In 2013, at an AFI Night at the Movies screening of Ghost, Demi Moore revealed to the audience what her first thoughts and feelings about the film were. She Thought It Was a “Recipe for Disaster”
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Maybe he thought acting as a ghost for an entire movie wouldn’t suit him (wink wink). So, before the role of Sam went to Swayze, Willis was asked to film opposite his wife for the upcoming film. When Ghost was in production, Moore was married to Willis. Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images The role of Sam was almost given to Bruce Willis instead. What became an iconic role almost didn’t happen. “I saw a side of Patrick that I never knew existed.” It was a complete 180 from what the director initially thought. “We all had tears in our eyes, right there in the office… and we knew how it ends,” Zucker told People in 1990. The Role of Sam Almost Went to Bruce Willis Once Swayze read the end of the script aloud, the director changed his mind. Since Zucker appreciated Swayze’s enthusiasm, he let the actor audition. Swayze, however, was gung-ho about the role and wanted it badly. “Jerry wanted to see him on film, so he went out and saw the movie Roadhouse, and we walked out of that movie, and Jerry said to me, ‘Over my dead body,’” Rubin recalled. In the Ghost DVD commentary, screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (who won the Oscar for his script) spoke about how Zucker was against casting Swayze as Sam, at least at first… Photo by Images/Getty Images In fact, director Jerry Zucker used the words “over my dead body” when referring to casting Swayze in the lead role. The Director Didn’t Want Patrick Swayze at All The film wasn’t a big hit, though, and a few years later, she left Hollywood for Idaho. In 1995, for her role in Striptease, she was paid an unprecedented $12.5 million. Photo by Kypros/Getty ImagesĪll of Demi’s film grosses in those years come out to more than $1 billion. But then the unexpected $200 million domestic gross rolled in, and Moore hit box office gold with a trifecta of hits, including 1992’s A Few Good Men, 1993’s Indecent Proposal, and 1994’s Disclosure. However, she wasn’t yet considered to be a bankable star. It Turned Demi Moore Into the Highest-Paid Actressīefore Ghost, Demi Moore was already famous for her St. From Patrick Swayze saying the pottery scene was his favorite ever to Demi Moore cutting off all her hair at the last minute, these are some fun facts behind the scenes of Ghost. And not everyone knows what really went down off-screen and behind the scenes. No one saw the cultural phenomenon coming. The 1990 classic was a surprise hit at the time, making over a half-billion dollars and becoming the third highest-grossing movie of all time (back then). The supernatural fantasy romance film, in which the “bedroom scene” took place on a potter’s wheel, started off the ‘90s with a bang (pun intended).