A list of behind-the-scenes ’90s movie facts includes:  “Titanic” could’ve starred Matthew McConaughey and Claire Danes . . . Ben Affleck has teased Michael Bay about the plot of “Armageddon” . . . and the “Home Alone” screenplay was written in just nine days.

Here are a few….

• Titanic

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  Matthew McConaughey almost played Jack, and Claire Danes almost played Rose. WHAT????

• Armeggedon

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  Ben Affleck says he once asked director Michael Bay "why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers." Michael told him "to shut the &$^* up," and ended the talk.

• Twister

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  To give each tornado a distinctive sound, the sound designers altered a recording of a CAMEL'S MOAN, lowering the pitch until it created a creepy, cavernous sound. The movie was later nominated for a Best Sound Oscar
• Ghost

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  Bruce Willis was originally supposed to star in it with his then-wife Demi Moore, but he turned it down because he didn't understand how romance with a ghost could work. He later called himself a "knucklehead" for doing that. Duh.

• Home Alone

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