David Bowie looking ominously at Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With just over three decades since the movie first hit theaters, Renny Harlin reflects on how David Bowie was almost cast as the villain of Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger. The 1993 movie saw Stallone starring as Gabe Walker, a former mountain climber and rescue ranger who must overcome his past trauma of losing his girlfriend during a rescue attempt when a group of thieves attempt to rob a U.S.
our protagonist is only as strong as the antagonist, the bad guy. If the bad guy is a loser, then there's nothing heroic for the hero to do. And I always look for something special, something to make the bad guy mustache-twirling guy who is just going to blow up the whole universe with a nuclear weapon — and loves doing it — but to find something special.
Why Lithgow Was Ultimately The Perfect Choice For Cliffhanger Close At the time of the movie's development, Bowie had found himself primarily focusing on his music after the '80s saw him branch out into the world of acting in a major way, namely with his iconic turn of Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth.
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