Trivia / Rhinestone

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $28 million. Gross, $21,435,231.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Original screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson was so offended by Sylvester Stallone's reworking of his original screenplay that he briefly considered having his name removed from the film's credits. He was later convinced that having his name on a film of this "caliber" would look good on his resume.
  • Sylvester Stallone was not a fan of the film at all, but said he enjoyed working with Dolly Parton.
  Looking back, you'd think we were trying to see how fast we could kill our careers.
• What Could Have Been: Sylvester Stallone said in 2006 that the film was originally much different:
  The most fun I ever had on a movie was with Dolly Parton on Rhinestone. I must tell everyone right now that originally the director was supposed to be Mike Nichols, that was the intention and it was supposed to be shot in New York, down and dirty with Dolly and I with gutsy mannerisms performed like two antagonists brought together by fate. I wanted the music at that time to be written by people who would give it sort of a bizarre edge. Believe it or not, I contacted Whitesnake's management and they were ready to write some very interesting songs alongside Dolly's. But, I was asked to come down to Fox and out steps the director, Bob Clark. Bob is a nice guy, but the film went in a direction that literally shattered my internal corn meter into smithereens. I would have done many things differently. I certainly would've steered clear of comedy unless it was dark, Belgian chocolate dark. Silly comedy didn't work for me. I mean, would anybody pay to see John Wayne in a whimsical farce? Not likely. I would stay more true to who I am and what the audience would prefer rather than trying to stretch out and waste a lot of time and people's patience.

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