8. The cast was tough as nails: Bert Lahr’s Cowardly Lion costume weighed 90 lbs. Judy Garland (Dorothy Gale), who was only 16 during filming, was literally slapped by the director when she couldn’t get through a take without giggling. Buddy “Tin Man” Ebsen got aluminum dust in his lungs and suffered an allergic reaction. Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, suffered serious burns during her fiery exit from Munchkinland. And just think — Bruce Willis bailed from Expendables 3 because he couldn’t get $1 million per day. Pussy.
9. The Wicked Witch originally wrote “Surrender Dorothy or Die WWW” in the sky with her broom. One, that’s cold. Two, she presaged the web by about 50 years.
