5. The List Of Movies He's Turned Down Is Staggering
Carpenter has always prided himself on being a true auteur, a director who also writes and composes the music for his own work. This also means hes turned down a number of huge projects because they either didnt interest him creatively, or they wouldn't have given him final cut. He turned down Top Gun because he thought the idea was "stupid," he snubbed Fatal Attraction because he felt it was a rip-off of Play Misty For Me and he rejected Zombieland because he wouldnt have creative control over it. He picked Big Trouble In Little China over The Golden Child because he thought the script was better, even though the latter movie was a guaranteed hit because it starred Eddie Murphy. Other projects that slipped through his fingers include a remake of The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Exorcist 3, Firestarter and Escape From Earth.