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by Simon Brew | November 18, 2024

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How Drew Barrymore fought to make Charlie’s Angels, and the Sylvester Stallone film with three names. It’s all in the Film Stories podcast.

It was following the success of The Fugitive that Hollywood started plundering (again) the archives of television for its movie ideas. Sony wanted a Charlie’s Angels film, and was looking for pitches. Drew Barrymore, then making Never Been Kissed, was interested.

The film she’d help steer to the screen though wasn’t without behind the scenes incidents, though.

Sylvester Stallone was all set to earn $60m for three movies in the mid-1990s meanwhile, he just had to make sure he picked the right projects. He committed to filming D-Tox in the late 1990s. But years after it was finished, it’d been through three titles, assorted cuts, and Hollywood smelt trouble.

Stories of both films are told in this episode…

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Good morning, Angels! This week we’re flashing back to the year 2000 to celebrate the action, fashion, and unstoppable energy of McG’s Charlie’s Angels — the film that redefined what a fun, female-led blockbuster about friendship could be (and gave us peak bada** Drew Barrymore sexily slaying alongside the fantastic Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu). Tune in for exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, our favorite moments, and a look at the movie’s lasting legacy. Twenty-five years later, it’s still totally "kicking your a..!"