India, June 20 -- Dogpool, Deadpool and Wolverine. Before being cast, mixed-breed pug Peggy was famously "Britain's ugliest dog". Her off-beat looks landed her the part. Peggy started out shy, but adjusted quickly to life on set, revelling in the attention she was getting. We love a diva in the making. And that meet-cute when she and Deadpool see each other for the first time? Pure cinema.

Eli, Killers of the Flower Moon. Martin Scorsese's film, based on a series of murders within a wealthy Native American tribe, had an A-list star cast. But even they agreed that Elisheva, or Eli, was the main character. The Eurasian eagle owl beat five others to the part. She was such a natural, she improvised the scene in which she flies directly into ...