Trivia: The producers interviewed fans of the video-games in pre-production to get feedback on things like the story and costume designs. These interviews also inspired one scene in particular - Johnny Cage punching Goro in the crotch during their fight. Kids kept asking the producers during interviews if Goro "had balls," so the producers threw in the scene to answer their question.
TedStixon
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: The film's iconic theme song ("Techno Syndrome") has often been misconstrued as being created for the film. In actuality, it was created for the compilation album "Mortal Kombat: The Album," which was released to promote the video-game series a full year before the movie came out.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: During the Liu VS Reptile fight, there are some circles with symbols inside of them visible on the wall at one point. The symbols are actually a secret cheat code for the video-game "Mortal Kombat 3," which came out around the same time as the movie. They were added into the film as an easter-egg for fans of the games. They could watch the movie and pause it at just the right moment to see the code.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: Much of the cast suffered injuries during the filming of the fight scenes. Most notably, Robin Shou broke three ribs while filming the Liu VS Reptile fight and Linden Ashby suffered a kidney injury that caused him to urinate blood for a few days while filming the Johnny VS Scorpion fight.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: Christopher Lambert had such a great time working on the movie, he routinely would pay for the cast and crew to eat diner at nice restaurants after filming, and even personally funded the cast and crew's wrap party when principal photography was finished.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: When he was cast as Raiden, Christopher Lambert's agent only agreed for Lambert to appear on-set for a few weeks, and stipulated that Lambert would only film in or near Los Angeles. As the bulk of the film was being shot in Thailand, the producers intended to use a body-double for Raiden in wide-shots or filmed from behind, and then just film closeups of Lambert later on during reshoots, using a crew-member as a stand-in for the other cast members. However, when Lambert heard about the stipulations his agent made, he was furious. He wanted to actually work on-location with the other actors. He personally paid to fly himself to Thailand so he could properly shoot the movie, and worked on it longer than his agent agreed to, just because he wanted to.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: Much of the film was shot in Thailand, where temperatures would regularly rise to over 100° Fahrenheit. This caused a peculiar problem - it was so hot out that makeup and prosthetic appliances wouldn't stay on and would just "melt off." This caused some major issues during the filming of Sonya and Kano's fight scene, as Kano's face-plate kept falling off.
1st Feb 2020
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Trivia: The character Goro was mainly accomplished through the use of a large animatronic suit that would be worn by the actor. The Goro suit weighed over 125 pounds and cost roughly a million dollars. It broke down so often, cast and crew began to jokingly refer to the Goro suit as a "diva" who "wouldn't film his scenes."
27th Jan 2020
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Trivia: Tim Curry was initially cast as the Joker, and recorded lines for a few episodes, but was later replaced by Mark Hamill. It has since become one of Hamill's signature roles.
27th Jan 2020
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Trivia: The character Harley Quinn was actually created for this series. She prove so popular, she was later integrated into the comics, and has also appeared in live-action feature films like "Suicide Squad" and "Birds of Prey."
27th Jan 2020
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
27th Jan 2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2018)
Trivia: In Milly's room is a poster for a fictitious movie called "Busing." Director Kevin Smith actually wrote a script for the film "Busing" in the 1990's, and it was meant to be a sort-of spiritual sequel to his breakout hit "Clerks." It was described as "'Clerks' in a restaurant." But for one reason or another it was never made.
27th Jan 2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2018)
Trivia: Comics legend Stan Lee, a friend of director Kevin Smith, was originally meant to have a significant role in the film's climactic third act at the "Chronic-Con" convention, but sadly passed away before filming began.
21st Jan 2020
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
21st Jan 2020
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
21st Jan 2020
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
21st Jan 2020
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
21st Jan 2020
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
21st Jan 2020
Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
21st Jan 2020
Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
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