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TIL The blood on set for Sweeney Todd was coloured orange so it rendered correctly on the desaturated color film used.

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JYlkk TIL of Paddy the Wanderer, a beloved stray Airedale Terrier from Wellington, New Zealand who befriended workers, cabbies, and seamen; sometimes stowing away on visiting ships (said to have crossed Tasman Sea many times).
Mvga TIL that Ryan Phillippe found the scene in Cruel Intentions where he had to fight with Reese Witherspoon (his real-life fiancée) so emotionally punishing that, after it was over, he went outside and threw up.
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