Actors And Their Stunt Doubles

Getting Revenge

While filming a fight scene in Escape from New York (1981), Kurt Russell’s stunt double Dick Warlock was facing off in the ring against a real wrestler named Ox. He ended up being beaten to the point where he couldn’t do the master shot. In the end, Russell had to do his own stunts and admitting to hitting Ox a little harder than necessary.

The More You Know

The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
"E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
John Travolta would have played Maverick in Top Gun if his asking price wasn't too high.
Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.