19 Ridiculous Movie Myths We Believed as Kids

As kids, we believe everything we see in movies. But, that's the power of Hollywood magic. Here are myths that we all believed as kids.

1. Deadly velociraptors

-The people behind the Jurassic Park films will have you believe that velociraptors are deadly carnivores who are lightning fast and incredibly smart. According to the paleontologists who studied them, actual velociraptors are only half the size they are shown as in the films. They were also harmless to humans

2. Air conditioning ducts

-Everyone who has seen Die Hard knows the famous scene where New York police officer John McClane is in the air conditioning duct of Nakatomi Plaza. it might seem cool, but don't try it. Air conditioning ducts are dusty, cramped spaces not meant to hold humans

3. Explosions

-The helicopter explosion in X-Men Origins: Wolverine might seem cool as Wolverine is walking away, but it's anything but cool. It's actually deadly. Depending on the accelerant used, there's extreme heat. There can also be shrapnel that can cause serious harm, if not death. There's also shockwaves that can disorient or even harm those in the vicinity

4. Silencers

-They might look cool when an assassin rolls one onto a gun to commit a silent murder, but it actually doesn't work like that. Silencers do reduce the noise, but they don't eliminate it. They can affect a gun's accuracy and aim

5. Chloroform-soaked cloth

-In movies, when someone is knocked out, they are seen as having a rag or cloth soaked in something, usually chloroform, to knock them out. Reality tells us that chloroform does not work that quickly or effectively

6. Shooting two guns at once

-Clearly, Hollywood and foreign movie directors think this is possible. Ask John Woo, the veteran Hong Kong director who is best known for his "gun fu" movies. This type of movie genre combines creative gunplay with martial arts. And usually stars Chinese-born actor Chow Yun-fat. Watching Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi hold guns in both hands looks cool. But in the land of reality, shooting two guns simultaneously is going to result in disaster. It takes incredible training and coordination to do this. Even if you were fully trained, accuracy is at risk

Chow Yun-fat as the Monk with No Name in Bulletproof Monk

7. Forensics

-TV shows like the CSI franchise make it seem like solving a crime using forensic technology can be solved almost instantly. Forensic science does not work like that. Actual crime scene technology takes a lot longer. It rarely leads to immediate discoveries

8. Tracing calls

-On the show 24, Jack Bauer will race time to trace a call before the one minute mark hits. In the land of real life, tracing calls can actually happen in seconds, not minutes. Police and FBI have technology that can trace calls and ping the caller's exact location and show it on a map, even if the caller hangs up. The authorities will have your location before you have a chance to run. Technology has also updated to the point where people can be traced by using gunshot tracking. GPS systems will trace a person's exact location using gunshot trackers

9. Drowning people

-Despite people being shown in movies as screaming for mercy if they are drowning, it doesn't work like that in real life. Drowning is a silent killer if the victim doesn't know how to swim. It's a struggle as the victim fights to keep their head above water. The only noise from drowning victims are the gasps of breath they take, which might be their last. That's why it is of the utmost importance to train people how to swim at a young age

10. Car explosions

-Sure, car explosions look cool, especially if the baddie in the film shoots an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) at at car. Or shoots a bazooka at a car. When cars do blow up, they are messy, shrapnel everywhere, glass everywhere. It can take time to fully clean up the scene of the explosion

11. Grenades

-There are three types of grenades: the lemon, pineapple and baseball. They are only named that way because of the shape. The baseball grenade is a perfectly round one. The pineapple grenade is rough and bumpy, like an actual pineapple. The lemon grenade is oval shaped, like an actual lemon. All three have pins that activate the fuse inside. Which means the second that pin is pulled, it needs to be thrown quickly to avoid disaster. Movies show us that grenades can have their pins removed with human teeth. It doesn't work like that. The pins need careful removal. And unlike movies, you can't stick the pin back in to deactivate the grenade. Once that pin is pulled, the deed is done. Throw it and run to avoid injury

12. Hollywood

-This city in California is sometimes known as movie central. Hollywood films will have us believe that anything is possible. For example, making it look like hackers can break into secure systems with a few strokes of the keyboard. Hacking is a slow, methodical process that takes time and effort. Not only that, there are two types of hackers- black hat and white hat. Black hat hackers are bad hackers. They will hack for crime-related and monetary reasons. White hat hackers are good hackers. They are the ones who usually do hacking professionally. They are often hired by companies to test security systems for any areas that need improvement. They help improve the cybersecurity for big, medium and small businesses, no matter the type. And sometimes, even law enforcement will hire black hat hackers to employ them for law enforcement because of their high knowledge of computer systems and put their hacking skills to good use

Hugh Jackman as Stanley Jobson in Swordfish

13. News in bars

-Almost every movie shows people getting their news from patrons at a bar, such as in Good Will Hunting. News reports usually don't cover personal issues. This means that the local watering hole is safe from journalists

14. Meteors

-Thanks to the movie Armageddon, those who seen it think meteors mean massive destruction. According to those who study space, meteors are small and will burn up in the atmosphere before causing any real damage

15. Quicksand

-Unlike in films, where quicksand is shown as a quick working threat, it doesn't work like that in real life. Real quicksand is a mixture of sand and water with the consistency of overly watery concrete mix. You can surely, and slowly, wiggle your way to freedom

16. Sharks' sense of smell

-Jaws caused a fear of sharks for everyone who has seen it. Being attacked by a real shark caused a fear of sharks for some and a respect for the creatures for others. According to marine biologists, sharks cannot smell a single drop of blood miles away. Their sense of smell is not that strong. Yes, they can sniff out potential prey, but they are not bloodthirsty animals on an eating spree. And yes, there are sharks that are considered aggressive, such as bull sharks, tiger sharks. Bull sharks are considered an especially pesky breed of shark because they can switch from fresh water to salt water, meaning they can swim up canals in Florida, which usually run along people's backyards

17. Amnesia

-Movies and TV will have most people believing that a good knock to the head will result in instant amnesia. It doesn't work like that. In the land of reality, amnesia is not a reset button for a new personality. Memory loss is less dramatic, and it's the body's way of protecting the person from severe trauma

18. Flatlining

-Flatliners is a movie that has some people believing that it is possible a single treatment from a defibrillator will bring you back from the very edge of death. In the very REAL world of medical treatment, when you flatline, it's a race against the clock to revive you. The defibrillator will do its job, but if you flatline, you flatline for good. Then it comes to the very hard decision for someone to call the time of death

19. Sucking out the poison from bites

-The movie 127 Hours will have some believing it's possible to suck the poison or venom from snake or insect bites out and you'll survive. Most survivalists and people who are accustomed to living off the nature grid will tell you that this is an ineffective and even dangerous idea to try. Venomous and poisonous bites or stings need proper medical care in a timely manner otherwise death or permanent damage will occur, depending on the creature who bit you

Your Favorite Novel Characters As Real People

Have you ever wondered what characters from stories would look like as real people? According to Reader's Digest, an artist used police sketch technology to simulate what the characters would look like as real people.

Clarice Starling

-From the novel Hannibal by Thomas Harris

-Thomas Harris, the author of the Hannibal novel, describes Clarice Starling as this: "FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling, thirty two, always looked her age, and she always made that age look good, even in fatigues...She saw herself clearly, saw the crinkles of age beginning in the corners of her eyes...Grains of burnt powder from the revolver of the late Jame Gumb marked her [left] cheekbone with a black spot...Her hair was a shapely platinum helmet."

Count Dracula

-From the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker

-Bram Stoke describes the mysterious Count Dracula as follows: "Within, stood, a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache...His eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose...The mouth, so far as I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking...his ears were pale and at the tops extremely pointed. The chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm through though thin...the blue eyes transformed with fury."

Carrie White

-From the novel Carrie by Stephen King

-Stephen King describes the teenaged telekinetic as follows: "She was so pretty, with pink cheeks and bright brown eyes and her hair the shade of blonde you know will darken and get mousy...Her face was round...and the eyes were so dark that they seemed to cast shadows beneath them, like bruises...The lips were full, almost lush...Her hair stuck to her cheeks in a curving helmet shape...At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked clearly in her eyes."

James Bond

-From the novel Casino Royale by Sir Ian Fleming

-From the book, Ian Fleming describes this charming British spy as: "As he tied his thin, double-ended, black satin tie, he paused for a moment and examined himself levelly in the mirror. His grey-blue eyes looked calmly back with a hint of ironical inquiry, and the short lock of black hair which would never stay in place slowly subsided to form a thick comma above his right eyebrow. With the thin vertical scar down his right cheek the general effect was faintly piratical."

Nurse Ratched

-From the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

-According to Ken Kesey, readers will meet Nurse Ratched early in the book. He describes her as follows: "Her face is smooth, calculated, and precision-made, like an expensive baby doll...a calm smile stamped out of red plastic...flat, wide, painted-on green eyes, painted on with an expression that says I can wait, I might lose a yard now and then but I can wait, and be patient and calm and confident, because I know there's no real losing for me."

Captain Ahab

-From the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville

-According to author Herman Melville, Captain Ahab looks like this: "He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them...His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini's cast of Perseus...Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark...branded...What business have I with this pipe? This thing is meant for sereneness, to send up mild white vapors among mild white hairs, not among torn iron-grey locks like mine. I'll smoke no more...his eyes like powder-pans...It almost seemed that while he himself was marking out lines and courses on the wrinkled charts, some invisible pencil was also tracing lines and courses upon the deeply marked chart of his forehead...His firm lips met like the lips of a vice; the delta of his forehead's veins like overladen brooks...Supper, he never touched; nor reaped his beard; which darkly grew all gnarled, as unearthed roots of trees blown over, which still grow idly on at naked base."

Lisbeth Salander

-From the novel Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

-Stieg Larsson describes the titular character as: "A pale, skinny young woman who had hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows. She had a wasp tattoo about an inch long on her neck...On those occasions when she had been wearing a tank top, a dragon tattoo can be seen on her left shoulder blade. Her natural hair color was red, but she had dyed it ivory black...Crooked smile."

Frankenstein's Monster

-From the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

-According to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the Frankenstein Monster was described as follows: "As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large. After having formed this determination and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, I began...How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing... but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost the same color as the dun-colored sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips."

Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

This is the third installment of the Bridget Jones's series

Summary

-Bridget Jones is now in her forties and single. While she decides to focus on her job, she finds out she is pregnant, and is unsure of who the father may be

Cast

-Renee Zellweger; Bridget Jones

-Gemma Jones: Bridget's mother

-Jim Broadbent: Bridget's father

-Sally Phillips: Shazza

-Julian Rhind-Tutt: Fergus

-Shirley Henderson: Jude

-Ben Willbond: Giles Benwick

-Colin Firth: Mark Darcy

-Hugh Grant: Daniel Cleaver

Did You Know?

-Renee Zellweger worked at ITV in preparation for her return as Bridget Jones

-The handwritten diary Bridget keeps her thoughts in has been replaced by an iPad

-When the movie was set to premier in 2012, Sally Phillips, who plays Shazza, was pregnant

-Sharon Maguire, who directed the first film, Bridget Jones's Diary, was the real life inspiration for the role Sally Phillips plays, Shazza

-Dame Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Shirley Henderson and Gemma Jones all appeared in the Harry Potter film series. Dame Emma Thompson plays the Divination professor, Sybil Trelawney. Jim Broadbent plays the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Horace Slughorn. Shirley Henderson plays Moaning Myrtle and Gemma Jones plays the Hogwarts school nurse, Madam Pomfrey

-Colin Firth and Dame Emma Thompson not only appeared in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, but also the 2003 film Love Actually

-Dame Emma Thompson and Gemma Jones appeared in the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility together

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

This is a sequel to the wildly popular 2001 film

Summary

-After accomplishing her hope of finding love, Bridget now questions if she really has everything she hoped for

Cast

-Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones

-Gemma Jones: Bridget's mother

-Jim Broadbent: Bridget's father

-James Faulkner: Uncle Geoffrey

-Celia Imrie: Una Alconbury

-Colin Firth: Mark Darcy

-Shirley Dixon: Mrs. Darcy

-Donald Douglas: Admiral Darcy

-Hugh Grant: Daniel Cleaver

-Sally Phillips: Shazza

-Shirley Henderson: Jude

Did You Know?

-During filming, Sally Phillips was pregnant with her second child

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

This is a rom-com from 2001 starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant

Summary

-Determined to improve herself and find love in a year, as part of a New Year's resolution, she keeps a diary where she tells the complete truth

Cast

-Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones

-Gemma Jones: Bridget's mother

-Celia Imrie: Una Alconbury

-James Faulkner: Uncle Geoffrey

-Jim Broadbent: Bridget's father

-Colin Firth: Mark Darcy

-Charmain May: Mrs. Darcy

-Hugh Grant: Daniel Cleaver

-Sally Phillips: Shazza

-Shirley Henderson: Jude

Did You Know?

-To get a better feel for her character Bridget Jones, Renee Zellweger gained 25 pounds and worked at a British publishing company for a month. With her now posh accent and using an alias, she was not recognized by her coworkers. She kept a photo of then boyfriend Jim Carrey on her desk. While her coworkers found the photo unusual, they didn't mention anything about it for fear of embarrassing her

-To keep her English accent sounding natural, she used it at every opportunity, even while on set. Hugh Grant stated he didn't hear her speak with an American accent until the party celebrating the completion of the movie. He heard her speak in her American accent and said he heard her speak "in a very strange voice" that he soon found out was her real voice

-Renee Zellweger smoked herbal cigarettes rather than tobacco cigarettes

-In the movie, Bridget was 32. Renee Zellweger was 32 when she did this movie

-This movie is inspired by the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth's character, Mark Darcy, is a combination of the FitzWilliam Darcy role he played in the 1995 film adaptation of the novel

-Sally Phillips is a born again Christian. She received a lot of criticism from her church about her character's heavy use of profanity in addition to questionable attitudes. She defended her role by saying it's her job to create love for people with imperfections. "My position on that is that if you were only allowed to play perfect characters, you would only be allowed to play Jesus, and someone would have a problem with that too, I expect, him being a man and all. People aren't perfect. My job is to play a person with love, to make love for that person possible."

-There was a lot of controversy of casting an American actress to play the very British Bridget Jones. Many of the fans of the book were outraged that an American actress was cast to play the lead role. This controversy was silenced for good when Renee Zellweger won praise and an Academy Award nomination

-Jude, played by Shirley Henderson, is seen crying often in the ladies' room. Ironically, Henderson also played the character of Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter film series

-The only way Hugh Grant would sign on to this movie is if Richard Curtis would be announced as writer

-Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones, who play Bridget's parents, were also in the Harry Potter film series. Jim Broadbent plays Professor Horace Slughorn while Gemma Jones plays the Hogwarts school nurse, Madam Pomfrey

-The crew spent six weeks in London, England filming

-Heather Graham, Nia Vardalos and Tori Spelling were all considered for the role of Bridget Jones

25 Iconic Roles That Can Never Be Played by Anyone Else

We've all seen movies where, if we try to picture someone else playing that role, it just doesn't or won't work out. According to poptier.com, here are 25 iconic roles that won't work with anyone else.

I've also included fun facts you may or may not have known about either that film or the actor / actress mentioned

1. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

-It felt like a sign. Harrison Ford playing the archaeologist we all know and love. It's near impossible to imagine anyone else playing this sarcastic, but loveable character

-Fun fact: During filming of Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, he scared director Steven Spielberg by running across the rope bridge to test its safety. He did this without warning

2. Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

-No one else could have been better at this character than Anthony Hopkins. He has a chillingly calm manner in which he speaks, it's almost impossible to believe his character actually did the crimes he was accused of. No one else could have done this role

-Fun fact: He is proud of the improvisational touches he added to the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. This can be seen in the part where he mocks Jodie Foster's character Clarice Starling's West Virginia accent, his use of the word "chianti" and the disturbing slurping sound he made after he talked about eating the census-taker. He also never blinked when he spoke

3. Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight

-This version of The Joker is closer to the actual comic book version than the Jack Nicholson version. Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker adds chaos, anarchy and downright psychosis into his character. He created a version of The Joker that no one else can outdo

-Fun fact: Heath Ledger took this role instead of playing the male lead role in Baz Luhrmann's pre-WWII 2008 film Australia. The male lead role went to Hugh Jackman instead

4. Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the Alien series

-Sigourney Weaver playing Ellen Ripley redefined the idea of female action hero. She combines strength and vulnerability into a character that has inspired other female action heroes

-Fun fact: The role of Ellen Ripley inspired the video game heroine Samus Aran in Metroid

5. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series

-He's eccentric, charming, loveable. Johnny Depp brought this character in to pop culture, where he remains a popular character. Johnny Depp made Captain Jack Sparrow an iconic Disney character that you can't help but love

-Fun fact: He based Captain Jack Sparrow on both Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew

6. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the X-Men series

-Hugh Jackman took this role and made it a defining role in his career. He took the character, who was a mutant with deadly sharp claws, and added vulnerability and strong intensity, along with a bit of sarcasm and made it one of his best known roles

-Fun fact: He underwent extremely physical training for each of the times in which he's played Wolverine. When he is in peak condition, he can bench press more than 300 pounds

7. Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind

-Vivien Leigh took the role of Scarlet O'Hara and made it unique. This character is now well entrenched into popular culture, so much so that if someone else tried to do the role, it simply wouldn't work

-Fun fact: She was obsessed with hiding her large hands in gloves. She owned more than 150 pairs of gloves and in the original story of Gone with the Wind, her character, Scarlet O'Hara, is described as having small hands

8. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark aka Iron Man

-Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark is a unique one. He's sarcastic and even arrogant, but you couldn't imagine anyone else playing him. Robert Downey Jr. makes the role of billionaire tech magnate Tony Stark loveable and iconic

-Fun fact: For the 2008 Japanese premier of Iron Man, he ran into trouble with Japanese authorities for failing to disclose his incredible criminal record. When they ran his passport, they discovered numerous times in prison and arrests for criminal activity. He was sentenced to six hours of interrogation and was almost barred from the country. Authorities allowed him entry into Japan just the one time for the premier, but to this day, he barred from entering Japan

9. Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln

-Whoever had chosen Daniel Day-Lewis to portray Abraham Lincoln deserves a promotion. Day-Lewis' performance as the former president was unforgettable. He had Lincoln's mannerisms down perfect and, with a little help from the makeup department, he looked just like the former president

-Fun fact: At the 2012 premier of Lincoln, he used the premier to bring awareness to the Wicklow Hospice Foundation and also use it as a fundraiser

10. James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series

-The deep, almost booming voice you hear as the voice of Darth Vader is thanks to James Earl Jones. The deep voice seemed almost perfectly suited for this role, giving it a slightly sinister feel. That deep voice will be forever tattooed into the minds of every Star Wars fan for eternity. So much so that trying to imagine any other voice would be impossible

-Fun fact: George Lucas had in mind to use famed author Orson Welles as the voice of Darth Vader. Since Welles was too well known, he used an actor with a deep voice similar to Welles, which is how James Earl Jones got the role of Darth Vader

11. Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada

-Miranda Priestly is the character played by Meryl Streep. She added not only intimidation, but also sophistication to the fashion editor role. It's one of Streep's best known roles

-Fun fact: She kept the sunglasses she used in this movie and used them during a scene in the film Mamma Mia!

12. Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

-She was charming and graceful, with unique fashion to add in. Audrey Hepburn's role as Holly Golightly was incredibly iconic. She became associated with style, charm and sophistication

-Fun fact: The black dress she wore in this film was designed by Hubert de Givenchy. It was auctioned off and sold at a Christie's auction house for $920,000

13. Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones series

-Renee Zellweger took the role of Bridget Jones and made her a person actual women could relate to. That's often hard to do. She took this role and made Bridget a charming, funny woman who other women could actually relate to

-Fun fact: She put on 20 pounds for her role in Bridget Jones's Diary

14. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series

-Daniel Radcliffe will forever be known for the role of The Boy Who Lived. He's become so well known for this role that it's near impossible to imagine anyone else playing the role

-Fun fact: After finding he was cast as Harry Potter, filmmakers wanted him to use contacts, giving him the appearance of having green eyes because the character in the story had green eyes. Unfortunately, the contacts caused a painful allergic reaction. Then it was suggested altering his eye color digitally, but it would have been too much work. Filmmakers finally approached J.K. Rowling and told her their problem. She said it was no problem that Daniel didn't have green eyes, only that he had his mother's eyes. This was a relief to everyone involved

15. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather

-This is one of the most iconic roles in all of movie history. His deep, raspy voice is well known. Brando's role as the patriarch of the Corleone family is definitely well known. His slow and deliberate manner of speaking can't be replicated by anyone else

-Fun fact: Shortly before he died in 2004, he gave the video game company EA Games permission to use his voice for his character Don Vito Corleone for their video game The Godfather (2006)

16. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

-This role just goes to show how good of an actor Tom Hanks is. He can take any role and bring it to life with drama, hilarious comedy that brings tears to your eyes from laughing so hard or times when you cry with sadness. Forrest Gump is a role that shows Tom Hanks playing an innocent and kind hearted man who is a bit slow, but still well meaning in his intentions

-Fun fact: In the movie, his daughter Elizabeth Hanks plays the girl on the bus who refuses to let Forrest Gump sit next to her

17. Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music

-Julie Andrews playing Maria, with her excellent singing and excellent acting skills, have made this one of pop culture's most loved films. If anyone else tried this, they may come close, but they won't outdo Julie Andrews

-Fun fact: For her role of Maria in The Sound of Music, she had learned to play guitar

18. Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz

-The film couldn't have been what it was without Judy Garland. She not only had the right age range for the role of Dorothy Gale, but also she had the right singing and acting for it. She had the wide-eyed girl from Kansas role down perfectly. So much so that she's become part of popular culture to this day

-Fun fact: Mary Ann on the TV show Gilligan's Island was inspired by Judy Garland's role of Dorothy Gale

19. Christopher Reeve as Superman in the Superman series

-This is one of Christopher Reeve's best known roles. He brought the iconic superhero to the big screen and made him strong, but sincere, and willing to help those in need. All other actors who have played the Man of Steel have come close, but no one will outdo Christopher Reeve

-Fun fact: He was only 24 when he was cast as the Man of Steel, making him the youngest actor to ever play Superman

20. Jamie Lee Curtis in the Halloween series

-Jamie Lee Curtis redefined the idea of "scream queen" of the horror movie world. As Laurie Strode, she set a standard for all female leads in horror movies to go by

-Fun fact: She has played the role of Laurie Strode in six of the Halloween movies in the series

21. Al Pacino as Scarface

-Al Pacino's role as the iconic Cuban refugee-turned-cocaine king Tony Montana remains firmly entrenched in popular culture to this day. He took the role and made Tony Montana a larger than life character who would stop at nothing to be at the top

-Fun fact: In the scene where Tony Montana tries on Elvira's hat, that was ad libbed. Michelle Pfeiffer's reaction was real

22. Robin Williams as the Genie in Aladdin

-The energy and improvisation Robin Williams is known for was unleashed when he got the role of the Genie. He brought the character to the forefront of Aladdin in such a way that no one could outdo the comedic genius of

-Fun fact: Robin Williams improvised so many lines he almost sixteen hours of material to work with

23. Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca

-The Swedish-born actress took the role of Ilsa Lund in Casablanca and made it a role no one else could play. The emotions she showed, along with her unique beauty, made this role an iconic one. If this movie were to be remade using today's technology, it wouldn't even come close to the success and perfection of this movie

-Fun fact: Many of the actors who played the Nazis in the film were played by actual European Jews who had fled Nazi Europe

24. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind

-Clark Gable took the role of Rhett Butler and made it his own. He redefined the idea of the male film hero. He added a touch of sarcasm and humor to the role and with his charisma and success with Vivien Leigh on set, he made Rhett Butler a hero anyone who has seen the movie would love

-Fun fact: During the scene where Rhett is pouring Mammy a drink to celebrate the birth of her daughter Bonnie, Clark Gable played a practical joke. Instead of tea, he poured alcohol into the decanter without telling Hattie McDaniel. When she took a drink, he quickly found out it was not tea

25. Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in the Terminator series

-Resilience and determination are two words to describe the iconic character Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton in the Terminator series. Starting out as a vulnerable waitress and transformed into a tough as nails warrior, she set a new standard for female action heroines that is hard to beat

-Fun fact: While filming Terminator 2: Judgement Day, she suffered permanent hearing damage in one of her ears as a result of firing a gun in an elevator without her ear plugs