Actors have dealt with everything under the Sun over the years. Some behind the scenes stories are funny, while others shed a whole new light on a scene once you know how it was created. The oddest details often involve tiny decisions that nobody watching the finished movie would ever notice. These stories also show how unpredictable filmmaking can be, with unexpected problems sometimes becoming part of the final scene. A few are so strange they sound fictional.IMDbThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Viggo Mortensen reportedly kept using his sword after filming, carrying it around with him and becoming so attached to the prop that he was allowed to keep one of the swords.cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530",}).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796");});IMDbThe Shining (1980)The famous typewriter used by Jack Torrance was a real German Adler typewriter, and Stanley Kubrick reportedly had multiple versions made with different keyboard layouts for different shots.IMDbJurassic Park (1993)The crew discovered that the mechanical T. rex behaved differently in wet conditions, sometimes moving unpredictably when rainwater affected its mechanisms.IMDbThe Godfather (1972)Marlon Brando stuffed cotton into his cheeks during his audition to create Don Corleone’s distinctive appearance, inspiring the famous look of the character.IMDbAlien (1979)The cast was deliberately kept largely unaware of exactly what would happen during the chestburster scene, producing genuinely shocked reactions that Ridley Scott used in the finished film.IMDbThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)Anthony Hopkins reportedly studied recordings of real criminals and serial killers while developing Hannibal Lecter’s unusually calm and unsettling manner.IMDbThe Dark Knight (2008)Heath Ledger reportedly locked himself away in a hotel room for weeks while developing the Joker’s voice, mannerisms, and physical movements.IMDbApocalypse Now (1979)Martin Sheen suffered a real heart attack during production, forcing the film to halt while he recovered.IMDbThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Orlando Bloom broke a rib while filming a stunt, but continued working because the production schedule was already extremely demanding.IMDbThe Matrix (1999)Keanu Reeves spent months training in martial arts before filming, with the cast undergoing extensive preparation for the movie’s elaborate fight choreography.IMDbThe Exorcist (1973)The production deliberately created an extremely cold bedroom set so that the actors’ breath would be visible during certain scenes.IMDbThe Revenant (2015)Leonardo DiCaprio spent much of the production filming in freezing locations and performed physically demanding sequences under extremely harsh conditions.IMDbTitanic (1997)The production used a huge water tank for many of the sinking scenes, meaning actors frequently had to work while soaked and surrounded by cold water.IMDbThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)Clint Eastwood kept the poncho worn by his character across the Dollars trilogy and reportedly refused to wash it between films.IMDbThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Viggo Mortensen reportedly broke two toes while kicking an Orc helmet during an emotional scene, and his genuine scream of pain was kept in the movie.The post 15 Strange Things from Behind the Scenes of Your Favorite Movies appeared first on Den of Geek.