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Two weeks of cast improvisation; Maya Rudolph's concealed pregnancy; Hamm uncredited; Ted's 90210 house; title troubles; Jill Clayburgh's last film; Vegas rewrite after The Hangover; Rebel Wilson and her on-screen brother as roommates;...
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Deaf casting, Kelly’s performance and reported personal details, and Dreyfuss’s reported memory problems.
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Damon's stunts and combat training, the red bag, the death count, Liman's family history, Prague locations, Swiss-bank tropes, and Tony Gilroy's later scripts
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Hedlund's karaoke audition and country training; Paltrow emailing Robert Downey Jr.; Hedlund and McGraw's Friday Night Lights history; Hedlund crying off-camera; Paltrow losing Kelly Taylor to Jennie Garth; Paltrow turning down The Ring;...
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Necessary Roughness and Higher Learning reunions; South Carolina-Tennessee game filming; Duane Davis's injury claims; Mike Hold as Kane's double; unscripted final-play fumble; real-life inspirations; Sheffer's hit claims
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Greed line origin; Douglas breath training; scrapped affair subplot; real trading floor; predator camera; 53-day shoot; Ken Lipper as consultant
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Screenplay nomination; Sid's inspiration; Hanks's recording breaks; Shining carpet; Combat Carl; Binford toolbox; 110-person crew; no-musical compromise; Far Side reference; working titles and names; Luxo lamp
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Sorkin crack-cocaine claim; White House set origin; Spin City origin; Fox hiding Parkinson's; Reiner shadowing Clinton
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Miller’s career; voice and pea-soup effects; Georgetown stairs; university filming; Linda Blair’s later life
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