“It’s a love story, and it’s a guy-a dead guy-trying to save his wife, and there is a comedy part, but really, really it’s a love story,” Moore said. Speaking at a 2013 AFI Night at the Movies screening of Ghost, Moore revealed that she had reservations about the film. How are you gonna have a romance?’ Famous last words.” He told the New York Times in 1996 that he didn’t think Ghost would work as an idea. Bruce Willis turned down the chance to star opposite his wifeīruce Willis called himself a “knucklehead” for saying no to the role of Sam.“There were a few scenes where something happened to me that was very scary.” “I had pushed that memory out of my life until that moment on location when it all came back, big time,” he said. Speaking to People in 1990, Patrick said that filming with the plaster dummy representing his character’s body reminded him of his father’s funeral, when he almost passed out from the shock of touching his father’s body. Patrick Swayze had flashbacks of his father's death while filming Ghost.
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Sadly, the TV show appears to have vanished into thin air, but surely it's only a matter of time? Meanwhile, in 2013, Paramount TV had hired writer-producer Akiva Goldsman and showrunner Jeff Pinkner to write a pilot based on the movie. It has since been staged in various tours around the world.
The show premiered Manchester in March 2011, before transferring to London. The film inspired a musical stage version, Ghost: The Musical.
“We all had tears in our eyes, right there in the office-and we knew how it ends,” Zucker told People in 1990. After Swayze read the end of the script out loud, Zucker changed his mind. Patrick really wanted to get the role, and Zucker allowed him to audition. Read more: Vintage footage of Patrick Swayze 'dirty dancing' with his wife Lisa Niemi is sensational
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“Jerry wanted to see him on film, so went out and saw the movie Roadhouse, and we walked out of that movie and Jerry said to me, ‘Over my dead body,’” said Rubin. On the Ghost DVD, screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin revealed how Zucker was against casting Patrick as Sam. It's hard to imagine anyone else play Sam in Ghost, but he was most definitely not the first choice. Wonder how Patrick Swayze was able to secure the role of a lifetime in Ghost? Take a behind-the-scenes look at this clip from the bonus content, available for the first time on DIGITAL HD July 7!Posted by Ghost on Tuesday, June 30, 2015