The Best Man: The Final Chapters Creator Malcolm D. Lee On Letting Go Of His Characters [Exclusive Interview]
"I feel a great affinity for these characters and these actors."
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Stories By J. Gabriel Ware
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Kathy Bates Joining The Waterboy Took Some Convincing From Her Niece, Not The Devil
'I felt so free, I could do anything.'
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Karen Allen Thinks She Knows Why Bill Murray Went So Off-Script With Scrooged
Bill Murray did a lot of ad-libbing on the set for Scrooged — despite having helped develop the revised script himself.
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Carol Kane Struggled Over Her Ballet Dancing For Scrooged
Scrooged features a 'ballbreaker ballet' scene that involves Carol Kane kicking Bill Murray in the — you guessed it — balls. She also does a little dance!
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Bill Murray Always Had A Problem With The Way Scrooged Was Filmed
'He kept telling me to do things louder, louder, louder. I think he was deaf.'
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The Set Of Elf Would've Been Right At Home In A Horror Film
A good chunk of the Christmas classic was filmed in a very un-Christmas-y place.
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Elf's Department Store Fight Scene Had To Be Done In One Take
Modern Christmas classic or pioneering work of filmmaking? You be the judge.
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Seth Rogen Had A Challenging Role To Play In Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans
'I did have a lot of questions...'
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How A Scrapped Steve Carrell Sketch Idea Became The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Steve Carell thought up the idea for The 40-Year Old Virgin during his improv comedy days at Second City in Chicago.
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Michael Bay Didn't Give Anthony Mackie Much Time To Prepare For Pain & Gain
"Standing next to Dwayne, a friend and I made a joke: If he's the Rock, my nickname is the Pebble."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Was A Saving Grace During Total Recall's Grueling Shoot
Turns out, Schwarzenegger loves cracking one-liners off-screen as much as he does on-screen.
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Paul Verhoeven Used An Unorthodox Method For Casting Total Recall
A movie as unorthodox as Total Recall perhaps required unorthodox casting methods.
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Shooting Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Was A Costly Experience For Simon Callow
The Jim Carrey comedy sequel literally cost Callow money out of his pocket.
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Steve Martin Is The Sole Reason John Hughes Directed Planes, Trains And Automobiles
John Hughes wasn't originally supposed to direct Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Then Steve Martin got on board.
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Why Diddy Didn't Make The Cut For Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday
Surely Diddy didn't shed any tears about not getting the part. He had a platinum-selling album to promote and a multimillion-dollar record label to run anyway.
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Only One Scene In Weekend At Bernie's Wasn't A Real Body
'Oh my gosh, this is so silly...'
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Steve Martin And John Candy's Improv Got Out Of Hand On Planes, Trains And Automobiles
How could you ever rein in comedians as funny as Steve Martin and John Candy?
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Weekend At Bernie's Almost Seemed 'Too Funny' While It Was Being Filmed
Weekend At Bernie's star Terry Kiser quickly realized it wasn't enough to act dead-dead. He had to be 'funny-dead.'
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French Stewart Improvised His Signature Squint For 3rd Rock From The Sun
He didn't listen to his mom and his face got stuck like that. Well, for six seasons, anyway.
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3rd Rock From The Sun's Biggest Challenge Was Keeping Its Stories Believable
'It's a balancing act, and as you settle in you can forget and get sloppy.'
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How Eminem Made Fun Of Anthony Mackie's Real Life To Expose Character In 8 Mile's Final Rap Battle
Eminem may have gotten a bit too personal in his rap battle with Anthony Mackie in 8 Mile.
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French Stewart Was No Stranger To Pain On The Set Of 3rd Rock From The Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun was good for French Stewart's career, but not so good for his back.
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Landing His Next Friday Role Was 'A Miraculous Leap' For Mike Epps
When Chris Tucker refused to return for sequel to Friday, Ice Cube had to find a new best friend for Craig.
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The Improvised Line That Landed Rae Dawn Chong Her Role In Commando
Rae Dawn Chong plays Cindy in the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie Commando, and she got that role with an improvised line.
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Tobe Hooper Kicked Off The Texas Chain Saw Massacre With A Dump Truck Of Dead Animals
That's why I opened the film in a graveyard. You're immediately repelled by this stuff.'
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Tim Curry Still Felt 'Sick' When Watching The Original Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the ultimate cult film, beloved by many — but star Tim Curry has trouble revisiting the movie.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's Shoot Made Tobe Hooper 'Hated' By The Cast And Crew
'There were ways of creating tension...'
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