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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the film that made Connery call it quits, turns 23 today. This steampunk “literary Avengers” with Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll, Mina Harker, and more was ahead of the curve. This transformation still looks great.
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Lynda Carter was originally cast in Apocalypse Now as Miss May, a Playboy Playmate. She shot early scenes and posed for a mock topless Playboy centrefold shoot. Then a Typhoon hit, stalling production. By the time filming resumed, Carter had landed Wonder Woman and dropped out.
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Nicole Kidman was just 15 when she filmed BMX Bandits (1983). She couldn’t ride a bike and later admitted, “I was a bit scared of the BMX bikes”… so a male stunt double in a Kidman wig did all the tricks. Did anyone else's BMX make THIS sound during aerials?
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With Omen III, Possession, and In the Mouth of Madness, Sam Neill became an unlikely horror icon, and then there's Event Horizon. I know it has issues, but the cast is fantastic, and the whole “Hellraiser in space” vibe works for me. Fishburne’s final reaction here is priceless.
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Speaking of films they’d never make these days… Stuck On You (2003). Matt Damon & Greg Kinnear play conjoined twins whose lives are upended when one chases an acting career. Also starring: Meryl Streep, Cher, Eva Mendes. There are 29 Oscar noms between this lot. 🤣
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While filming The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mel Gibson got hilariously frustrated that even buried under mud and rags, Monica Bellucci still looked stunning. He joked, “It’s literally impossible to make this woman look uglier… the messier she got, the better looking she got"
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The Thomas Crown Affair test audiences were horrified by the original idea that Pierce Brosnan’s briefcase was custom-built with internal blades that sliced the Monet from its frame. They had to scrap it, hoping viewers would buy the slick heist and pacing over physical reality.
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Peter Sellers dreaded appearing as himself on The Muppets: “I’ll be Queen Victoria, but I don’t know how to be me.” Then he turns it into a meta-comic moment that mirrors his real-life struggle. It's rare, raw, and honest, and he plays it opposite Kermit the Frog.
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Yul Brynner was the First Terminator 11 years before Arnie, Yul Brynner (born OTD in 1920) was the original unstoppable robot that can’t be bargained with, can’t be reasoned with, feels no pity, remorse, or fear, and absolutely will not stop until you’re dead. In Westworld
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Happy Birthday, Cheryl Ladd! Between Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, Daisy Duke, Col. Wilma Deering and more, 70s TV kept growing boys very well catered for. I watched Charlie's Angels purely for the deeply complex plots… not at all for Cheryl's bikini skills.
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A Fish Called Wanda turns 38 today, and it's still one of the best comedies we’ve ever produced. Cleese proved he could be a romantic lead; Jamie Lee Curtis fires on all comedy cylinders; and Kevin “Don’t Call Me Stupid” Kline won an Oscar for Otto, rare for a role this broad.
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Clint Eastwood insisted on doing the ledge-hang stunt himself for In the Line of Fire (33 today). The crew built a rooftop-edge replica on a backlot, then hid a heavy safety harness and a steel cable under his jacket. It’s really his face in the frame, so the danger feels real
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It’s sad news that Sam Neill has passed away. Sam was a genre-crossing, multifaceted actor, just as at home in independent films like The Dish as in Hollywood blockbusters like Jurassic Park. When I heard today, my first thought was The Hunt for Red October. He’ll be missed.
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What the duck were they thinking? The near “love scene” between Lea Thompson (65 today) and Howard the Duck is played almost completely straight. It confused the hell out of younger audiences, and still ranks as one of the most bizarre moments in cinema history.
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On this day in 1989, cinema peaked with Weekend at Bernie’s. An absurd premise that nails the blind, hedonistic excess of 1980s yuppie culture and somehow lands a real critique of a shallow society. Also, Denzel robbed Terry Kiser of a Best Supporting Oscar.
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