r/MovieDetails • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '19

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone had a legitimate rivalry during the 80s. Schwarzenegger faked interest in starring in “Stop or My Mom Will Shoot” even though he knew the script was bad in order to trick Stallone into doing it instead. It worked.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

One thing that doesn't make sense about the story is how Arnold was able to show interest in doing the movie while also turning it down if they offered him the part first. Surely they wouldn't just cast the first actor to accept the part?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19 edited Mar 16 '20

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u/TheAllyCrime Nov 05 '19

Another example of this is that they offered the role of the joker in the 1989 Batman movie to Robin Williams purely as a ploy to negotiate with Jack Nicholson. He was really angry when he found out he was never being considered. However in the end it didn't work in the studio's favor, as Nicholson took a reduced salary in return for a chunk of the earnings from merchandise and ended up making millions more than he originally asked for.

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u/JarasM Nov 05 '19

At the same time I literally can't imagine a Robin Williams Joker, while Nicholson's performance was fantastic.

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u/Vangogher Nov 05 '19

Has Williams ever played the bad guy? Hard to imagine him being anything but sweet.

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u/JarasM Nov 05 '19

Well there is that one movie where Robin Williams impersonates an elderly woman to break apart his ex-wife's marriage...

Anyway, I haven't seen it, but it seems his character in Nolan's Insomnia was a villain - first such role for him, not sure if the last.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

One Hour Photo came out the same year as Insomnia and also has him going against-type and playing a dark bad guy character. I guess he was trying out something different around that point in his career. I could be wrong but I don't think he did another proper bad guy character after those 2.

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u/Shiznach Nov 05 '19

1 Hour Photo, he plays an unhinged guy obsessed with a family

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u/Tumble85 Nov 05 '19

Christopher Nolan's 'Insomnia' too.

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u/Bakytheryuha Nov 05 '19

Insomnia with Al Pacino