Here is an interesting Animal House fact that I found on yesbutnobutyes.com this morning. The rest of the article 20 Questionable Career Moves in Entertainment History has some interesting info as well. I didn’t know that shit about Will Smith being Neo and Tom Selleck being Indiana Jones.

Donald Sutherland takes a small role in Animal House, requiring two days work. Sutherland is offered either a $40,000 flat fee or a percentage of the film’s gross…he opts for the flat fee. A decision which cost him over 30 million dollars. In Donald’s defense, they did find pods in his basement before filming began, so who knows what was going on. This is a classic Hollywood story. What would you have done? Everyone from Chevy Chase to Bill Murray had passed on the flick, so it didn’t have that promising a start. Oh well…spilt milk and all. Hey, you ever seen Kelly’s Heroes…great flick.