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SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When you’re watching the opening credits to a movie, it’s not just a list of names. What you’re actually seeing is intense negotiations by Hollywood stars and their agents playing out in text form.

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0:00.0	This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:04.0	In 1987, touchstone pictures released a buddy comedy called Outrageous Fortune.
0:11.0	Outrageous Fortune wasn't a flop, but it was overshadowed by some of the years bigger movies.
0:18.0	Robocop, Predator, Three Men in a Baby.
0:21.8	That's producer, Jake a Breed. The main reason I know about
0:24.7	outrageous fortune is a bizarre rumor I heard in film school. A rumor about how the
0:30.6	stars were credited.
0:32.7	The film starred Shelly Long and Bet Midler.
0:35.5	Or maybe it was Bed Midler and Shelly Long.
0:38.8	It depends who you ask.
0:40.6	Supposedly the studio somehow promised both actresses they'd be the top-build star of the film and it got pretty contentious
0:48.6	Here's Bette Midler doing a Q&A the following year
0:52.0	You and Shelley Long were great together and outrageous fortune. I was wondering if you guys were going to work together again.
0:57.0	I don't think so.
0:58.0	No, I don't think so.
1:00.0	Did you enjoy working with her?
1:01.0	I, uh, It was pretty rough.
1:03.1	It was rough.
1:05.1	The rumor about outrageous fortune
1:06.6	is they could never decide who got top billing
1:09.2	and ended up releasing two different cuts, one where Bette Midler's name comes first and one
1:15.6	where the first name is Shelly Long. To satisfy the two stars the studio
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