Trivia / Fatal Beauty

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, unknown. Box office, $12 million.
• Dawson Casting: Zack Jaeger is a juvenile delinquent who is too young and cute to be a threat... played by 25-year-old James Le Gros.
• Deleted Scene: A love scene was filmed between Sam Elliott and Whoopi Goldberg, but was cut from the final edit. The kiss he gives her at the end hints at the relationship as it was originally scripted.
• Fake Nationality: Whoopi Goldberg plays an Italian.
• Hostility on the Set: According to Brad Dourif, Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Holland (the director, not the Spider-Man actor) clashed from day one.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Cher was originally going to be in the film, before Whoopi Goldberg was eventually cast in her place. Tina Turner was also considered. Also, John Milius was writing the script.
  • Billy Dee Williams was considered for the role of Mike Marshak.

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