CRWN CINEMA Podcast

Predator is the movie made for the boys… and the behind the scenes stories are even more insane than the film itself. We tell the story of how Arnold secretly rigged the wardrobe measurements to make Jesse Ventura think his arms were bigger. We get into how Carl Weathers was sneaking to the gym at 4am before anyone else woke up just to get a pump and pretend he was naturally that jacked. And we talk about how Shane Black got tricked into flying to Mexico with the promise of an acting role just so the studio could trap him there and force him to rewrite the script — which they then threw out and never used anyway.

Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
0:25 It sounds like it sucked filming this 
4:55 The most dude behind the scenes story ever
9:48 Gray's first time reaction
17:46 The Predator is kinda soft
19:30 Arnold has an insane career
20:57 Jean-Claude Van Damme got fired as Predator
24:15 Did they just copy The Thing?
27:27 How this movie beat all odds to get made
28:46 The worst hostage rescue of all time
35:27 Some of the coolest shots in this movie
37:08 Arnold's high level pranks on set
38:53 The greatest one liners in Predator
46:51 The best scenes in the movie
53:48 Anna never plays her cards right
59:10 The original Predator suit would've ruined the movie
1:05:32 CRWN Awards
1:11:31 Sonny Landham was a WILD boy
1:18:24 Our official ranking

Pulp Fiction is the movie of movies… We break down how this movie revived John Travolta career from literal death because Tarantino couldn't get Michael Madsen, turned down Daniel Day-Lewis,  and finally banked everything on the washed up Travolta. We discuss the entire hidden Tarantino universe threaded through his films, including this one.  And we talk about all of our favorite moments, rarely discussed behind the stories, and much more. Enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
0:22 Why does Tarantino's style work?
4:31 HOT TAKE on The Gold Watch chapter
11:24 The extremely brutal scenes
21:06 John Travolta reviving his career in this movie
37:23 Michael Madsen dropped the ball on this movie
45:13 Uma Thurman almost unrecognizable
47:15 Jack Rabbit Slims sounds like a terrible restaurant
48:58 Samuel L. Jackson almost lost this role
52:02 What's in the case?
53:33 The best of Vincent
56:04 Forget About It Cuh Award
56:43 The best moments of Jules and Vincent
1:01:04 Tarantino's WILD signatures
1:06:00 CRWN Awards
1:10:32 Ezekiel 25:17 & The Gold Watch Monologue
1:16:30 Our ranking of Pulp Fiction

The Hangover had no business being this good… and the studio knew it. We break down how Bradley Cooper was on the verge of quitting Hollywood entirely before this movie came along and saved his entire career. We discuss our favorite moments that make us roll every time we watch. And we tell the story of Mike Tyson completely forgetting he agreed to be in the movie, finding out the night before at a Vegas club, showing up to set high on cocaine, and somehow delivering one of the most iconic cameos in comedy history.

Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
46:01 The older you get the more scary this becomes
5:44 It makes no sense how this movie was successful
16:12 RIP to the old beloved Vegas
21:05 Breaking wedding movie tropes
26:02 Do you want Phil on your team in a situation like this?
30:38 Mike Tyson just being a wild boy
41:21 Some of the funniest lines in this movie
43:53 Funny behind the scenes stories
49:19 Our favorite moments
1:04:10 Our ranking

Mud might be the most underrated movie of the McConaughey’s career… We break down how Jeff Nichols wrote this film specifically for McConaughey when nobody in Hollywood believed in him anymore and the lengths he had to go to just to get him cast. We tell the story of Jacob Lofland, a homeschooled kid from Briggsville, Arkansas who had never acted a day in his life, answered a casting call looking for a kid who could drive a boat and ride a motorcycle, beat out 2,000 other kids, and ended up on the red carpet at Cannes for his very first acting role. And we talk about how this is the most underrated love story of all time.

Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
1:21 A love story for the boys
4:03 Crazy story of casting Neckbone
8:51 Fun McConaughey stories around this movie
17:13 Crazy Reese Witherspoons stories
20:34 McConaughey's found arrest footage
24:19 The extremely difficult shoot
28:56 The greatest character in the movie
34:27 Breaking down the symbolism in Mud
49:23 Michael Shannon is a G for doing this movie
57:35 The most unintentionally funny scene in this movie
1:05:33 CRWN Awards for Mud
1:13:19 Our ranking

Catch Me If You Can is one of Spielberg's most slept on movies… and deep down it's actually a sad story disguises as the coolest story you've ever seen. We break down why Frank Jr. isn't really running from the FBI. We discuss Christopher Walken's Oscar nominated performance as the dad and why he doesn't get nearly enough credit for being the emotional backbone of this entire movie. We get into the wild real life story of Frank Abagnale and how the guy pulled off one final con nobody saw coming… convincing the entire world his story was true. 

Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
1:22 Spielberg insane career & back to back shoots
8:59 Limited series are peak "cinema"
12:29 This was not the movie they planned
19:18 Just straight up the coolest guy ever
22:26 The actually sad story of Frank Abagnale
41:02 Leo's range in this movie alone
41:51 Incredible filmmaking examples
52:37 The truth behind the not so true story
1:01:19 Spielberg's con to get into Hollywood
1:03:54 Every crime movie comes back to Heat
1:08:56 CRWN Awards
1:13:57 Rankings and Outro