Trivia / Burke & Hare

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4.3 million. It is the last film that John Landis has directed so far.
• What Could Have Been:
  • David Tennant was originally cast as William Hare, but had to drop out shortly before filming began, because NBC, for whom he had recently shot a pilot, declined to release him to shoot the film, for fear of scheduling problems if the pilot was picked up early.
  • John Cleese and Dan Aykroyd were rumored for roles at one point.

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