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Clint Eastwood Turned Down Roles as Bond and Superman

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Clint Eastwood in Dirty HarryOh how the world of cinema could have been so different. It has emerged that Clint Eastwood was approached in the 70s to become James Bond after Sean Connery vacated the role. He also turned down the chance to become Superman.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the 80-year-old actor says that he is relieved that he wasn't tempted by the parts: "Thank God that I didn't have to do that," he tells them.

Speaking about the 007 role (which went to Roger Moore), the Dirty Harry star, best known to moviegoers for his gritty characters in cowboy and cop films, said that he was offered a sizeable pay cheque to take the part.

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Are You Ready For 9/11: The Musical?

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9/11 attack on World Trade CenterThere have been a handful of films that have documented the 9/11 terrorist attacks - such as World Trade Center and United 93 - but to date no one has managed to transform the harrowing atrocity which claimed the lives of 2,977 people into a hillarious musical. That - rather unbelievably - is about to change with the release of Clear Blue Tuesday, a low budget musical based on the tragic events of September 11 2001, released in the US last week.

The Guardian reports that its director, Elizabeth Lucas, believes that music helps us "look at ourselves and laugh at our tragedies". However, judging from the trailer, the movie is so bad viewers are more likely to be appalled than stunned. However, if a bunch of actors to old for Glee singing soft rock ballads about the aftermath terrorism appeals this is the movie for you.

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Hurray For Holywood - Getting The L Out Of Hollywood

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De MillerThe mainstream film industry has Hollywood and Bollywood, now a group of Christian film-makers are hoping to transform Central Florida into Holywood by making it the capital of faith-based movies.

The makers of Letters To God, which was the first big faith-based movie to be shot in the southern state already have plans to make several more films in the area and have inspired other film-makers to follow them. Among them is director De Miller whose drama about baseball and redemption begins shooting next month.
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Steve Coogan To Turn TV Role Into Movie (And Before You Ask, It's Not Alan Partridge)

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Steve CooganDespite much talk of an Alan Partridge movie it looks as if Steve Coogan will be reprising another of his TV roles in his next movie project.

According to reports, Coogan is set to make a movie version of the 2002 BBC comedy drama Cruise Of The Gods.

In case you don't remember, the BBC production starred a line up that also included David Walliams and Rob Brydon playing actors from a cheesy 80s sci-fi series Children Of Castor who were reunited at a fan convention on a cruise ship. Before long old tensions resurface, principally between Coogan's egotistical Nick Lee who's the only cast member to have made a career for himself in Hollywood and his former co-star Andy van Allen (Brydon) who's now struggling to make a living.

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Why Did Bill Murray Do Garfield? He Thought it Was a Coen Brothers Movie

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Bill MurrayActors aren't perfect. Sometimes they make a mistake and end up in terrible movies. Sometimes they're the reason for terrible movies. However, if you look through the CV of Bill Murray, master of deadpan and one of the greatest comic actors of all time, you will notice that not only does he choose his movie roles judiciously, but from Caddyshack to Zombieland he's starred in a long run of classic movies. There is however one exception: Garfield.

Why, fans have been asking for years, did Murray sign up to be the voice of a cat. Does he, like the tubby puss, have a thing for lasagna?

Finally, the mystery of why he was in such a deeply unfunny movie has been revealed. In an excellent interview for GQ, Murray reveals it was a case of mistaken identity. He did the movie because he confused Garfield writer Joel Cohen with Coen brother, Joel Coen, and assumed he'd be making the Barton Fink of animatronic children's movies.

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Mickey Rourke To Play Gay Rugby Star?

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Mickey RourkeFollowing his Oscar-nominated role in The Wrestler, comeback king Mickey Rourke has been a much in demand actor after 14 years in the movie wilderness.

Sporting a new crew cut on the final Jonathan Ross chat show last Friday, the Iron Man 2 star said that his new hairstyle was for an upcoming film project, although he was tight-lipped on exactly what project it was for. Now The Sun reckon they know the answer as they claim that they spotted Rourke out for dinner with rugby star, Gareth Thomas, and that the pair were discussing a movie biopic.

Thomas' life is worthy of a movie as he's the first rugby star to come out of the closet and admit that he is gay. The Sun claims that former boxer Rourke has been wanting to make a film about the macho world of rugby for some time.
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Our Top Ten Favourite Toy Story Scenes (VIDEO)

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Toy StoryAs you're no doubt aware, the greatest animated film of all time (probably) has a third instalment in cinemas from 19 July. Yep, Toy Story 3 is here and it looks every bit as emotional and funny as the first two movies.

Like all Pixar's catalogue, the Toy Story films are packed with far more humour, emotion and pathos than you'd expect from a children's animated film - in fact, you don't really need to have a little 'un by your side to justify watching them.

Anyway, as we enter into the final phase in the life of Andy and his beloved toys, we thought we'd gather together our favourite scenes from the first two adventures. Take a look at our selection after the jump.

To infinity... and beyond!
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