Doesn’t have to be one you think is true or even possible. Could be niche or mainstream. Mine is probably Mike Tyson threw that Jake Paul fight. I heavily believe Tyson did everything he could and is just old. Not to mention he’s fighting a roided up good athlete in his physical prime with a limited engagement strategy. I do like hearing people argue its all staged, understandable cope.
Kubrick shot the (fake) moon landing, and NASA gave him the lens he used to shoot Barry Lyndon as a reward.
But, ah, you’ll say, I know the joke! He was such a perfectionist that he shot it on location!
Wrong! Kubrick hated traveling. He filmed it in London.
He was a perfectionist, though, so he had NASA land astronauts on the moon to take reference pictures for the backgrounds.
This read like a boxer training on a speed bag.