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This was the second time Paul Newman appeared on screen with Pier Angeli whom he had worked with in the "Silver Chalice."
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Rod Taylor was screentested for the lead role after James Dean's death. Although Paul Newman got the role, Taylor impressed the studio enough for them to offer him a significant part in The Catered Affair (1956).
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Film debut of Robert Loggia.
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Director Bob Wise and Newman tried to talk with Rocky Graziano about himself but failed on that purpose. On the contrary, the champ made them both talk about themselves.
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Film debut of Dean Jones.
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Originally, the movie was to be filmed on-location in New York City in Technicolor with James Dean in the lead role. However, after James Dean's death, it was decided the film should be in black and white, and filmed on studio sets. Director Robert Wise felt the sets looked very fake, and only used them for night scenes, while filming the daytime scenes on-location.
Somebody Up There Likes Me - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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James Darren screentested for the role of Rocky Graziano.
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The first time Paul Newman and Steve McQueen appeared on-screen together.
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Al Silvani, who played Rocky Graziano's cut man, played the cut man in Rocky (1976). Rocky was played by Sylvester Stallone, and was considered his breakthrough role, just like this movie was for Paul Newman.
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Montgomery Clift was the first choice for the lead role, but he turned it down.
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Paul Newman was fourteen years older than Sal Mineo.
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Paul Newman was not felt to be believable playing an Italian-American.
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Paul Newman (Rocky) and Sal Mineo (Romolo) Both later appeared in "Exodus" (1960).
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Graziano was a childhood friend of Jake LaMotta, who also became Middleweight Champion, and also had a movie made about his life, "Raging Bull". Graziano and LaMotta went to reform school together.
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Paul Newman trained hard for the role with the help of Tony Zale. He trained so hard that Zale stopped toying with him and hit him for good. Zale explained later that he had to show who the boss was between him and Newman.
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First movie for Angela Cartwright.
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There had been some opposition to the casting of Paul Newman, since at 31 he was already six years older than James Dean would have been, and his first movie The Silver Chalice (1954) had been a critical and commercial disaster.
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Many people compared Paul Newman's performance to imitating Marlon Brando. Newman was told that Brando had shadowed Rocky Graziano to prepare for appearing on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Pro wrestler "Irish" Pat Barrett titled his autobiography, "Everybody Down Here Hates Me".
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