Actors Who Were Supposed To Be The Next Big Thing But Fizzled Out

The More You Know

• Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is brother-in-law to novelist and screenwriter Robert Harris.
• 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.
• In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
• Despite pulling in over $240m My Big Fat Greek Wedding never once topped the US box office chart.