoCal Vocals.

Daniel Radcliffe reportedly broke eighty wands throughout the franchise, because he used them as drumsticks.
Most of the events in this film, from the raid on Gringotts to the Battle of Hogwarts, take place over the course of a single day.
Of the three main performers, Rupert Grint was the only one who never seriously considered leaving the franchise at some point. Daniel Radcliffe thought about leaving after the third film, and Emma Watson after the fifth. Neither did depart, however, and all three stayed on for all eight films.

The first movie filmed in the Smithsonian Institution.
Amelia (Amy Adams) says in the movie that she became a pilot for "the fun of it", the title of a 1932 autobiography by the real Amelia Earhart.
Hank Azaria filmed test scenes (some of which are on the DVD) of his character Kahmunrah with various accents including American Southerner (from Alabama) and English Cockney, before settling on a Boris Karloff impersonation.

When Stan Lee makes his cameo, he is seen reading the script for Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995) and reciting the line, "Trust me true believer". As revealed on Smith's YouTube page, Stan's health was in decline and he could not muster his trademark enthusiasm so the producers looped in Lee's unused audio from Mallrats.
Brie Larson is allergic to cats, so her scenes involving Goose were filmed with a puppet or computer-generated VFX.
The name "Captain Marvel" is not used in the film until the closing credits.

When Finn and Rey ask Han if he is THE Han Solo, he replies, "I used to be," which is a reply Ford himself regularly uses when fans ask if he is Harrison Ford.
John Boyega was so nervous and frightened at the prospect of not getting the rule that he didn't tell his parents that he had been cast until after a cast photo was posted online by the official Star Wars Twitter page.
Only time Harrison Ford has received top billing in a Star Wars film, making him the first non-Jedi character to be credited first.

While Ben Stiller played the parts of both Tony Perkins and his father, the Bushkins were played by his actual parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
As part of his first date with his eventual wife, Judd Apatow tried to impress Leslie Mann by showing her this film.
As the kids are getting off the Camp Hope bus when first arriving, you can see the Max. Capacity is 25. The 25 is scratched over and a "23" is written above it.

Phil's physical appearance was partly inspired by Danny DeVito's.
On his way to Thebes, Hercules meets Megara after he saves her from the River Guardian, Nessos. While this is not the story of how Hercules came to know Megara in Greek legend, it IS (almost exactly) how he came to know his second wife, Deianira.
The rule of Hades is one of James Woods' all-time favorite characters. So much so, any time Disney needs him to reprise the character for any cartoon show and video game, such as Hercules: The Series or Kingdom Hearts, he has agreed to do so. When this film was about to go over-budget, he offered to refund his salary and finish the film for free. Disney decided against this, and finished the film anyway.

"So anyways, let's get down to the nitty gritty."
~Nacho Libre