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What is the backstory on the actor playing Kane?


Surely they knew that he was terminally ill with cancer? But did they decide to risk it simply because he was so utterly perfect for the role? I wanna know!

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I watched the Shout Factory release today and they talked about this. They were very aware of Beck's illness. However, he was perfect for the role and the producers even paid to insure him when MGM wouldn't.

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he also turned up pin Miami vice around the same time








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473. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 05/30 **#18**

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It Happened Again: This character actor had a big role in a franchise. Other than that, he did small roles in some movies and television and was especially big in theatre. While filming what would be his final role, he was caught with two young boys who were the sons of crew members visiting for the day. Apparently all three of them were undressed in an empty trailer. This was not the first time the actor had been caught with young children. He had been caught during a previous role a year earlier which saw his part reduced to a line or two because he was kicked off the set. After the two boys were removed from the trailer and reunited with their respective parents, the actor was told he would be fired and replaced. The actor knew they wouldn't do that though. Too much filming had been completed and they needed him around. So, our actor decided to be even more horrific and posted hundreds of Polaroids he had taken of naked children and thumb tacked them to the walls of his trailer. He also had audio recordings of his time spent with many of the children and would play them on a loop at a really loud volume. Anyone who would pass near his trailer would be able to hear and it shook people to their core. One actor on the set had enough and calling on his heritage spent three days calling on his Gods to do something to the horror that had invaded the set. Within a month, the child molesting actor was dead. There are some who say he came back from the grave to exact his revenge because within a year, the spell making actor was also dead.

Character actor: Julian Beck
Actor/heritage: Will Sampson (Native American)
Movie: "Poltergeist II: The Other Side"


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the poltergeist trilogy has spawned a lot of interesting topics to be discussed, but this one, wow.

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This is too crazy to be true. Looks like one of those insane conspiracy websites, no?

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Actually, he's been reincarnated as Judge Engoren in Trump's trial

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