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Film Stories with Simon Brew

Showgirls (1995) and The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9813 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In the new episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two films that had struggles with their casting. The hugely controversial Showgirls are one stage got close to landing Madonna. But the reunion of writer Joe Eszterhas and director Paul Verhoeven would battle a whole host of problems. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle was a more modest, off-radar production. But it still had two lead female roles that Hollywood stars weren't particularly keen on taking on. Stories of both are told in this episode. Find Simon on Twitter at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstoriespod. Support our work at www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Simon Brew.

0:02.3

I'm editor of Film Stories magazine

0:03.8

and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.

0:07.2

I'd like to tell you this week

0:08.5

that I'm wearing a very posh new outfit

0:10.9

that's been picked for me by my new assistant

0:13.1

and I'd just like to thank her for choosing it.

0:16.5

Thanks, I bought it at Versaise.

0:18.8

Come with me.

0:21.0

And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

0:24.3

And movies. Movies that had stories.

0:27.1

That the story just sucks a man.

0:29.6

This is just the beginning.

0:32.1

We would be honored if you would join us.

0:39.0

Hello and a very well welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.

0:42.9

I am Simon Brew. As always, that's absolutely everything you need to know about me.

0:46.7

The aim of the podcast though, well, the title gives it away. I'm here to talk off the stories

0:50.6

of film and I tend to talk about production stories, development stories, marketing stories, release stories, all those ingredients really that go to make the films that

0:57.7

we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes love. The films I tend

1:03.3

to choose this podcast, they have more of a mainstream leaning to them than anything else. They're

1:07.4

films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to punch

1:11.5

down. I try not to do snark. I just celebrate the fact that films are made. I really love films.

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