Posted on 02/24/2024 11:15:53 AM PST by nickcarraway
Steven Spielberg probably didn’t realize it at the time, but he dodged a bullet when he rejected the idea of casting Mel Gibson to star in his Oscar-winning 1993 film “Schindler’s List.”
Turning down Gibson wouldn’t have been easy, even for Spielberg. In the early 1990s, Gibson was a major star, coming off the box office success of his first three “Lethal Weapon” movies and with plans to soon direct his Oscar-winning film “Braveheart.”
“Mel Gibson’s name came up” for the role of Oskar Schindler, according to CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz. Schindler was the real-life German businessman who saved more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
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Yeah, thought maybe your handle had something to do with the U. of Wisconsin Badgers (their colors are red and white).
Guessing now that was wrong...☺️
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Nah.
I’ve raced at the Milwaukee Mile a couple times.
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