10 Things You Didn't Know About RoboCop

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Kurtwood Smith did a great job as the cocky, aggressive crime boss Clarence Boddicker. But originally he auditioned for the role of OCP Vice President, Dick Jones. It was only later that he discovered he got the part of Boddicker instead because Verhoeven thought that with his glasses on, Smith resembled Nazi, Heinrich Himmler. For the shoot, Smith was given rim-less glasses similar to the type worn by Himmler and the idea was that they make Boddicker look smart and intelligent and much more threatening. It's a good thing that Verhoeven had the foresight to change his mind and cast Smith as Boddicker. He was far better suited to playing the boss of a criminal gang than a Vice President of a mega corporation. It's also hard to imagine anyone else saying classic lines like ''See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops!'' and ''Well give the man a hand!'' after blowing Murphy's hand off. Kurtwood Smith's performance as Clarence Boddicker was so perfect, he created one of the scariest villains to come out of 80's cinema. Smiths's wife played Dick Jones's secretary and is in the scene when Boddicker comes to meet Jones in his office after RoboCop and ED-209 have had their fight in the OCP building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4dM79D5yTs&feature=related
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Child of the 80's. Brought up on Star Trek, Video Games and Schwarzenegger, my tastes evolved to encompass all things geeky.