- Former President Barack Obama told Entertainment Weekly that his favorite movie POTUS is Jackson Evans (played by Jeff Bridges) in The Contender [2000].
- To play Pvt. Pyle in Full Metal Jacket [1987] Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds, breaking Robert De Niro's movie weight-gain record (60 pounds) for Raging Bull [1980]. It took D'Onofrio seven months to put the weight on and nine months to take it off with physical training.
- No, not that Tom: Tom Hanks was director/writer Cameron Crowe's original choice for the titular role in Jerry Maguire [1995].
- Director Christopher Nolan has stated that each of the films in his Batman trilogy deal with a particular theme: for Batman Begins [2005] it's fear; The Dark Knight [2008] traffics in chaos; while The Dark Knight Rises [2012] is about pain.
- Despite only an 8-year age difference between them, Laurie Metcalf plays Artie Lange's mom in Beer League [2006].
