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“That’s just the kind of guy he was”: Robin Williams Threatened Producers to Stop Torturing Kids in $262M Movie That Had Rejected Scarlett Johansson


Robin Williams has left a remarkable legacy in Hollywood due to his acting work that put smiles on many faces. While his improvisational skills often surprised many, his kindness, compassion, and philanthropy genuinely won many hearts, let alone his co-stars.
During his time in 1995’s Jumanji, he made sure to take a stand for young actors to save them from film producers who were ready to cross boundaries to complete the production process.

Robin Williams Stood Up for His Young Co-stars in Jumanji
Robin Williams starred alongside young actors, Bradley Pierce and Kirsten Dunst in Joe Johnston’s directed film, Jumanji. Given that the young actors further elevated fans’ attention on the project, having the then-young kids was found to be a fruitful decision for the producers however it came at quite a restriction.

Due to child actor labor laws, work hours restrictions have to be followed but producers were ready to cross past that. It happened when they were filming the monsoon scene which was filmed in a water tank.
“We were filming the monsoon scene and I think it was day 7 or 8 in that rain tank.”

Due to hours restrictions, the filming was getting delayed which meant an increase in production cost.
Filming the whole sequence was itself a tiresome process which is why producers tried to ask the kids’ parents for their permission to work overtime. In a 2020 interview with CBC Listen, Pierce shared,

“Producers approached our parents and said, ‘We’ve only got a half hour left of shooting, is there anyway we can do a little bit of overtime just to get it done?’ “
But, the late actor got the news and eventually came to save them.
“Robin basically caught wind of these conversations happening, and apparently he pulled the director and producers aside and said ‘No, we are not doing any extra time. You’re going to let everyone out of the pool now, and we’re going to come back next week.’”
He continued,
“For all the dollars that would have cost, nobody else could have stood up the way he did.”
Not just that, he has often accompanied the then-young actor when he used to sit for long hours for makeup to be applied to him. For the unversed, Pierce was turned into a monkey for some time in the film, which is why he had to film in heavy makeup. However, the late actor’s generosity was a huge gesture for the latter. However, this project was the same one that rejected Marvel actress, Scarlett Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson Was Unable to Bag a Role in Jumanji
The 1995 film became the foundation of the popular Jumanji franchise after making a huge impact on critics and movie enthusiasts. In the movie, the role of Judy Shepherd, which eventually went to Dunst was also coveted by MCU actress. She even auditioned for the role but lost the project.
However, it was not something that would impact her much since she was just a kid at the time.
“That is true, yeah. I wasn’t bitter enough then,” Johansson said during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show. “Now, I’m bitter.”
She did enjoy the film as a moviegoer when it was released. It was a massive success both critically and commercially grossing $263 million worldwide on a budget of $65 million.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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