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The original actor who was offered the lead role in Taken was Jeff Bridges. After he dropped out of the project, Liam Neeson took the role of the father with a special set of skills.
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In the classic MGM musical Anchors Aweigh, screen legend Gene Kelly dances with Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry. Jerry wasn't the first choice for that role, however. That honor went to Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney was willing to allow it. Roy Disney, on the other hand, was not. Due to World War II, the studio had fallen behind on many projects. Roy felt that the studio couldn't spare the resources required to animate Mickey into the sequence. MGM then chose its backup character- Jerry.
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In the twilight of his life, Orson Welles was often forced to take any roles or work that came his way. That's why one of his final roles was the voice of Unicron in Transformers: The Movie.
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The interiors for the rowdy Double Deuce bar in Road House were filmed just down the road from the Magic Kingdom of DISNEYLAND. Luckily Dalton was able to cool that rowdy crowd down!
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