FILM 1739: TANGO & CASH
TRIVIA: Patrick Swayze was
originally cast as Cash, but he dropped out to star in Road House(1989).
The glasses Sylvester Stallone wears
early in the film are his own, not props. He usually wears contact lenses in
his films. The lenses show that he is very near-sighted in one eye, less so in
the other. Plus, he has astigmatism.
When Tango and Cash escape from the
prison, Cash turns to Tango and asks if he stopped "for coffee and a
Danish." Tango says, "I hate Danish," an in-joke referring
to Sylvester
Stallone's recent divorce from Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen.
When Brion James was
originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In
an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James
decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved
it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role.
The production was beset with
problems from the start. The intended star, Patrick Swayze,
dropped out. Principal photography began without a completed script. Sylvester Stallone had
the original Director of Photography, Barry Sonnenfeld,
fired. Then, Jon Peters fired Andrey Konchalovskiy.
The film ultimately went $20 million over budget, and had to be completely
re-edited by Stuart Baird prior to release.
