Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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