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Batey wasn't in great shape when it came time to record the song properly. He turned up to the studio unwell, got through the session on multiple cups of honey and lemon tea, and still managed to nail several clean takes.
All Might's mix of goofy, bumbling charm off-duty and total selflessness in a fight has often been pointed back to Dragon Ball's Goku as an influence. Horikoshi has openly cited Dragon Ball as one of his favorite series and a huge inspiration on how he built modern shonen heroes.
Naughty Dog couldn't resist sneaking their own games into each other. In The Last of Us, players can find plush toys of Nathan Drake, Jak, and Daxter sitting alongside an actual Uncharted board game, tucked away on dorm room shelves for anyone bothering to search the rooms properly.
Martial arts consultant Sifu Kisu worked on all 61 episodes of the original series. He'd physically act out each fight so the animators had real reference footage to draw from, which is a big part of why the bending choreography still holds up so well.
In the shot where Shelob stabs Frodo, the prop stinger actually caught Elijah Wood for real. He's said it was genuinely painful and left him in hospital for a few days afterwards.
At 11 years old, Millie Bobby Brown was understandably nervous about shaving her head to become Eleven. The Duffers ended up showing her a photo of Charlize Theron as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, reframing the look as something powerful rather than scary, and it worked. She's said she let out a proper roar the moment she saw the finished buzzcut in the mirror.
Silco isn't just a random crime boss, his entire arc, clawing his way up from nothing to eventually ruling over Zaun's underworld, is presented as a direct product of the neglect and desperation baked into Zaun's founding. He becomes exactly the kind of ruthless figure that a city built on being ignored ends up producing.
Ask around Castle Skingrad about the Surilie vineyards and Shum gro-Yarug will tell you he 'helped him drink his wine, and he always has some mighty fine wine.' That's almost word for word from Three Dog Night's 'Joy to the World,' the one about Jeremiah the bullfrog. Slightly odd choice for an Orc, but it works.
Among the confirmed landmarks players will be able to walk into are a full zoo, a working Vice City Metro Station, a massive airport, a football stadium, and a large military base, on top of the malls, hotels, nightclubs and pawn shops already shown off in trailers.
Emily Rose landed the role of Elena Fisher almost by accident, she'd just tagged along to support a friend who was auditioning, and ended up getting cast herself thanks to the chemistry she showed reading opposite Nolan North.
