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"I saw you fight in Cardiff, Wales once!"


I never expected my humble home city, the Welsh Capital of Cardiff, to be mentioned in such a major Hollywood movie with such a studded cast. I wonder if it was at Tom Jones' urging that Tim Burton included the line? Or would he have anyway as it was Tom Jones? Maybe Tim is a fan?

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It was either an ad-lib by Tom or something the screenwriter Jonathan Gems added. Gems is British, so it's entirely possible he would've put that line in to give the on-screen character of Tom some local colour.

Blew my mind when I first saw it... and in a Cardiff cinema un'all! (The old Capital Odeon, before it became a Premire Cinema years later).

I never earned a nickel from another man's sweat!

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