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Mario Kassar: How Ted Kotcheff Got ’80s Juggernaut Carolco Going & How Close Tom Cruise Came To Playing Jim Morrison Over Val Kilmer
Mario Kassar On How Ted Kotcheff Helped Launch '80s Juggernaut Carolco & How Close Tom Cruise Came To Playing Jim Morrison
Determined that his character had to put his tortured Vietnam vet protégé out of his misery, Douglas was aghast at the Frankenstein monster he created, and the actor felt strongly this was the right outcome. He got three movies out of it.” Kassar met Douglas after, and said the actor grudgingly acknowledged the move was the right one, not dramatically as satisfying as what he’d signed on for, but because it became Rambo muscled his way into a five-movie franchise that grossed over $850 million worldwide, and allowed Carolco to go public and take bigger swings. Kassar had fond memories of traveling with Kilmer to promote the film, with the actor choosing to stay in character the entire time, which created challenges with passport control.
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