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Polymemnetic t1_ixxuwa6 wrote

Reply to comment by BigPapaChuck73 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

If there's one thing Turner was good at, it was paying guys who didn't deserve it way too much money. And in the end, it almost worked. They almost killed WWF. Macho finessed the shit out of him with that deal, though.

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rbhindepmo t1_ixy0hcm wrote

And the Macho Man WCW contract was subsided by Slim Jim, because Randy was in their commercials.

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