Movie Debuts
Test your audience's knowledge of Hollywood firsts with this trivia game featuring movie debuts.
15 questions · Published April 11, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What 1982 feature film debut earned Glenn Close her first of eight Oscar nominations?
After seeing her in the hit Broadway musical "Barnum" (1980), director George Roy Hill cast Glenn Close as Jenny Fields in 1982's "The World According to Garp."
- Multiple Choice
2. What Oscar-winning actress made her film debut in the 1984 thriller "Blood Simple" and married the director shortly thereafter?
Holly Hunter had auditioned for the lead role in "Blood Simple" (1984) but turned it down due to her commitment to a play in New York. So she encouraged her roommate, Frances McDormand, to audition. McDormand got the part and married director Joel Coen around the time of the film's release.
- Multiple Choice
3. 1977's "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" marked the feature film debut of ______________.
Mark Hamill was encouraged to audition for "Star Wars" (1977) by his friend Robert Englund, aka Freddy Krueger. The blockbuster was also the film debut of Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca).
- Multiple Choice
4. What 1986 horror film was directed by novelist Stephen King, who later disowned the film and swore to never direct again?
1986's "Maximum Overdrive," based on Stephen King's 1973 short story "Trucks," is the first and only film to be written and directed by the acclaimed author. King would later describe the film as a "moron movie."
- Multiple Choice
5. Whose first ever feature film line is "Due to the Nakatomi corporation's legacy of greed around the globe, they're about to be taught a lession in the real use of power?"
Alan Rickman turned down the role of Hans Gruber in 1988's "Die Hard" multiple times because he didn't wish to make his film debut as a villain. Rickman would go on to play memorable villains in a number of other films, including "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) and the Harry Potter series.
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