Debra Winger has set the record straight over why she quit her starring role in director Penny Marshall's beloved 1992 baseball film, "A League of Their Own." The three-time Oscar nominee Winger, 66, told Britain's Daily Telegraph she objected to Madonna's casting, because it made the project "an Elvis film."
Why didn t Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger get along?
In the 1983 film Terms of Endearment, Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger played loving mom and daughter Aurora and Emma, but in real life they were total rivals. MacLaine was supposedly fed up with Winger's antics, including one rumored incident where Winger lifted her dress to fart in MacLaine's direction.
Who dropped out of A League of Their Own because of Madonna?
One of the odder reasons for a film losing a star was when the 1992 Penny Marshall hit film, A League of Their Own, had to scramble to replace its original lead, Debra Winger, after she quit the film due to Madonna also being cast in the film.
Image: IMDb. "I had a new marriage, I wanted another child, and it seemed ridiculous to run off for three months to do another film," she told The Guardian in 2008. "I had also reached 40, a point in life when things can get really tough in Hollywood. I looked around and thought: It's time to go."
Who was originally supposed to play Dottie in A League of Their Own?
Debra Winger was supposed to play Dottie Hinson in the 1992 baseball flick “A League of Their Own,” but she dropped out after hearing that Columbia Pictures cast Madonna.
When Swan (Michael Beck) and Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) are in the subway with the rest of the members, there are four people coming from a prom. Many people say that Debra Winger was one of them, but that is false information.
She famously quit Hollywood, after feuding with Richard Gere and Shirley MacLaine, and currently plays Ruth, the mother of an LA teacher in “Mr. Corman” on Apple TV+.
How much did Madonna get paid for A League of Their Own?
Madonna has starred in a slew of major motion pictures, with perhaps her most noteworthy being A League of Their Own, and Evita, which earned her the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy. She was paid $1 million for her role in the movie, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Madonna also shared with Fallon that she missed out on playing Catwoman in Batman Returns and a leading role in Showgirls. "I saw them both and I regret that I turned down Catwoman, that was pretty fierce," said the singer of the role that ultimately went to Michelle Pfeiffer. "Showgirls? No."
Did Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine get along?
Chaotic...(Jim) likes working with tension on the set." On working with Nicholson, MacLaine said, "Working with Jack Nicholson was crazy", but that his spontaneity may have contributed to her performance. She also said, We're like old smoothies working together.
How old was John Travolta in the movie Urban Cowboy?
In the summer of 1979, the Houston news and gossip circles were dominated by the presence of one John Travolta, who lived in the city while filming Urban Cowboy in nearby Pasadena. It was only the fourth leading role for the 25-year-old actor, but he was already arguably the world's biggest movie star.
Winger has said on more than on occasion that she and Gere are on good terms now and have a sense of humor about their past tension. "I run in to Richard Gere quite a lot and he half jokes: 'Are you still saying terrible things about me?
How old is Richard Gere in Officer and a Gentleman?
Unbeknownst to the 30-year-old actor at the time was that he would go on to become one of the most famous leading men of his generation and star in some of the most successful movies of all time.
Is Geena Davis the old lady in A League of Their Own?
An excellent casting decision was made to have older actresses play these parts - Lynn Cartright was chosen to play Dottie (Geena Davis) in her late 60's and she was a dead-ringer for Geena!
Is the old woman in League of Their Own Geena Davis?
That older woman you see at the beginning of the film playing the part of Dottie Hinson is NOT Geena Davis with makeup on! It's actually an actress named Lynn Cartwright who looks exactly like Davis would at age 65.
Tracy Reiner was Betty "Spaghetti" Horn — the Peaches' relief pitcher whose husband was killed in World War II. As the daughter of A League of Their Own director Penny Marshall and actor-filmmaker Rob Reiner, and niece of screenwriter Garry Marshall, Tracy is Hollywood royalty.
