Dune actor Stellan Skarsgård underwent a massive transformation to play Dune villain Baron Harkonnen, but there was one thing he required from the makeup team.
Thanks to the success of Die Hard, the writers of Cliffhanger finally found a way to tell their story, and it became one of Sylvester Stallone's best movies.
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