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TIL that in the 1990s, Martin Scorsese planned to make a Dean Martin biopic about Martin’s complicated history with Jerry Lewis. The film - which would have starred Tom Hanks as Dean and Jim Carrey as Lewis, was shelved due to scheduling issues and was officially cancelled in 2004.

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