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treky · 04-30-2009, 01:43 AM

Eddie Murphy was originally going to be in "STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME" but instead chose to do the movie "THE GOLDEN CHILD". He later said that if he knew beforehand how it would turn out-he would have stuck with "STAR TREK".

What are some others?

treky · 05-02-2009, 03:43 AM

Robert Redford, Charles Bronson,

Sylvester Stallone

and even (I swear I'm not making this up!)A BEVERLY HILLS DENTIST

were all among the choices for the lead role in "Superman".

TJL · 05-02-2009, 08:25 AM

In other Eddie Murphy news, Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone were up for the lead in Beverly Hills Cop - the movie was going to be a more serious crime drama originally. Stallone's rewrites (lots more action scenes and car chases) pushed the film over budget, and Sly left the project and made his own cop film: Cobra.
When Eddie was finally cast, the film was rewritten as a comedy.

browneyes106 · 05-02-2009, 10:30 AM

Sandra Bullock and Ashely Judd were also considered for the role of Maggie in Million Dollar Baby.

LuLu Rogers · 05-02-2009, 01:41 PM

Shirley Temple was up for the roll of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, but 20th Century Fox refused to lend her to MGM, so Judy Garland was cast instead.

tv star collector · 05-02-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LuLu Rogers

Shirley Temple was up for the roll of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, but 20th Century Fox refused to lend her to MGM, so Judy Garland was cast instead.

Other actors were the first choices for The Wizard (W.C. Fields instead of Frank Morgan) and The Tin Man (Buddy Ebsen instead of Jack Haley), too.

JamesG · 05-02-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tv star collector

Other actors were the first choices for The Wizard (W.C. Fields instead of Frank Morgan) and The Tin Man (Buddy Ebsen instead of Jack Haley), too.

Yeah, I heard that Buddy Ebsen got replaced because he had a bad reaction to the make-up.

TJL · 05-02-2009, 05:37 PM

In other Star Trek movie facts, Tom Hanks was set to play warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek First Contact but he couldn't because of his commitment to his directorial debut That Thing You Do.
Hans was very disappointed because he was a big Star Trek fan and wanted to appear in a Star Trek episode or movie.

Torgo · 05-02-2009, 07:37 PM

Though he's more famous for having part of his ear bit off by Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield executive produced and made an appearance in the low-budget 1990 horror film- 'Blood Salvage'.

Torgo · 05-02-2009, 07:45 PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double Peter Kent played one of the main re-animated corpses in 'Re-Animator' (1985), so Arnold would come by the set to visit Peter. When the film was completed Arnold was given a special showing of the movie.

LuLu Rogers · 05-02-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double Peter Kent played one of the main re-animated corpses in 'Re-Animator' (1985), so Arnold would come by the set to visit Peter. When the film was completed Arnold was given a special showing of the movie.

Love that movie, it never fails to make me laugh!!

Marvo301 · 05-02-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tv star collector

Other actors were the first choices for The Wizard (W.C. Fields instead of Frank Morgan) and The Tin Man (Buddy Ebsen instead of Jack Haley), too.

Ray Bolger was originally hired to replace Buddy Ebson as the Tin Man. But the role he really coveted was that of the Scarecrow. So eventually he and Jack Haley (the original scarecrow) traded places and Bolger became the Scarecrow while Haley played the Tin Man.

phoebe7165 · 05-02-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

Yeah, I heard that Buddy Ebsen got replaced because he had a bad reaction to the make-up.

You're right!! Buddy had a severe allergic reaction to the aluminum dust on his costume. He even had to go to the hospital.

Marvo301 · 05-02-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by phoebe7165

You're right!! Buddy had a severe allergic reaction to the aluminum dust on his costume. He even had to go to the hospital.

Which is why the switched Jack Haley's make-up to aluminum paste!

treky · 05-02-2009, 10:32 PM

in other "STAR TREK" news, the original plot of "STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME" had them going back to November 1963 where they would have to interfere with the Kennedy assasination, and had Spock fire the mysterious "second bullet" and beaming out right after he fired it, which would have explained why that part has always remained a mystery.

And "STAR TREK 6: THE FINAL FRONTIER" was originally going to have a plot which would have started with graduation day at Starfleet academy, with Captain Kirk as the guest speaker. After speaking to the graduates, he asks "Are there any questions"? Someone asks him "How did you, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy meet and why have you remained such good friends all these years"? Then Kirk answers "Well, it's like this..." then tells the whole story starting with how he entered Starfleet academy, one day he broke up a fight between Spock and another cadet who was making fun of his Vulcan-human heritage, and that's how they met and became good friends (I forget how they met McCoy).
The movie would have ended with a scene of Kirk visiting the grave of a girlfriend he met during the movie who died (WELL D'UHHH

) then Spock and McCoy come over and the 3 of them talk for a few minutes, then Kirk says for the first and only time in the history of "Star Trek" "Beam me up, Scotty" and he beams out.
But then Paramount went through a change in upper managment, and Harve Bennet (the guy who was behind all the "ST" pictures exept the first one)was replaced.

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05-02-2009, 03:43 AM	#2
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Sylvester Stallone and even (I swear I'm not making this up!)A BEVERLY HILLS DENTIST were all among the choices for the lead role in "Superman".

05-02-2009, 10:30 AM	#4
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05-02-2009, 05:37 PM	#8
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	In other Star Trek movie facts, Tom Hanks was set to play warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek First Contact but he couldn't because of his commitment to his directorial debut That Thing You Do. Hans was very disappointed because he was a big Star Trek fan and wanted to appear in a Star Trek episode or movie.

05-02-2009, 07:45 PM	#10
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double Peter Kent played one of the main re-animated corpses in 'Re-Animator' (1985), so Arnold would come by the set to visit Peter. When the film was completed Arnold was given a special showing of the movie.

05-02-2009, 10:32 PM	#15
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	in other "STAR TREK" news, the original plot of "STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME" had them going back to November 1963 where they would have to interfere with the Kennedy assasination, and had Spock fire the mysterious "second bullet" and beaming out right after he fired it, which would have explained why that part has always remained a mystery. And "STAR TREK 6: THE FINAL FRONTIER" was originally going to have a plot which would have started with graduation day at Starfleet academy, with Captain Kirk as the guest speaker. After speaking to the graduates, he asks "Are there any questions"? Someone asks him "How did you, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy meet and why have you remained such good friends all these years"? Then Kirk answers "Well, it's like this..." then tells the whole story starting with how he entered Starfleet academy, one day he broke up a fight between Spock and another cadet who was making fun of his Vulcan-human heritage, and that's how they met and became good friends (I forget how they met McCoy). The movie would have ended with a scene of Kirk visiting the grave of a girlfriend he met during the movie who died (WELL D'UHHH ) then Spock and McCoy come over and the 3 of them talk for a few minutes, then Kirk says for the first and only time in the history of "Star Trek" "Beam me up, Scotty" and he beams out. But then Paramount went through a change in upper managment, and Harve Bennet (the guy who was behind all the "ST" pictures exept the first one)was replaced.