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Mickey Rooney

posted 16 years ago by ceh35899
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There's just one thing I want to know. If Mickey Rooney joined in on the protest against the first movie, why did he star in the final sequel?

[–] Erich-13 16 years ago

Considering how little the film has to do with the previous installments, it's possible that it had a different working title...perhaps it was originally titled simply "The Toy Maker," and the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" prefix was added later on for name recognition/marketability. If the SNDN title wasn't on the script he was given, he wouldn't have made the connection to his earlier protest.

Mind you, this is all just pure speculation on my part...

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[–] XtroTerrestial 13 years ago

I agree with you, Erich-13!

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[–] TheDraytonSawyer 16 years ago

Good question lol. They must have paid him good.

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[–] kbtoys100 16 years ago

^i highly doubt that.

he might have been paid a little more than some of the other actors but i doubt he was paid what hollywood would pay. This is a low budget horror movie remember.

[–] bluecastlesky 15 years ago

He must of been out of his mind. I doubt that the pay was good. He was/is so washed up that I guess he was scraping by taking any crap roles he could get at his age. I find him demented and scary in this movie.

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[–] BoxOfficePoison 15 years ago

Considering Erich-13's theory, I wonder whether Rooney made any public statements after the movie was released. Anybody know?

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

If you pay his cab fare, Mickey Rooney will deliver commentary for this film in your living room. But you'll have a hard time getting him to leave.

[–] daydreamer021979 14 years ago

Maybe he's just a hypocrite? Lots of actors are sellouts and media whores.

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[–] Woodyanders 14 years ago

My guess is he probably was in desperate need of the dough.

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[–] wallacesawyer 13 years ago

Maybe he swallowed his pride after seeing what a cult following the original had developed.

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[–] Horror_Metal 12 years ago

Hypocrisy...

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[–] banders46 11 years ago

I'm more interested in why anybody cared what he thought the first time around. It was a minor stroke of marketing genius to cast him in this sequel (whether it has anything to do with the controversy or not), given his objection to the first film.

It's too bad Rooney's career hasn't kept pace with longevity. The guy's been in movies longer than anyone, eighty years or so.