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Liev Schreiber was actually the second actor locked in for the movie, right after Nicolas Cage. The filmmakers tested their early Kingpin designs against old line readings of Schreiber from Ray Donovan to see if the voice would fit, and co-director Bob Persichetti later joked that the week Schreiber finally called to accept happened to be the same week he broke his leg.
Bake your very first cake in Minecraft and the achievement you unlock is simply called 'The Lie', a cheeky little wink at Portal's endlessly quotable line about the cake being a lie. It's easy to miss if you're not already in on the joke, but once you know it's there you can't unsee it every time you go for that early-game achievement.
At launch, Witcher 3's open world was roughly 20% larger than Skyrim's map, and about 35 times the size of the world in The Witcher 2. That scale goes a long way toward explaining why the map ends up absolutely covered in little question marks waiting to be uncovered.
The famous Hermes statue at Grand Central Station was smashed to pieces during the Chitauri invasion in the first Avengers film. Look closely in this sequel and you'll notice it's been rebuilt, only now redesigned as a tribute to the first responders who helped out during that same Battle of New York.
During the museum infiltration, Nate cracks a joke that they'll be "in like Flynn." It sounds like a throwaway pun on Harry Flynn's name, but it's actually a much older phrase tied to actor Errol Flynn and his reputation with the ladies.
For all six seasons, the anonymous voice narrating everyone's scandals belonged to Kristen Bell, who never appeared on screen and was never credited as a main cast member despite basically being the show's guiding presence.
The opening execution scene in Loguetown is stacked with blink-and-you'll-miss-them appearances. Younger versions of Mihawk, Shanks, Buggy, Smoker and even Monkey D. Dragon are all tucked into the crowd if you know where to look.
During the mission 'Femme Fatale', Lucrezia Borgia cracks a joke about Ezio 'rescuing princesses from castles' as he breaks her out of Caterina Sforza's cell, a clear wink at Mario. Ubisoft doubled down on the gag by naming the related achievement 'Principessa in Another Castello.'
Fan favourite Ellie, Delilah's teenage sister, doesn't appear anywhere in Caroline Kepnes' novels. The writers added her to give Joe a relationship that felt uncomplicated and almost paternal for once, which makes it all the more unsettling once his usual manipulative streak starts creeping into it.
