Everything Hollywood Got Wrong About History | Compilation
The ‘Gangs of New York’ was based on a real neighborhood in NYC which no longer exists. Scarface was actually based off a real bad guy. And Rosie the Riveter? Was she a real person? Today on Weird History we get to the bottom of what really happened – the truths behind the ‘historical’ depictions in TV, film, and in myth… What is your favorite? Let us know in the comments!
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Characters In War Movies You Didn’t Know Were Based On Real People
00:11:30 – What Life Was Like for the Real Rosie the Riveter
00;23:50 – The Real Vikings Behind Characters In ‘Valhalla’
00:35:53 – The Real Five Points, The Neighborhood That Inspired ‘Gangs of New York’
00:46:58 – The Real History of Deadwood
00:58:21 – This Is The Maniac That Scarface Was Based On. . .
01:07:24 – Real-Life People Who Hated Their TV Portrayals
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@simbamufasa
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Great video as always 👍
Is it possible to make a video about our beloved king Bauduin?
He was our 5th king of the Belgians 🇧🇪.
He was verry loved and had a heart of gold.
He had it not a easy live, grandfather dead when he was 4 year old. Then his parents became king and queen. And when he was not even 5 year old, his mother died in a car crasch.
Than years later WWII starter and he had to flew with his family.
Later when Baudouin was not 19 years old, he became king…why because the Belges did not want his father Leopold III longer to be king. Belgium was in civil crisic.
The first years , Belges call the king, " le roi triste"
When he finnaly married, he started te smile again.
But they do not have kids, was inpossible😢
Our king always put his heart open for the Belges, he was verry kind king, even in rough and bad times.
In 1993 when he died, Belgium was in schock, we lost our father.
Many Belges came and pay one laste tribues.
Even the late queen Elisabeth II came for the funeral ( before she normal never attend a collega king/queen)
She respect our king Baudouin
Please make video about our king.
You can make jokes, like you do in youre video.
There 's is not many video about our 5th king.
Greetings from 🇧🇪
@timothyivey5497
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Howard Hawks directed the 1932 Scarface, NOT Howard Hughes.
@SarahsGoneAgain
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
I love this guys voice sm
@gemmahidalgo6978
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
I just watched the movie "The other Boleyn girl" everything in that movie seemed wrong. You could do a whole video on it.
@ferociousgumby
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
"Rosie the riveter was a real person!" (shows three different women).
@tonyaowen2935
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
There would be no evidence if bodies were fed to pigs. Back then people actually kept secrets. So nobody would have known except thru rumor
@WorkLifeStressBalance
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
An hour and 17 minutes would be enough to cover maybe 0.5% of Hollywood getting history wrong.
@tonyaowen2935
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Saving private ryan was probably partly based on the Sullivan brothers. 5 of them all perished in war. There was actually a law made after that, to make sure all men in one family did not go to war
@DongBags9319
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
7:51, have you never seen Full Metal Jacket? Joker isn't just a recruit in the movie. He graduates boot camp, the majority of the movie is him in Vietnam.
@rafterscott
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Simple: Drama and Oscars are 100 times more important than historical accuracy. Unfortunately it also skews people's perception of factual events.
@HiddenHistoryUSA-p9p
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
It’s fascinating how Hollywood prioritizes drama over accuracy. History is often much stranger and more unsettling than any movie script! Another great compilation.
@taylorlibby7642
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
IMO you can sum it up best with the line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".
@b3yourself91
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
I honestly could care less if Hollywood movies are historically inaccurate. That’s not what Hollywood is about. Unless the movie is stating it’s trying to be accurate, what does it matter?
@nobody-vp1dr
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Just read the title. Insults and lies is what happens.
@D.A.B-w7n
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
So, to get close to covering this topic accurately? You’d need a video about 27 days long. There is no propagandist BS like Hollywood propagandist BS.
@Yourmom0108
May 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm
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