‘My Cousin Vinny’ Turns 25: How Marisa Tomei's Character Was Almost Cut From the Movie

Yahoo ^ | March 13, 2017 | Gwynne Watkins

[Leaning Right]

Anyone who’s seen My Cousin Vinny, which opened 25 years ago, on March 13, 1992, can probably quote at least one of Marisa Tomei’s Brooklyn-accented lines * snip *

So it’s mind-boggling that 20th Century Fox initially wanted to take Mona Lisa out of My Cousin Vinny entirely, in order to give more of the spotlight to Pesci.

[Leaning Right]

Great movie. Hard to believe it's 25 years old now.

[Mr. K]

OMG that movie would be nothing without her!

[Oratam]

She’s just my type. The dark hair, the full lips.

[KC_Conspirator]

I have accomplished courtroom attorney friends who say that all you need to know about criminal court room law can be learned from that movie. Love Marisa Tomei in it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Damn funny movie—"What's a yute?"

[jerod]

They tried to cut Marisa Tomei... What were they thinking?

[Obadiah]

No, I hate him.

My biological clock is ticking.

[Skooz]

Ditto.

[moovova]

Oh yeah...

"Mona Lisa Vito: No, there's more! You see? When the left tire mark goes up on the curb and the right tire mark stays flat and even? Well, the '64 Skylark had a solid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, the right tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn't happen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had an independent rear suspension. Now, in the '60s, there were only two other cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks. One was the Corvette, which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had the same body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest."

[DOC44]

Must be today’s liberal female yutes that want her out. What is her political stance on Trump today???? Just wondering.

[NohSpinZone]

This is still my favorite quote from the movie though. RIP Fred Gwynne.

[Fiddlstix]

One of the best movies ever made!

[Boomer One]

A true classic. Loved Fred Gwynne’s performance and a shame he died shortly thereafter.

[simpson96]

Have heard it said many times over the years that hers was the one of the least deserving Oscar wins of all time. I diagree. She was perfect in that role!

[Leaning Right]

> that movie would be nothing without her! <

George Costanza would agree with you!

[LS]

I use this line all the time in my speeches.

Fantastic movie. Love where Joe Pesci is running the guy through what he could see through a crud-encrusted window, and “and what do we call these?”

“Leaves.”

“LEAVES, yes. Leaves.”

[lacrew]

[LS]

Word in Hollywood is that she got to be really hard to work with after that and took a long time to get her career back on track.

She was awesome.

[Nevadan]

re: What is her political stance on Trump today???? Just wondering.

Don’t know. I would prefer not to know. But I think we can assume she is anti-Trump as is 99.99% of Hollywood and the entire entertainment industry.

[LS]

And Bruce McGill as “Sheriff Folly” was terrific.