Menage Your Media with IMDb

After a hard day’s work, sometimes all you want to do is go home, plop on the couch and watch t.v. In today’s techy world you also have your phone, laptop and ipod chilling next to you. I’ve noticed that straight man/woman on t.v. watching is getting a bit boring. If you want to introduce some menage a media into your routine, utilize your phone and laptop while watching t.v. I recommend IMDb. It’s changed my whole television watching experience. It’s like my own Pop Up Video that I control.

Now when I’m watching a t.v. show or movie and I think “hey, where have I seen that actor before?” I just turn to my trusty phone and find out. It’s best to do this when you have the pause feature for your cable t.v. because sometimes you get really engrossed in clicking on other projects or people the actors are working with.

One of the best features ever on IMDb is the trivia page. This gives you all those random juicy tidbits about the actors, filming and more. So I was watching Twilight over the weekend and couldn’t stop reading all the random facts about the movie such as:

• Kristen Stewart has naturally green eyes. She wears brown contacts for filming to match Bella’s eye color.
• Kellan Lutz intended on keeping his natural curly hair for the role of Emmett Cullen. However, his previous role in “Generation Kill” (2008) required a buzz cut and his hair didn’t grow fast enough for the filming of Twilight (2008/I).
• Henry Cavill was Stephenie Meyer‘s first choice to play Edward. However, but by the time production was to begin, he was 25 years old, and no longer looked the part of a 17-year old. He was then offered the part of Carlisle Cullen but turned it down due to his commitment with “The Tudors” (2007).

• For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke‘s house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, rehearsed the “Love Scene”/”Meadow Scene” on Hardwicke’s own bed.

• The script was finished in 6 weeks.
• Robert Pattinson stated in an interview that this is his first American role and he had no formal training to perfect his American accent.
• When the ‘evil vampires’ make their first appearance, actors Cam Gigandet, Rachelle Lefevre and Edi Gathegi are all wearing little slippers painted like bare feet.

Too much fun. Go on, spice up your vanilla t.v. watching habits with a little IMDb.