Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownI Can't Watch These Iconic '90s Movies The Same Way After Learning These 100 Interesting BTS FactsLeonardo DiCaprio was offered "more money than [he] ever dreamed of" to star in "Hocus Pocus," but he turned it down!by Kristen HarrisBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink For some reason, '90s movies just hit different. Maybe it's just the nostalgia, or maybe films were just better back then. Whatever the reason, I'm still obsessed with rewatching movies from that era - and I'm sure plenty of you are, too! Here are 100 interesting behind-the-scenes facts about iconic '90s movies: 1. Nearly two decades before his poorly received remake of The Mummy, Tom Cruise was reportedly offered the role of Rick O'Connell in the 1999 movie that ultimately starred Brendan Fraser. Other actors who reportedly declined the role included Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. Chiabella James /(C) Universal Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection, (C)Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection 2. Filming the hanging scene in The Mummy almost killed Brendan Fraser. He told The Kelly Clarkson Show, "I was standing on my toes like this, with the rope [around my neck], and you only got so far to go. And [director] Stephen [Sommers] ran over, and he said, 'Hey, it doesn't really look like you're, you know, choking - can you sell it?' And I was like, 'All right, fine.' So I thought, 'One more take, man.' ... I was stuck on my toes - I had nowhere to go but down. And so [the crew member operating the rope] was pulling up, and I was going down, and the next thing I knew, my elbow was in my ear, the world was sideways, there was gravel in my teeth, and everyone was really quiet." Universal Pictures / Via youtube.com Here's the scene: View this video on YouTube Universal Pictures / Via youtube.com 3. To play Imhotep in The Mummy, Arnold Vosloo had to be completely hairless. He told the Irish Independent, "For the first movie, I bravely consented for this lovely Scottish girl, who is my make-up artist, to wax me. That happened one time. I yelled like a stuffed pig. It's beyond belief what you women go through. It's unreal." Frank Trapper / Corbis via Getty Images 4. Leonardo DiCaprio was offered "more money than [he] ever dreamed of" to star in Hocus Pocus. However, he turned it down because he was holding out for a role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, even though he hadn't auditioned for it yet. He told Variety, "I don't know where the hell I got the nerve. You live in an environment where you're influenced by people telling you to make a lot of money and strike while the iron's hot. But if there's one thing I'm very proud of, it's being a young man who was sticking to my guns." (C)Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection The role he was presumably offered went to Omri Katz, and Leo earned his first Oscar nom for his role as Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. (C)Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 5. To play identical twins in The Parent Trap, Lindsay Lohan filmed every scene where both her characters appeared twice. Costar Lisa Ann Walter told Today, "CGI has grown where it's not so painstaking. But then, they were sort of the groundbreakers for how to shoot those twins, where they did everything with Lindsay on one side and her double on the other and then flipped it. So we did everything twice. So Elaine [Hendrix] and I, part of the reason we became best friends on that set is we spent a lot of time creating fun for ourselves back in the trailers while we waited for setups to happen." (C)Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection 6. Lindsay Lohan and Simon Kunz choreographed their iconic The Parent Trap handshake themselves. He told Bustle, "The first time [Lindsay and I] met up, we worked on the handshake idea, about what it could be. I think I'd done something in the audition, just mucking about without Lindsay there, just doing silly moves. They liked a few of those, and so we basically spent an afternoon, two or three hours really, just working out that routine... If you ask me right now [to do it], I'd know one or two bits there, but I tell you what, it would only take me 20 minutes, and then I'd have it absolutely down pat." Buena Vista Pictures Distribution / Via youtube.com 7. Disney animators would fight over who got to work on Pocahontas and The Lion King. The films were produced at the same time, but Pocahontas was the more popular choice because they thought it would be the bigger hit. Disney / Via Disney+ 8. The Lion King was going to be called King of the Jungle until the filmmakers learned that lions don't live in the jungle. Other working titles included King of the Kalahari and Lions. Disney / Via Disney+ 9. Initially, Nathan Lane planned to go out for the role of Zazu. However, at the audition, he crossed paths with Ernie Sabella, who planned to try out to be a hyena. They decided to work together and both audi