Darkman
They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$16 000 000
Box office
$48 878 502
Director
Actors
Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Rafael H. Robledo, Dan Hicks, Ted Raimi, Dan Bell
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Randy Ser, Jammie Friday, Gary Frutkoff
Audition
Nancy Nayor
Editing
Bob Murawski, Bud S. Smith, David Stiven
Whole Team (145)
Whole Team (145)
Short description
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
What's left behind the scenes
- Following the film's release, a television series based on it was considered, but the idea never came to fruition. However, in 1992, a pilot episode of 30 minutes was filmed, but it also never aired.
- Bill Paxton nearly landed the role of the Dark Man.
- Julia Hastings was originally going to be played by Julia Roberts, but the actress preferred the role in "Pretty Woman".
- Sam Raimi really wanted to adapt the "The Shadow" comic, but he couldn’t get the rights. So he came up with his own Darkman. And four years later, Russell Mulcahy brought "The Shadow" to the screen.
- The director wanted to cast his friend Bruce Campbell, who starred in his "Evil Dead" trilogy, as Darkman. However, the producers refused the director. Nevertheless, Campbell did play Darkman – he is the one who walks away in the final scene, not Liam Neeson.
- Julia Roberts was supposed to play Julia Hastings, but the actress preferred a role in 'Pretty Woman'.
- Bill Paxton nearly landed the role of the Man of Darkness.
- Sam Raimi desperately wanted to adapt the comic 'The Shadow,' but he couldn't secure the rights. So, he created his own 'Darkman.' Four years later, 'The Shadow' was brought to the screen by Russell Mulcahy.
- The director's brother, Ted Raimi, can also be seen in this film as Rick, one of Robert Durant's gangsters.
- The director wanted to cast his friend Bruce Campbell, who starred in his 'Evil Dead' trilogy, as Darkman. However, the producers refused. Nevertheless, Campbell did end up playing Darkman—it is he, and not Liam Neeson, who walks away in the final scene.
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