The 1981 film Nighthawks pitted cops Sylvester Stallone and Billie Dee Williams against terrorist Rutger Hauer. Typecasting, right? While the movie was a hit, it was a long and troubled road getting it to theaters. For example,
7. Hauer was injured twice while filming his death scene.
The squib that was meant to simulate a gunshot burned him when it exploded on the wrong side and the cable used to pull him back when he was ‘shot’ strained his back. Unfortunately this was done on Stallone’s order.
4. The movie was originally supposed to be the French Connection III.
After seeing the original script Gene Hackman backed out of the production and it was then reworked into what became Nighthawks.
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