SNL has turned down a lot of actors through the years. But this is America, and being turned down by SNL doesn't have to mean the end of somebody's career. Some of the rejects go on to become enormous celebrities, no doubt leaving NBC execs kicking themselves. Here are some big names SNL turned down.
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Video games are no strangers to bizarre, over-the-top weaponry, and here are some of the craziest guns and gizmos we've ever seen.
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Thanos. He's big. He's purple. He's bad. He might even be beautiful, but Thanos is the biggest, purplest big bad of the Marvel universe. And he's downright untouchable ... right? Actually, even though he seems all-powerful, Thanos has weak spots. Here are a few characters who have destroyed Thanos.
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Every music act has released at least one terrible album. But these terrible albums had one good song.
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Even big name actors bomb at movie auditions, and sometimes they bomb in huge, embarrassing (for them), entertaining (for us) ways. Here are a few well-known (some famous, some infamous) faces doing their best and failing their hardest at trying to pull off a good movie audition.
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After Star Wars conquered the box office in 1977, every studio wanted its own space-based sci-fi hit, and some were more obviously inspired than others.
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While Rogue One answers some of the key questions left by Episode IV: A New Hope way back in 1977, it also left several dangling plot threads of its own.
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The Star Wars franchise has been around long enough to have a ton of video game, novel, and even movie ideas that will never see the light of day.
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You won't find bigger any Star Wars fans than us. That being said, there are some really dark asides to these films we should discuss. Darker than Darth, even.
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With every new sci-fi movie released, scientists love exposing all the things that movie has gotten wrong. But sometimes, movies do get the science right.
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Do you think you're a weird, esoteric little snowflake because you listen to folk metal or polka-rap? Please.
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These are the best films set (mostly) in a single room. They aren't huge productions filled with pyrotechnics, but they're gripping and intriguing all the same.
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Here are a few movies that totally would've flunked ninth-grade Earth Science class.
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While you were busy feeding yourself buttered popcorn, these superhero movies were busy feeding you metaphors.
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Every actor has their time. No matter how brightly they burned during their lifetimes, each star will one day get that awkward call when their agent tells them they're just too old. These actors didn't listen, instead playing in all sorts of awkwardly aged roles.
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A little bit of tragedy goes a long way. While life's more terrible events might not seem like the best place to launch a creative endeavor, pain can provide great inspiration for artists and musicians. Hidden beneath the soaring guitars of your favorite songs, you can find a fair amount of information about historical events both large and small.
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There's nothing like spending $60 of your hard-earned cash on a steaming pile of garbage.
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Westworld gives you just enough clues to deepen its mysteries, though we wonder how much is intentional, and how much got mindlessly filmed and forgotten about?
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For one reason or another, these actors had a bad feeling about signing up for George Lucas' blockbuster saga.
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Most likely, your favorite band's name wasn't the miraculous creation of their artistic genius, but actually the product of a weird and silly accident.
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For most celebrities, showing off wealth means really expensive haircuts, clothes, and meals, while others go a little further into pointless-ville.
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Growing up, we were always told to be good sports, because it's not about winning or losing, but how you play the game. Then, of course, we turned on our TVs and saw rich, successful, hyper-competitive professional athletes act like poor sports and still get paid.
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Story continuity be damned: here are some actors that could be decent alternatives to portray Luthor in future Superman films.
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Rescue 911 was everyone's favorite show about EMT workers and William Shatner. Though it seems corny now, it groundbreaking and left behind quite a legacy.
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It's hard to imagine a world without our favorite movies, but if life had been crueler, their directors would've been pushing up daisies way before their time.
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Movie scenes that take place in the most used room of them all -- the bathroom -- are often hilarious, horrifying, or a winning combo of both.
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Sometimes, video game makers try something different with characters we love. And, as often happens when imaginations run wild, the resulting spinoffs get WEIRD
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