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**ReneRusso was initially cast as Dr. Chase Meridian (NicoleKidman 's role) when it was still believed that MichaelKeaton would return as Bruce Wayne/Batman. However, when ValKilmer took over, it was determined that Russo, being five years older than Kilmer in real life, wasn't a suitable enough of a love interest (yet, Nicole Kidman is about eight years younger than Kilmer in real life). Also in ''Batman Forever'', is DrewBarrymore as Two-Face's girlfriend/henchwoman Sugar. Drew Barrymore bears a fairly striking resemblance to Rene Russo (albeit, about 20 years younger and a few inches shorter).
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* When Nick and his boss talk to a shady CIA guy in ''LawAbidingCitizen'' to find out more about Clyde's CIA past. They're told a story of someone the Company wanted to kill, but couldn't seem to take out with airstrikes or anything else. So they talked to Clyde, and he rigged up a self-winding garrote hidden in the target's necktie (he had a thing for nice ties). In 2010, narcoterrorist Mono Jojoy was killed when Columbian intelligence implanted a tracker in his custom boots[[hottip:*:Jungle life and his diabetes caused painful foot injuries.]] after intercepting his order online, and bombed his camp to bits.
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* In RunawayBride, Ike says " You want a man who will lead you down the beach with his head over your eyes just so you can discover the feel of the sand under your feet." to Maggie, Julia Roberts' character. Fast forward 11 years to Julia Roberts in EatPrayLove and what happens? Her character is led down to a beach with him covering her eyes.
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* Johnny Depp's first movie role was in ANightMareOnElmStreet, but he didn't first intend to audition for the movie. He went to the auditions to support a friend who was auditioning, and Wes Craven liked Depp so much, he asked him to read. So Depp got cast and the friend wasn't. Guess who's playing Freddy Kreuger 26 years later in the remake? Depp's friend, Jackie Earle Haley.
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* In ''Three Days of the Condor'', Robert Redford ends a phone conversation by saying, "And fuck the Wall Street Journal!" This is a great line as it is, but becomes much funnier when you realize that one of his most famous roles was playing Bob Woodward in ''All the President's Men'', where he would certainly disagree...

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* In ''Three Days of the Condor'', Robert Redford ends a phone conversation by saying, "And fuck the Wall Street Journal!" This is a great line as it is, but becomes much funnier when you realize that one of his most famous roles was playing Bob Woodward in ''All the ''[=~All The President's Men'', Men~=]'', where he would certainly disagree...
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** Cameron never sued Shyamalan. They decided to drop Avatar from the name so it wouldn't be confused with Avatar.
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* The Farelly Brothers comedy ''StuckOnYou'', starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as a pair on conjoined twins, becomes even funnier after ''GreenZone'', where Damon plays a soldier who is pitted against Kinnear's unethical beaurecrat.
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* In ''IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Indy determines which grail is the one and only Holy Grail, saying "That's the cup of a carpenter..." as he does so. This becomes more hilarious when you realize that HarrisonFord started out as a carpenter before becoming an actor.

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* In Disney's ''{{Cinderella}}'', one of the heroine's evil stepsisters is named "Anastasia". Fast-forward about fifty years, and ''{{Anastasia}}'' becomes something of an evil stepsister to the Disney canon princesses, considering she was Don Bluth's answer to them, and Don Bluth used to work for Disney before leaving and establishing himself as a competitor.
* Anna Paquin rose to fame as Rogue in the Film/XMen film series. Rogue is unable to have prolonged physical contact with anyone as she sucks out their life-force like a vampire. In TrueBlood, she deals with actual vampires, and it seems that [[FanService all her character ever does is have prolonged physical contact]].

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* In Disney's ''{{Cinderella}}'', one of the heroine's evil stepsisters is named "Anastasia". Fast-forward about fifty years, and ''{{Anastasia}}'' becomes something of an evil stepsister to the Disney canon princesses, considering she was Don Bluth's answer to them, and Don Bluth used to work for Disney before leaving and establishing himself as a competitor.
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** Even better, both Anastasias are/eventually become [[RedHeadedHero Red-Headed Heroines]] with love interests with humble backgrounds.
* Anna Paquin rose to fame as Rogue in the Film/XMen ''Film/XMen'' film series. Rogue is unable to have prolonged physical contact with anyone as she sucks out their life-force like a vampire. In TrueBlood, ''TrueBlood'', she deals with actual vampires, and it seems that [[FanService all her character ever does is have prolonged physical contact]].


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* In ''[[Film/{{Nine}} 9]]'' it's revealed that the "stitchpunk dolls" are actually [[spoiler: homunculi based on different aspects of their creator's personality. [[FullmetalAlchemist Now where have I heard that before?]]]]
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*** [[DoctorWho Jack and Rose?]]
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* Towards the end of HELP! by the Beatles, while at an airport, the Beatles dress up in disguise to avoid the myriad of people chasing them. In what was meant to look comically ridiculous, John Lennon puts on a long beard and granny glasses, the same image that would later define him. In a less iconic image, Ringo's ridiculous disguise is the same exact style of beard he's been sporting since The Beatles Anthology.
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* Anna Paquin rose to fame as Rogue in the Film/XMen film series. Rogue is unable to have prolonged physical contact with anyone as she sucks out their life-force like a vampire. In TrueBlood, she deals with actual vampires, and it seems that [[FanService all her character ever does is have prolonged physical contact]].
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** Then, some ten years later, Spielberg takes the suggestion literally and we have ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'' remake (though aliens still show up quite late).
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* In Disney's ''{{Cinderella}}'', one of the heroine's evil stepsisters is named "Anastasia". Fast-forward about fifty years, and ''{{Anastasia}}'' becomes something of an evil stepsister to the Disney canon princesses, considering she was Don Bluth's answer to them, and Don Bluth used to work for Disney before leaving and establishing himself as a competitor.
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* In another Mel Gibson example, he voices the dashing John Smith in {{Pocahontas}} who reconciles two warring races and falls in love with a woman of a different ethnicity - and doesn't blast racial slurs at her.
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** In the British TV show Spaced, Simon Pegg's character remarks that every odd numbered StarTrek movie is "shit." In 2009, Simon Pegg appears in an odd-numbered Star Trek movie.
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* In AustinPowers, character lament's his opponent poor choice of weapon with words "Who throws a shoe?! Honestly!" Now, remember what happened to president Bush when he was giving an interview to the press...though he did dodge that shoe.

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* In AustinPowers, character lament's laments his opponent opponent's poor choice of weapon with words "Who throws a shoe?! Honestly!" Now, remember what happened to president Bush when he was giving an interview to the press...though he did dodge that shoe.
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* In AustinPowers, character lament's his opponent poor choice of weapon with words "Who throws a shoe?! Honestly!" Now, remember what happened to president Bush when he was giving an interview to the press...though he did dodge that shoe.
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** Well she was right about Mark's music career, which wound up ending shortly after the film's release(and he later disowned his whole music career) his succesful acting career was something that absolutely NOBODY saw coming-if you told anyone back then that "Marky Mark" would be an Oscar nominated actor, they'd probably laugh themselves into a coma.
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** There's a key difference though, one of these is currently the top grossing film of all time and the other was...not.
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** While Allen's character is coming to grips with being asleep 200 years, he realizes "Hey, you know, I bought Polaroid at 7; it must be up ''millions'' by now!" ...or not.
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* The Disney movie Smart House had a computor system in the house that wanted to become a mother to the children of the widowed owner. She had programmed herself to be the perfect mother, loving, caring, wanting to do what she thought was best for her 'children'. When she finally showed up in holographic form, she was played by Katey Segal, who played [[MarriedWithChildren Peggy Bundy]], one of the laziest, uncaring, selfish mothers ever to show up on TV.
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*** Or ''{{Predator}}, or ''BatmanAndRobin''...

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*** Or ''{{Predator}}, ''{{Predator}}'', or ''BatmanAndRobin''...
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*** Or ''{{Predator}}, or ''BatmanAndRobin''...
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** Not necessarily - Woodward and Bernstein wrote for The Washington Post, not the WSJ.
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* Also related to the third Die Hard film is when Jeremy Irons' character, the villainous Simon Gruber, excalaims "I love this country!" in reference to America. Several years earlier, Jeremy sung the part of Henry Higgins in a concert of MyFairLady, where he claims "in America they haven't used it (the proper English language) for years".
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* In ''DieHard With a Vengeance'', SamuelLJackson plays someone who is suspicious of White people on the whole, and it's played for laughs. Over a decade later, in LakeviewTerrace, Jackson plays a cop who is just plain racist and is really upset that his new neighbours are a mixed Caucasian and African-American couple.
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* In ''TheGoonies'' when they find the coins in the wishing well Mouth says he's found one of [[TheWestWing Martin Sheen]]...
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*** [[metalgearsolid Jack and Rose?]]

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