{"id":15881,"date":"2016-07-22T04:26:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=15881"},"modified":"2016-07-12T17:13:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T21:13:25","slug":"16-high-flying-facts-about-the-rocketeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=15881","title":{"rendered":"16 High-Flying Facts About &#8220;The Rocketeer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2016\/z072216rocketeer_trivia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Stacy Conradt <\/b>and <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\"><strong>Mental_Floss<\/strong><\/a> present <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/82898\/16-high-flying-facts-about-rocketeer\"><strong>16 High-Flying Facts About <em>The Rocketeer<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. &nbsp;Here are three of my favorites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A COMIC BOOK.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1982, artist Dave Stevens created a comic book character called <em>The Rocketeer,<\/em> inspired by pulp characters and series from the 1930s through 1950s. Though originally intended to be a secondary strip in a more popular comic called <em>Starslayer,<\/em>&nbsp;the quirky character quickly proved his star power. <i>Stevens&#8217;&nbsp;<\/i><em>Rocketeer <\/em>was so popular, in fact, that the movie was&nbsp;optioned just a year later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5. DISNEY WANTED JOHNNY DEPP FOR THE LEAD ROLE.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nBilly Campbell was hired for the starring role&nbsp;after Johnny Depp turned it down\u2014and Campbell&#8217;s agent played a part in getting Depp to nix the part.&nbsp;\u201cAs it happened, my agent&#8217;s office was right next to Johnny Depp&#8217;s agent&#8217;s office,\u201d Campbell later said. \u201cMy agent called me one day all excited and he said, \u2018Tracy is about to have a meeting with Johnny about whether to do <em>Rocketeer<\/em> or not, and she asked me to join in on the meeting. I&#8217;ll call you back.\u2019 So, he went in on the meeting and he brilliantly convinced Johnny Depp that this was exactly not the kind of movie that he should be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vincent D\u2019Onofrio was also offered the lead at one point, but turned it down because he wasn\u2019t sure it would fit with his image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">15. MORE MOVIES WERE IN THE WORKS.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThis news is bittersweet for fans:&nbsp;Before the movie flopped at the box office, a sequel (and maybe even a trilogy) was in the works. &#8220;There was a lot of talk of a sequel on June 20, 1991, but there wasn&#8217;t any on the&nbsp;22nd,&#8221; Johnston said in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacy Conradt and Mental_Floss present 16 High-Flying Facts About The Rocketeer. &nbsp;Here are three of my favorites&#8230; 1. 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