The Power of the Dog is a western drama film released in 2021 and directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Thomas Savage. It made its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival where the director won the Silver Lion award for Best Direction. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. I shall give you some lesser-known trivia about this film that you probably couldn’t guess. Let's get started! Shall we?1. Benedict Cumberbatch did a bit of method acting for his role of Phil Burbanks. The actor was known to not have bathed for two weeks and begun chain-smoking. His prior habit of smoking did not help the situation and the actor often used to get ill after each take. His chain-smoking got so intense that he got nicotine poisoning thrice during filming. 2. A scene where Peter is shown walking towards a tree with nesting Australian Magpie chicks is factually incorrect considering the film was set in 1920s Montana, in New Zealand where the bird is not found. 3. Cumberbatch also took up banjo lessons and learnt how to castrate bulls. In an interview with Variety, the actor said, “‘Learned’ is a big word. I did it and I experienced it. I did everything you see in the film.”4. George Burbank was ultimately played by Jesse Plemons after Paul Dano dropped out from the film due to scheduling conflicts. Dano was working on his character of The Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2020). 5. For the role of Rose (played by Kirsten Dunst), the makers had initially zeroed in on Elizabeth Moss, who would’ve collaborated with Campion for the third time. After being compelled to opt-out due to her prior commitments to Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins (2022), Dunst took on that role. Though Dunst convincingly plays Kodi Smit-McPhee's mother, the two are only 14 years apart.If you haven't watched this flick yet, do so now streaming on Netflix.That's the OTTplay Now You Know for today, I shall be back again with another episode soon. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

Succession is an American satirical black comedy-drama television series. The central plot revolves around the Roy family who owns the global media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. This series has won several accolades, including the Golden Globe for Best Television series - Drama, British Television Award for Best International Programme and The Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Drama series. In today's episode, I shall give some trivia about the series that you probably didn't know about. Let's get going then!1. The beautiful, glossy interiors of the Roy duplex, complete with its white marble floors and ornate decor, is not a real apartment, but a set constructed in Long Island City's Silvercup Studios.2. Did you know that actor Brian Cox, who plays family patriarch Logan Roy, does not watch his own films and shows? He says that the enterprise is “madly depressing to say the least,"3. Many of the interactions that the characters have on the show are not scripted. Creator Jesse Armstrong revealed that he encourages his actors to improvise around the script, which he said helped the cast to be more comedic.   4. The wedding sequence for Shiv was filmed at a real English castle. The entire cast flew to England and shot the scene at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. If you haven't watched this yet then do so , it's streaming on Disney + HotstarThat's the OTTplay Now You Know for today, I shall be back again with another episode soon.. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

Cobra Kai is an American martial-arts comedy-drama series and is one of the most viewed shows on Youtube and Netflix. The series is a sequel to the original Karate Kid trilogy from the 80s and boasts several Primetime Emmy Award nominations amongst others. The story is told from the perspective of Johnny Lawrence, the antagonist in the first film. The fourth season is slated to drop at the end of this month on Netflix. In today’s Now You KNow, we shall look into some lesser-known trivia from the series that you probably didn't know about. I'm your host Nikhil, let's begin! 1. The ribbon Ralph Macchio’s character, Daniel LaRusso, uses in the series when he begins to train Karate again, and the car from season two, are from the iconic first film from 1984, The Karate Kid. Macchio was given both of these items after completing production for the first film.2. As of season three, only two characters have appeared in all three films of the original trilogy - Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso, and Martin Kove’s John Kreese.3. During Netflix's official YouTube Channel show Reunited Apart, the creators revealed that the original idea was for a feature film, but the plans were later changed to turn it into a TV series so as to tell the story from each character’s perspective. 4. Whenever members of the Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai come into conflict, they are shown to wear clothing of blue and red respectively. 5. A vast majority of the members of Cobra Kai either have experience in martial arts or are trained dancers. 6. Each season has at least one episode named after a song, one named as a Spanish word, and one named for a phrase or line from the original movie.If you haven't watched this yet then do so, it's streaming on NetflixThat's the OTTplay Now You Know podcast for today, I shall be back again with another episode. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers’ atmospheric psychological thriller, has just dropped on Netflix. Featuring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in the lead, the film follows two lighthouse keepers slowly coming undone after being isolated on a remote island. Today’s Now You Know is about some lesser-known trivia about this black-and-white movie. Lets kickoff! 1. For the movie, Pattinson’s naturally dark moustache had to be dyed black for him to resemble his character. On the other hand, Dafoe’s bad teeth were also achieved with the help of prosthetics.2. A particular scene where Pattinson was seen walking into the ocean was filmed over 25 times because heightened moisture levels would fog the lens up. In fact, the camera equipment would often malfunction because of how humid Nova Scotia was. 3. The residents of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, tried hard to preserve the lighthouse set constructed for the movie on location. However, the structure, made out of wood, was removed because of safety protocols. 4. The film is inspired by a real-life incident that took place in 1801, in which two Welsh lighthouse keepers suffered a similar fate as the characters in the film. While one of the men, while stranded on the island, lost his life, his death drove the other one to madness. If you haven't watched this yet then do so, it's just dropped on Netflix.That's the OTTplay Now You Know podcast for today, I shall be back again with another episode. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

The reality TV series that follows the personal and professional lives of real estate agents in Los Angeles has become one of the most popular shows on Netflix. The success of the show has spawned spin-offs that are in pre-production. Today, on Now You Know we are talking about Selling Sunset, let begin the trivia for you.1. It's revealed that Netflix doesn't compensate any of the cast members for their hair, makeup, or clothes In an interview with Refinery29, Quinn, the more stylish dressers of the group revealed that,  "Netflix doesn't pay for anything. I pay for my own hair and makeup and wardrobe and everything like that, and it's worth it. I have fun with it, and I know that people love to watch it and be like, 'What is she going to do next?'"2. According to wedding planner Lisa Lafferty Quinn and Christian Richard's gothic winter wonderland-themed wedding cost a whopping $1 million.3. During the season two finale of Selling Sunset, which featured the wedding of Fitzgerald and Bonnet, there was an incident when a camera drone crashed behind Nicole,the person who was officiating their wedding.4. The bride had a backup plan, other than Amanza to step in, in the event of any drama escalating at the wedding. It was even kept a secret. "I didn't know about all the drama that was going on with the girls. But, I did hire a security guard and told them beforehand that if anything started they were going to be quietly escorted out," she told Screenrant.If you haven't watched the series yet then do so exclusively on Netflix.That's the OTTplay Now You Know podcast for today, I shall be back again with another episode. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

The 25th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, is Marvel’s second foray into a martial-arts centric production after the Netflix TV series Iron Fist. The film was a universal success and was praised for its well-choreographed fight sequences and storytelling. It is also one of the highest-grossing films from Hollywood in the pandemic era. 1. One of the Widows on the film Black Widow features in the fight club fight scenes in one of the lower tiers of the club.2. Shang-Chi fighting shirtless in the arena is a reference to his comic book debut, in which he appears shirtless throughout his initial comic book run. This was in fact a homage to Bruce Lee, who appeared shirtless in several of his films3. The character who is shown to be filming the fight scene is played by the same actor that asks Peter Parker at the hot dog stand if he's "the spider guy on youtube", in the film Spider-man: Homecoming.4. Simu Liu was in his underwear and nibbling on shrimp crackers when he got the call from MCU boss Kevin Feige confirming that he has been cast as the lead in the film. Feige also informed Liu that he was expected at Comic-Con in four days' time. 5. The film does not feature an English line until 10 minutes into its runtime. 6. In the bus fight scene, a woman has her laptop cut in half. Interestingly enough, she would be able to recover her data from the hard drive as the laptop is a model that has its storage positioned to one of the sides. If you haven't watched this flick yet, then do so exclusively on Disney + Hotstar That's the OTTplay Now You Know podcast for today, I shall be back again with another episode. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

The comedy-drama set in the 1950s follows the life of Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel as she decides to become more than just an upper-class housewife by trying her hand at standup after her husband leaves her for another woman. Her natural flair in the art is well received, and she soon decides to become a professional comedian. I'm talking about the hit show The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.1. The first TV show on a streaming platform (Amazon Prime) to win the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.2. The apartment where Midge and her husband Joel live was created on the same set as the apartment where Midge's parents live, but with a more modern (late-1950s) design, inspired in part by Doris Day movies, according to production designer Bill Groom.3. The exterior and stairwell of the Gaslight were filmed at Under St. Marks Theatre on St. Marks just off 1st Ave, which is the site of a real open mic that happens every Tuesday from 9 pm to 2 am.  4. Amy Sherman-Palladino was inspired by childhood memories of her father, a standup comedian based in NYC.5. In a 2018 interview, star Rachel Brosnahan said that gratuitous nudity, in general, frustrates her because it's tired and distracts one storytelling, but she gladly got naked in the pilot because she thought it was funny. She said it wasn't about sex or being sexualized, but to highlight how her character was just hitting rock bottom, a situation she couldn't have imagined.6. Liza Weil's character, Carole Keen, was inspired by the legendary bassist Carole Kaye. And even though the character is a positive one, Kaye revealed in an interview with the New York Post that she didn't like it at all, arguing it was like "a cartoon - and my life is not a joke [...] Nobody contacted me. I didn't know a thing about it. I thought that was pretty bad - kind of like slander."If you haven't watched this show yet then do so  exclusively on Amazon prime VideoThat's the OTTplay Now You Know podcast for today, I shall be back soon with another episode. Until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

Welcome to OTTplay Now You Know, the podcast that gives you all the trivia and lesser-known facts about your popular films and shows. I'm your host Nikhil Today, Now You Know is all about trivia from the award-winning American crime drama limited series Mare of Easttown. This series stars Kate Winslet playing the titular character, portraying the role of a detective who investigates a murder in a  town near Philadelphia. This series got 16 nominations at  the 73rd Emmy awards and won 4.Let's dive into some  trivia from the series now.1. HBO was initially sceptical when they learnt that the lead character of the show, Kate Winslet’s Mare, wouldn't wear any makeup and would flaunt unwashed hair. But Winslet, who’s also among the executive producers of the show, was adamant. In an interview, she said, "We could have still done the film or TV version of that character, made her hair barrel curl-perfect each day, and she could have had her put on some simple makeup before going to work. But I didn't believe for one second that she would, first of all, have time, and secondly, care about looking in the mirror." Now, that’s some commitment in furnishing a character. 2. When the show’s production resumed in September 2020 after being suspended for Covid, Guy Pearce and Kate Winslet had to quarantine together. Winslet, who had a childhood crush on Pearce, found Pearce's obsession with recycling hilarious. "I was like, 'Darling, why am I going through the bins with you? This was not in my fantasy when I was 11 years old and fell in love with you after watching Neighbours (1985).3. Jean Smart, who plays Mare’s mother Helen Fahey, decided early on that her character would be drinking or eating in a majority of scenes. While they may not have added a layer to her character’s personality, it surely let on a disarming charm.4. For a show that seems to take accents seriously, the producers of Mare of Easttown initially wanted to stick to a general New York twang. But Kate Winslet felt that her accent had to be authentic to the Philadelphia area since the story is set in the fictionalized version of Easttown in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 5. On the evening of the show’s finale, on May 30, 2021, the HBO Max streaming server crashed for several hours for the first time in its history, just minutes before the episode was slated to drop. The popularity of the show is evident from the fact that the finale episode became the most-watched episode in HBO Max history.6. During the filming of the scene where Detective Colin Zabel is seen getting drunk at a bar, Evan Peters, who played the character, was sober but drank small cups of apple cider vinegar every half hour to trigger sense memory. The night before the shoot, he improvised the line "let me put my bagel down", which director Craig Zobel loved and retained. Peters' performance received much critical acclaim, with many calling it “the most realistic drunk scene in history”. Peters also won an Emmy for his performance in this episode.You can stream Mare of Easttown on Disney + Hotstar. Well, that's the OTTplay Now you Know for today’s episode for today, I shall be back again tomorrow and until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

Today, we take a deep dive into Archer, the Primetime Emmy-winning adult animated sitcom which debuted season 12 on Netflix today. The show follows an array of intelligence agents, and specifically the protagonist Sterling Archer, a self-involved womanizer. Here are some lesser-known facts about the series. 1. The characters are often shown reading magazines on the show, which serve as Easter eggs for upcoming episodes or seasons. 2. Each episode of the show features the sound of ice-cubes clinking against the glass. 3. The name of Amber Nash’s character Pam makes an appearance on graffiti and walls in almost every episode. 4. Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter, who played bickering married couple in Arrested Development, have again been cast in Archer as arch-rivals Len Texler and Malory. 5. The opening title montage shows the blueprint of the helicopter in the 1984 series Airwolf and the rudimentary rocket called The Vulture from the sci-fi show Salvage 1. If you haven't watched the series yet, do so exclusively on Disney + Hotstar.Well that's the OTTplay Now you Know for today’s episode , I shall be back again tomorrow  until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.

Released less than a month ago on Netflix, Red Notice pulled off a casting coup with Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds sharing the screen for the first time. Understandably then, the heist film offers generous doses of action and comedy. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film revolves around two con artists and an FBI agent who continuously try to outwit each other and steal three bejewelled eggs. Here are some trivia about the film that you may not have known.1. Ryan Reynolds' character is seen saying "Well, first off, a positive mental attitude helps," in a particular scene. This line is a reference to a saying of YouTube gamer Seán McLoughlin, who also happens to be the actor’s friend in real life. 2. The painting Lady with a Red Hat is a reference to the primary antagonist of the video game Where in the... is Carmen Sandiego. In the game, one has to pin down an art thief.  3. Dwayne Johnson’s entry and exit into the Porsche had to be stitched in editing because his frame was bigger than the car door, and would invariably lead to the actor getting stuck. 4. Gal Gadot’s infamous Imagine cover also found a reference in the film. The actor faced criticism for her cover of the song during a 2020 event. In Red Notice, Gadot covers Petula Clark’s Downtown while torturing’s The Rock’s character. In response, Reynold remarked that she is a “good singer.”If you haven't watched this flick  yet do so exclusively on Netflix.Well, that's the OTTplay Now you Know for today, I shall be back again tomorrow with another episode until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.