A Wall-Peeing Cheat That Was Advertised but Broken
Some official cheat code books actually printed a code that was supposed to let you urinate on walls. Type it in and, as far as anyone's found, absolutely nothing happens. It just never worked.
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Gollum's Cough Came From a Cat
Andy Serkis has said that Gollum's wet, rattling cough is modelled on the sound his own cat made when it was hacking up a hairball. Not exactly a glamorous inspiration, but it worked.
Accents That Don't Match the Actors
There's a fun bit of casting irony hiding in the film. Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård plays the very English Bootstrap Bill Turner, while English actor Bill Nighy plays the distinctly Scottish-sounding Davy Jones.
It Was Almost Called Call of Duty V
Before settling on World at War, Treyarch and Activision were reportedly planning to just call this one Call of Duty V, keeping the numbered naming from the earlier games going. Glad they didn't - 'World at War' has aged a lot better as a title.
Nearly Fifty Suits for One Alter Ego
Getting Mr. Knight's sharp white suit just right wasn't a one-and-done job — costume designer Meghan Kasperlik and her team ended up tailoring close to four dozen of them over the course of the shoot.
Penn Badgley Nearly Said No to Joe
Penn Badgley wasn't sold on playing Joe Goldberg when the part first came his way. He's talked about feeling genuinely conflicted, worried that the show would end up romanticising a killer instead of exposing him. It was long conversations with creators Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble about Joe's psychology that finally talked him into it.
A Sneaky Waltz Playing Through the Speakers
Turn the power on in Verrückt and sprint up to one of the balconies and you'll catch a warped, distorted version of a stock track called 'Valse' drifting out of the wall speakers. It's easy to mistake for a glitch rather than an actual hidden bit of sound design.
Real Soldiers, Broken Props
For the Battle of the Black Gate, the crew needed so many extras they brought in members of the New Zealand Armed Forces. Turns out real soldiers get a little too into a fake battle, and they ended up snapping a lot of the prop weapons.
The Rubber Hat Problem
Depp's leather hat kept getting knocked or thrown into the ocean during shoots, and after they'd lost around ten of them, costume designer Penny Rose gave up and had a rubber version made instead, purely because it would actually float. Practical problem solving, pirate-movie style.