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Trivia: Shelob's webbing was made of latex. Elijah Wood joked that it was like being wrapped in the world's largest condom.

Trivia: Viggo Mortensen has said that he killed every stuntman about 50 times over the course of filming the trilogy.

Trivia: The foam coming out of Elijah Wood's mouth after Shelob stabs him was created by hiding a couple of Alka-Seltzer tablets under his tongue.

Trivia: John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli, had frequent rashes due to the mask/makeup used. On the final day of filming the make up artists asked him if he wanted to throw his mask into a fire, and he did so immediately.

Factual error: Considering Sigrit and Lars are similar ages in the opening flashback to 1974, 41 year old Rachel McAdams should be a similar age to the 52 year old Will Ferrell, which she clearly isn't. Alternatively, if she's meant to be in her 50s, there's no way they'd have been able to have a baby together.

Trivia: Lemtov says everyone hates the UK - this is harsh but fair in Eurovision terms, as the UK hasn't won since 1997 and regularly has a disappointing score, with some theorising political reasoning plays a part. Lemtov is played by Dan Stevens, who's British.

Trivia: Iceland has never yet won the Eurovision song contest.

Factual error: A central point of the plot is Iceland not being able to host due to financial constraints. But the winning country is allowed to nominate another country to take on the hosting role if wanted.

Factual error: The Eurovision venue supposedly in Edinburgh is the SSE Hydro, in Glasgow.

Trivia: The film starts with ABBA performing Waterloo. Pierce Brosnan starred in the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! and performed Waterloo over the end credits.

Trivia: Graham Norton, the commentator during the semi finals and final, is the official Eurovision presenter for the UK. The sardonic comments he makes during the film are exactly in line with the sort of comments he makes during the real broadcast, a tradition which started with his predecessor Terry Wogan, who started the role in 1980.

Trivia: Pierce Brosnan is only 13 years older than Will Ferrell.

Trivia: The "song off" features many appearances from previous Eurovision contestants.

Trivia: The film was meant to be released to coincide with the 65th Eurovision song contest in 2020, which ended up being cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Trivia: Will Ferrell was interested in Eurovision from the late 90s - he always felt someone should make a film about it, and was surprised nobody else ever did. So he finally did himself.

Trivia: Rachel McAdams doesn't perform all the songs herself, which are mostly sung by Swedish singer Molly Sanden. However McAdams' voice was used for mixing, and she sings in the first rehearsal, plus when she's writing Husavik in her hotel room. Likewise Dan Stevens, whose singing is performed by Erik Mjones.

Trivia: As SARS-CoV-2 swept the world in early 2020, causing the disease labelled COVID-19, interest in this movie spiked, putting it in the most-rented movie charts in several countries.

Trivia: Contagion got various accolades for its authenticity, being "very well fact checked compared to most science blockbusters", according to New Scientist. The screenwriter did months of research, enlisting the help of epidemiologists who edited the script and guided the actors.

Trivia: As part of the advertising, two huge petri dishes were specially treated with bacteria and put in a shop window. They slowly grew and developed, ending up displaying "Contagion" with hazard signs.

Trivia: James Mangold wanted to make the film 10 years previously, but it was stuck in development hell. After the success of directing Logan, he was hired as director and reworked the script with other writers, managed to lower the budget, and the film was finally put into production.