Cape Fear

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 468 years ago

    Robert De Niro paid a dentist $5,000 to make his teeth look suitably bad for the role of Max Cady. After filming, he paid $20,000 to have them fixed.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 468 years ago

    De Niro did a lot of working out several months before the movie and during the shoot to make him the muscular Max Cady, reportedly taking his body fat down to only 3%.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 468 years ago

    The climactic scene out in the swamp was filmed in John U. Lloyd State Park, in the middle of a mangrove swamp. A tropical depression set over the set for four days, so the film crew had to wait for the storm to stop, so that they could make their own rain.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 468 years ago

    Reese Witherspoon auditioned for the role of Danielle Bowden.

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  • Arthur Fonzarelli
    Arthur Fonzarelli 468 years ago

    Robert De Niro's thick Max Cady accent reportedly gave Scorsese the creeps, and as a joke, De Niro would call the director's house, leaving messages as Cady.

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