Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iron Man 2 actor said he secured the role, but they "never got to my scene." Because Rockwell only had one line in the movie, ...

Lean On Me is an American biographical drama film that John G. Avildsen directed. The film narrates the intense tale of a principal’s grueling battle and efforts to save his school from acquisition by ...

Collette Desselles was a single mother struggling to live paycheck to paycheck when she first came up with the idea for Lean On Me, her nonprofit organization. When she was going through her darkest ...

He had been hired to play a minor role in the 1989 movie that eventually went to Michael Imperioli.

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"Rocky" director Avildsen was stressed out over "hundreds of kid" extras during the 1989 production, Imperioli said. Michael Imperioli is reflecting on his first Hollywood gig, one that made him ...

"The White Lotus" star recently opened up about his screen debut that wasn't to be. “They never got to my scene,” Rockwell explained to host Josh Horowitz (via Entertainment Weekly). “So they had to ...

Sam Rockwell was let go from 1989's Lean on Me before his scene was filmed, but he's still getting paid for the role that never was. On a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Oscar ...

Michael Imperioli ultimately played the role he was initially cast for in the 1989 movie. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Sam Rockwell may not actually be in the 1989 film Lean on Me, but he’s still ...