Films: Fan facts
John Goodman:
The Borrowers
Need to borrow: Goodman's latest film, The Borrowers, was said to be the most expensive family movie made in Britain by a British company since Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Supplies, anyone: The film, which focuses on the antics of four-inch people living in a house with regular-sized humans, required outlandishly large props such as a 15-inch paper-clip and 10-foot toaster.
Pay-cut: Goodman starred in a San Diego production of Henry IV for $400 a week. At the time he was making $100,000 a week starring in Roseanne.
Dire warning: Goodman, who weighs more than 20 stones, was told to lose six stones or die.
Still sexy: Despite his large frame, readers of an American woman's magazine voted him the World's Sexiest Man.
Yabba Doo: Flintstones creator Joe Barbera said Goodman was the closest thing to Fred Flinstone alive.
Soul man: Dan Aykroyd has recruited Goodman to star in a sequel to the hit 1980 film Blues Brothers. It's scheduled to be called "Blues Brothers 2000".
Muppet magic: Goodman starred in an episode of The Muppets where he saved Miss Piggy's nephews from being electrocuted. In return they had to satisfy his every need.
`The Borrowers' opens today.
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