Even making this movie 15 years ago would have made for better cinema.
Funny how egos shrink once you get older and scripts aren't coming your way as often as they once did.
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I'll always be going to see the varmint, Eve.
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Probably not, their egos would probably have gotten in the way and each one demanded $10M upfront.
However, if they'd set their egos aside and only asked for maybe $1M upfront with a 2% take of the gross it could have been achievable.
You could have at least gotten Sly, Chuck, Bruce and Van Damme to headline I bet. Arnie would have been the fly in the ointment and probably still would have asked for the $10M upfront on top of the gross %.
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I'll always be going to see the varmint, Eve.
I doubt they would've been happy with a percentage and the Budget would've been insane back then.
Also think about all the ego clashes. Look at how insane it was for the Crew of The Towering Inferno to get Paul Newman and Steve McQueen to work together: Both wanted Top Billing, both wanted the most lines (and afterwards the production team had to made sure that bove have the exact same number of lines) and both wanted the same amount of money. Even a third actor, William Holden, then demanded these things, thinking he's in the same league as Newman and McQueen.
Even a third actor, William Holden, then demanded these things, thinking he's in the same league as Newman and McQueen.
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Yes a movie with all of them back then would have been cool and I think they would have been serious movies instead of all this cheesieness.
Lose the Game!!!!!!!
Of course a movie in their prime would've been the best, it would've made for classic cinema. But the topic starter already has it down, they would not have been able to make it past each other's ego, nor would it have been affordable.
The way we're getting it is the only way we ever will.
"Bulls**t MR.Han Man!!"--Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon
A question of economics.
The three stars were too expensive.
Its that man again!!