“True Lies” Trivia!

Joey Pauer at GeekTyrant posted 23 Fun Facts About James Cameron’s TRUE LIES with Behind the Scenes “Making Of” Videos.  Here are three of my favorite facts and my comments on each…

Jodie Foster was originally cast as Helen Tasker, but was forced to turn the role down because she was signed on to star in Nell. Rosanna Arquette, Kim Basinger, Annette Bening, Joan Cusack, Geena Davis, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Madonna, Demi Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sharon Stone, Emma Thompson, Lea Thompson, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Claudia Wells, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sandra Bullock and Madeleine Stowe were also all considered for the role of Helen.

(Sometimes casting is perfect and it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role.  Look at the number of actresses considered and we can begin to realize sometimes it’s just luck to get the right person. – Craig)

Curtis said that in his contract Schwarzenegger gets top billing then the title then it would have said starring Jamie Lee Curtis but when Cameron finished editing the film and he saw that the film was really “a domestic epic, it’s a film about a marriage.” So Cameron called Schwarzenegger and asked him if it would be ok to put Jamie Lee Curtis’ name before the title, to which Schwarzenegger immediately agreed. In the world of show business, as Curtis said, “The credit is such a coveted, negotiable, commodity” that for Schwarzenegger to give her billing before the title “was a real mensch move on his part.”

(Don’t you love it when you hear a star not acting like a sterotypical star? – Craig)

The appearance and traits of Spencer Trilby (Charlton Heston) is based on Nick Fury. Like Fury, Trilby has an eyepatch, and the same mannerisms; as well as heading a peacekeeping organization.

(Interesting.  So Cameron is a comic book fan?  – Craig)

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