24. Did You Know: Just as Hayden Christensen performed all of his own stunts in Attack of the Clones, Liam Neeson did most of his own stunts in The Phantom Menace? The only two stunts Neeson left to the pros were the dramatic lightsaber fights with Darth Maul. And one for the road: Neeson didn’t even read the script before accepting the role of Qui Gon Jinn. He just wanted to be in the movie.
91. Did You Know: The Phantom Menace was nominated for Hollywood’s most non-prestigious award The Razzies? In fact, Ahmet Best “won” the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor for his role as Jar Jar. On the upside, The Phantom Menace was nominated for numerous technical Academy Awards, yet it failed to garner any Oscar statuettes.
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