Whoopi Goldberg almost let the opportunity to star in ‘Ghost’ pass her by
Whoopi Goldberg was almost never in Ghost across the life (nineteen ninety). She needed to be convinced by her casting partner Patrick Swayze to take on the role of psychic Oda Mae Brown.
“I got a call from my agent, Ron Meyerthat said: ‘Patrick Swayze was hired for this film. He won’t do it if you don’t either. Can you find time to welcome the director and him?'”, he recalled. Goldberg in a conversation recorded in the book of Dave Karger, 50 Oscar Nights (via Variety).
The actress of The Color Purple (1985) revealed that, from the moment he met Swayze, they seemed like “old friends”. “Please do this to me,” the actor insisted after reading the script with her. “I was like, ‘Yeah, okay.’ And that’s how it all happened,” he said. Whoopi.
In GhostSam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is killed in a robbery, but his spirit remains alongside his girlfriend, Molly (Demi Moore). Upon discovering that she is in danger, Sam enlists the help of a medium, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead.
“I accepted it without knowing what it would be like,” he said. Goldberg, who did not expect that the drama would become a big hit. “It wasn’t until we all saw the film that we realized what we had.”
Swayze He died in 2009, at the age of 57, due to pancreatic cancer.
Source: Rollingstone
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