The Frighteners (1996) and The Green Mile (1999)

In the latest episode of Film Stories with Simon Brew, two 90s movies, that faced very different challenges.

The Frighteners wasn't originally envisaged as a film. Wasn't envisaged as a summer movie. And wasn't envisaged as a film that followed an Oscar-nominated breakthrough movie. Yet, in each case, it was.

The Green Mile, meanwhile, was a film that hit a sizeable casting roadblock - until Bruce Willis picked up the phone.

Stories of both are discussed in this episode.

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