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TIL that Tim Curry was one of the top choices to play the Joker in the 1989 “Batman” film, but the role went to Jack Nicholson instead. Curry later voiced the Joker in the 1992 animated series, but was quickly replaced by Mark Hamill as his voice was deemed “too scary”.
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TIL that Freddie Mercury was supposed to sing a Christmas power-ballad as the theme song for “Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985), and he apparently even recorded a demo, but he pulled out of the film as his Queen bandmates had already committed to the “Highlander”soundtrack instead.
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TIL Roger Moore was the oldest actor to play James Bond at 57 in A View to a Kill. His dressing room was next door to co-star Grace Jones and he would bang on her door and complain when she played 'heavy metal' music too loud.