Surprising Tidbits Thread

[Nick]

What is a more recent tidbit of information you recently learned that surprised you? I'll start, I read an article recently about how Pixar nearly lost all of Toy Story 2, but were able to salvage it because one of their employees was on maternity leave and happened to have a backed up version of it.

 

[Hattrick]

Apparently, Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana character was originally set to be called Alexis Texas, before they realized that another, far more interesting actress had the name.

 

[Tramuson]

Leonardo DiCaprio legitimately sliced his hand during his speech in Django Unchained and kept riffing in spite of that, even rubbed blood allover the poor actress behind him.