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TIL for the film Dogma, Kevin Smith warned Jason Mewes that he needed to be on point due to the involvement of “real actors,” such as Alan Rickman. As a result, Mewes memorized his, and every other character’s dialogue in the screenplay because he “didn’t want to piss off that Rickman dude”.

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