One of the fascinating pieces of trivia below is true*, the other is false. Do YOU know which is which?
Mannequin (1987)
In honor of Mike at Screenkicker’s birthday.
1) Originally, the lead part was written to be an older, lonely storekeeper, with Dudley Moore in mind for the role, but when Andrew McCarthy came on board, the part was rewritten to be the part of a young artist.
2) Andrew McCarthy researched his role by having daily sex with mannequins in store windows in full view of the public. The sex got more and more vile and macabre until he was banned from every department store in Manhattan. At that point, the sex wasn’t enough for McCarthy, and he began filling his home with mannequins, performing unspeakable acts of sexual sadism on them. But still, McCarthy had a dark hunger that couldn’t be satiated, so he would stalk real women on the streets at night, butchering them and collecting their scalps to place on top of his mannequin companions. After filming, McCarthy refused to work on any movie that didn’t feature a corpse and wasn’t sick and twisted, hence his starring roles in Weekend at Bernie’s, Weekend at Bernie’s II, and The Joy Luck Club.
Mike is now fuming. He was already doing those things yet Andrew McCarthy got the role.
Don’t be embarrassed by your favorite movie, Mikey. Mannequin rules! SM Forever. Nothing’s gonna stop us now!
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Haha! My joke backfired beautifully! But seriously though, Mannequin is a damn classic. I think I got my first boner watching it
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Oh man. Mannequin is now ruined for me! #tainted
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You mean improved? #yourewelcome
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From watching Hollywood?
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Mike puts the MAN in Mannequin.
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Is that first picture a still from your wedding video?
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Yes, Dudley and I were happy for many years.
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Mikey had sex with Eric and a mannequin in a weird threeway? Thats what I got from this post.
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It was more like a sex competition.
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I feel like the second piece of trivia should be filmed and then become a Shitfest entry.
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