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Netflix's new action film, The Gray Man, is a high-octane spy-thriller with Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, and Chris Evans in the lead roles with Tamil superstar Dhanush playing a supporting character.

Here are some lesser-known facts about the film. Let's begin

1. Chris Evans essays the roles of the villainous Llyod Hansen in the film. However, he was initially offered the role of the protagonist, but Evans declined as he preferred to play the antagonist. The role eventually went to Ryan Gosling.
2. Ana de Armas has previously worked with both Gosling and Evans in different films. She starred alongside Gosling in the critically acclaimed Denis Villeneuve sci-fi action film Blade Runner 2049. In Rian Johnson’s riveting black-comedy drama, Knives Out, she played the lead role while Evans played an important supporting character.
3. Mishaps during filming are inevitable, but on Evans' very first day of filming, he accidentally smacked Gosling in the face with his prop gun.
4. In a particular scene, Evans’ character, Hansen, calls Gosling’s character, Six, a Ken Doll, in reference to the popular Barbie toys for children. Coincidentally, Gosling will essay the role of Ken in Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film, Barbie, starring Margot Robbie in the lead.
5. The scenes featuring Baku, Azerbaijan, were not on location. Instead, they were shot in the Czech Republic. In fact, the buildings in the scene featuring the funeral is the National Memorial on Vítkov Hill in Prague, the Capital of the Czech Republic.
6. Chris Evans has previously worked with the film’s directors, the Russo brothers, on multiple films. The Russo brothers helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, in which Evans played the titular superhero. They teamed up again with Evans for Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: End Game.

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Lucifer is an American urban fantasy television series aired between 2016 and 2021. Based on the DC Comics character, the series revolves around the story of Lucifer Morningstar played by Tom Ellis, the DC Universe's version of the Devil, who is exiled from Hell for being a rebel. He runs his own nightclub named Lux and also works at Los Angeles Police Department as a consultant. Here are a few lesser-known trivia about the series that you probably didn't know.

1. Throughout season 3, Lucifer’s shots were framed so that the background elements formed the shape of wings behind him.

2. The name of every episode in the series is named-dropped by Lucifer, and one character in every episode says the word ‘hell’.

3. The meaning of Lucifer in Latin is ‘light bringer’ and incidentally the club which is run by him is named Lux. As we know, Lux is the SI unit of luminance.

4. The character Ella Lopez makes many references to her ‘spidey senses'. It is a reference to Spiderman from the Marvel Universe, whereas Lucifer is from the DC Universe.

If you haven't watched this series yet then do so exclusively on Netflix.

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The classic series is an in-depth look into the lives of the Crawleys, a British aristocratic family. Downton Abbey’s long-running popularity with its loyal fanbase is a testament to the fact that it’s the perfect blend of fun and fiction, with a generous dollop of period drama.

1. The cast has often mentioned that the costumes they don during the show are genuine antiques and date back to the 1910s and 1920s. As a result, they’re difficult to launder and often have a damp smell.

2. Queen Elizabeth II is an avid follower of the show. So much so that she has identified flaws in some scenes. She once pointed out that a World War I soldier was depicted on the show wearing medals that were actually awarded in World War II.

3. As per The World of Downton Abbey, the 2011 book by Jessica Fellowes, the show cost a whopping average of £1 million per episode to produce.

4. Anna Robbins, the costume designer on the show, said that her main source for clothes were from her trips to native Scotland where she’d often go to thrift stores and second-hand outlets for outfits. The jazzier costumes Robbins said she got from Paris.

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