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Thread started 03/18/15 7:23am

Stimpy

Trivia: Prince was going to be in the movie Fargo

but it didn't work out.

evidently the Coen Brothers are friends and he was going to take a small part in the film.

he did make it in, sort of, in the end credits:

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Reply #1 posted 03/18/15 7:34am

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From the Prnce FAQ: http://prince.org/msg/7/145050


6.5 Was Prince really in the movie 'Fargo'?
Short answer: nope! It was an extra who wished to remain uncredited, and so it became bit of an in-joke at the time.

A modified version of the symbol does appear in the credits, though. Here is an excerpt from an interview with the Coen brothers in Premiere magazine, explaining it:

Premiere: A question for all the Coenheads on the Internet: What is that Prince-like symbol, the smiley face on its side, in the end credits?

Ethan Coen: That was our storyboard artist, who played the guy who drives by in the car with the red parka. He asked us if he could have that credit. We also use a lot of names of people we grew up with, scattered throughout the movie, being paged on telephones. But that's mostly because we couldn't think of names that would be appropriate.

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As I understand it, the Coen Brothers have previously explained that they have offered crew members on various films the opportunity to appear uncredited in their films, with the crew members adopting pseudonyms as a joke.

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Reply #2 posted 03/18/15 7:37am

Stimpy

Didnt know it was old hat. should have RTFF.

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Reply #3 posted 03/18/15 7:39am

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This is reportedly the victim in the field:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...d_Anderson

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Reply #4 posted 03/18/15 7:44am

RODSERLING

I hope Prince will sue all those guys

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Reply #5 posted 03/18/15 1:43pm

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lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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