10 Movies That Started As Something Else Entirely
1. Beverly Hills Cop Nearly Became A Sylvester Stallone Movie
Beverly Hills Cop was meant to be a heavy action Sylvester Stallone flick rather than a comedic adventure. It would have seen Stallone star as Axel Foley, a detective transferred from Pittsburgh to the West Coast.
But before shooting could begin, Stallone had several reservations about the script written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and began making his own changes. He immediately got rid of anything remotely funny, aiming to turn Beverly Hills Cop into a straight action film.
Unfortunately for the Rocky and Rambo star, the studio didn't quite agree with his changes. The action scenes that he'd put in would have decimated their budget very quickly and Stallone decided to leave the project, replaced by Eddie Murphy.
But not beaten down by the studio changes, Stallone took all his ideas from Beverly Hills Cop and devised his own action-heavy script, which later became the cult classic; Cobra.