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See 10 ‘Gone Girl’ Movie Facts Every Die-Hard Fan Should Know!

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Aug 11, 2016 4:27 pm·

By Julia Birkinbine

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Calling all Gone Girl fans!

Click through the gallery to see 10 interesting facts about the 2014 movie — then buy the hit film on DVD here!

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Brad Pitt almost played Ben Affleck's character, Nick

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Director David Fincher cast Rosamund Pike as Amy because he thought she looked ambiguously aged

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Ben Affleck postponed another film project to work with director David Fincher on Gone Girl

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Ben Affleck's weight fluctuated throughout the movie as he bulked up for his next role as Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Reese Witherspoon (who produced the film) was originally cast as Amy but felt she wasn't right to play the role

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In one scene, Nick was supposed to wear a Yankees cap but Ben Affleck, a die-hard Red Sox fan, refused to wear it. He ultimately agreed to don a Mets hat instead

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Ben Affleck is actually nine years older than Carrie Coon, the actress who played Nick's twin sister, Margo

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Nick and Margo's bar, The Bar, is now a real restaurant in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Tyler Perry's character, Tanner Bolt, was originally written to be an "Alec Baldwin type"

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Director David Fincher cast Emily Ratajkowski as Andie after Ben Affleck recommended her for the part

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Buy Gone Girl on DVD here!