The Unexpected Reality Behind Hollywood's Steamiest Scenes

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

This movie explores the inevitability of toxic relationships as a lack of motivation and intense self-absorption causes the undoing of a marriage. Despite the ups and downs in their relationship, you can't deny Gosling and Williams have intense chemistry. Their intimate scenes are some of the driving forces behind the plot.

The More You Know

The first toilet did not flush on the American big screen until 1960
In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.

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