One of the most notable movies in history “Purple Rain” with Prince wasn’t even originally meant for Prince at first. Warner Bros. had a different person in mind for the role.
Director of the movie Albert Magnoli revealed in a interview with Rolling Stone that Prince wasn’t the ideal lead role for Warner Bros. While meeting with the executives, the strongly recommended that they used a big name actor to play Prince in the movie. So they asked if they could get John Travolta. Magnolia refused though. He said that he wanted to go for authenticity. We’re thankful for that because we wouldn’t have gotten the soundtrack for that movie if i wasn’t for that. Thanks for standing your ground Albert!
