The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey. The Frighteners tells the story of Frank Bannister (Fox), an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder.
In a new interview with Variety, Fox confirms that he was asked about the role during the casting process, but the Family Ties star says he turned it down because he didn't think the film would turn out well. “I didn't see how it would work... It shows I can be an idiot too," Fox says.
Michael J Fox stuns Whoopi Goldberg by revealing why he turned down starring in the movie Ghost. M ichael J Fox shocked Whoopi Goldberg when he revealed that he turned down the chance to star alongside her in the movie Ghost.
The two of them form an endearing pair, and Fox has similar chemistry with Chi McBride and Jim Fyfe, the two actors who play the ghosts Cyrus and Stuart. Dee Wallace is on hand, and so are John Astin, and R. Lee Ermey.
Humphrey Bone or Headless Humphrey was a Catholic Tudor nobleman who died after being accidentally beheaded. His body spends most of the time searching for his head rather unsuccessfully. His head is portrayed by Laurence Rickard, who also plays Robin, while his body is portrayed by Yani Xander.
It was first revealed that Fox turned down the role in Ghost in Vanity Fair's oral history of the 1990 film. The movie's screenwriter, Bruce Joel Rubin, said the filmmakers "went to every major actor in Hollywood who was hot at the time" but "everybody" turned it down.
One night, after attending the theater with Molly, Sam is killed when a mugger tries to steal his wallet. Sam is shocked to realize he is a ghost, but when angels appear to take his soul to Heaven, he returns to Molly. Weeks later, in an effort to raise her spirits, Carl takes Molly for a walk.
Last week, Fox first revealed the news to Variety, again stating that he "didn't see how it would work" when he was approached about appearing in the film, which follows the spirit of a murdered man (Swayze) who enlists the help of a psychic (Goldberg) to protect his partner (Moore) from those who killed him.
Who was originally supposed to play Ghost on power?
Michael Jai White was originally offered the role of Ghost in 50 Cent's Power universe, but due to a scheduling conflict, Omari Hardwick ended up getting the role.
Whoopi Goldberg has said that co-star Patrick Swayze fought for her to get cast in Ghost. The actor played charlatan psychic Oda Mae Brown in the classic 1990 romance, having beaten a list of candidates including Patti LaBelle and Tina Turner to be cast in the role.
Four people walked out of the screening I attended of A Ghost Story. I found it to be a profoundly beautiful and sad story of loss and the passage of time, of impermanence and change.
The Teen Wolf star is married to Tracy Pollan and they share son Sam, 34, twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler, 28, and youngest Esmé, 21. He told CBS News: "I have a wheelchair that I use every now and then and it still sucks.
Usually, it's a case of a scheduling conflict, but sometimes an actor just doesn't recognize a great part when they see it and ends up kicking themself for passing up a role of a lifetime. Once in a blue moon, they don't regret it, and we're all glad that the casting directors found the right lead.
Thorfinn, the oldest ghost, is a Viking who died around the 1020s. Sasappis, a Lenape man, died in the 1520s and loves discussing deaths. Alberta, a jazz singer from the 1920s, was poisoned by her bootlegger boyfriend.
History. They were all people that were infected with cholera and placed in a pest house. They were told that they would stay here to be treated only for to be locked inside and trapped. They either starved, died of the illness, suffocated, or a combination of the three and became ghosts trapped in the basement.
Originally Answered: In the Ghost (movie), how did the subway ghost die? He jumped in-front of the subway committing suicide. He keeps claiming he was pushed in front of the train but when Patrick Swayze's character figures out that he committed suicide and confronts him about it, he freaks out.
Patrick Swayze's Sam Wheat, a ghost after his murder, professes eternal love and kisses his tearful lover Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) amid a symphonic swelling of their song "Unchained Melody." He says farewell to psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) before uttering the immortal line, "The love inside, you take it ...
