\n\n\n\nUltimately, Keaton was able to persuade the producers and writers. Keaton was excellent as Bill \u201cBlaze\u201d Blazejowski, with his wide Irish face, thinning brown hair, darting green eyes, and quick-talking manner. His intensity and timing were perfect, but there was also this additional detail:\n\n\n\n
Keaton later remarked of his ascent to fame, \u201cI came along just at the time when the changeover from television to film actors was becoming possible.\u201d\n\n\n\n
Michael Keaton would turn up the music and blast Bruce Springsteen, particularly \u201c10th Avenue Freeze-Out\u201d from the Born to Run album, in order to truly get into the swing of his role.\n\n\n\n
He remembers, \u201cI deliberately went to see it alone on opening day.\u201d It was fantastic, and I wanted to sit in the center of the theater in the afternoon. To be honest with you, I am at a loss for words.\n\n\n\n
The man who assisted Keaton in stealing the film\n\n\n\n
When Ron Howard chose Keaton for Night Shift, he had struck gold.\n\n\n\n
Keaton outperformed the more seasoned Henry Winkler, who was already well-known on television for his portrayal of \u201cThe Fonz,\u201d in scene after scene. The door to Hollywood opened wide open for Keaton as reviews praised his performance. However, without Henry Winkler\u2019s quiet but crucial assistance, Keaton\u2019s success\u2014and his whole film career\u2014might not have begun.\n\n\n\n
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Ron Howard disclosed that Henry was given the choice between the two parts and chose the more subdued one.\n\n\n\n Then he assisted Michael in stealing the photo. He offered Michael many options. He would say things like, \u201cI know (you\u2019ll get laughs) if you take this routine one step further,\u201d to Michael.\n\n\n\n In Night Shift, Henry Winkler purposefully contrasted his iconic, tough-guy character, Fonzie, with the timid morgue director. \u201cI thought I\u2019d play Richie Cunningham for once,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.\n\n\n\n Given their obvious chemistry, it\u2019s surprising that Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton never worked together again after Night Shift. They had a humorous, memorable, and well-balanced on-screen dynamic.\n\n\n\n Their early relationship during Night Shift\u2019s filming may be the cause of their lack of subsequent collaborations. Henry wasn\u2019t totally sure he wanted to work with Michael when they first read together. \u201cThe guy\u2019s talented, but I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m comfortable working with him,\u201d Howard said after giving it some thought.\n\n\n\n He was reassured by Ron Howard that this unease was beneficial since it reflected the relationship between their characters in the movie, which showed that Chuck was uneasy with Bill. Their early tension gave their on-screen relationship a real, unbalanced texture, but it eventually subsided.\n\n\n\n Mickey Rourke and Kurt Russell are rumored to have tried out for the part of Bill Blazejowski. Furthermore, Michael Keaton wasn\u2019t the first pick, according to Ron Howard. Additionally, they had reached out to John Candy in an attempt to cast Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and John Belushi. But none of them were interested, either because they didn\u2019t want to pursue it or because they thought the part was too minor.\n\n\n\n One of the writers, Lowell Ganz, told me after seeing Michael\u2019s work that \u201cKeaton is going to be a star for somebody, and he might as well be a star for us,\u201d Ron Howard revealed.\n\n\n\n You can\u2019t help but think that Michael Keaton was making stuff up as he went along in Night Shift since he has that innate comic brilliance that makes impromptu, funny situations come to life. When a blind man asks Winkler and Keaton for spare change, it\u2019s one of the greatest improvised scenes. What does Keaton say? He sends a cheque to the man. The original Keaton!\n\n\n\n Ron Howard\u2019s first film as director was a huge success, earning a healthy $21,095,638 at the box office. However, the former child actor was compelled to make his own appearance. You can see Ron and his wife, Cheryl, kissing in front of Chuck\u2019s (Henry Winkler) apartment complex if you look attentively.\n\n\n\n Ron Howard himself plays the obnoxious saxophone in the subway scene. Naturally, a Ron Howard movie wouldn\u2019t be complete without an appearance from his brother Clint Howard, who portrays the film\u2019s eccentric character Jeffrey.\n\n\n\n There are many well-known characters in some very early roles on Night Shift!\n\n\n\n In a fleeting appearance, Kevin Costner plays a frat boy at the morgue party. Although he doesn\u2019t speak, you can see him hanging out while Michael Keaton performs, holding a bottle on his head, wearing a checkered shirt, and a college cardigan tied around his waist.\n\n\n\n Then there is Shannen Doherty, who makes her debut in a feature picture with a single line as a \u201cBlue Bell\u201d (similar to a Girl Scout) in an elevator sequence. Unexpectedly, these brief appearances by future celebrities give this oddball classic a bit more joy.\n\n\n\n Did you know that the iconic song \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For\u201d was first heard on Night Shift? Rod Stewart originally recorded it for the 1982 soundtrack, but when Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder joined forces in 1986, it became a worldwide smash. Additionally, their rendition collected more than $3 million for AIDS research in addition to skyrocketing to the top of the Billboard charts.\n\n\n\n The movie opens with the catchy Night Shift theme by Quarterflash and includes timeless songs like Van Halen\u2019s \u201cYou Really Got Me\u201d and the Rolling Stones\u2019 live rendition of \u201cJumpin\u2019 Jack Flash.\u201d\n\n\n\n For those who haven\u2019t seen or remembered Night Shift, Shelley Long portrays Belinda, a kind but tough sex worker who lives next door to Henry Winkler\u2019s character, Chuck. Belinda links up with Chuck and Bill (Michael Keaton) after her pimp is slain, and they agree to assist her by running her company in an absolutely crazy manner.\n\n\n\n Following her role in Caveman (1981), Shelley Long had gained the admiration of Ron Howard. But she was in California doing another film when he wanted her for Night Shift (1982). Howard persuaded her to come to Hollywood for a brief two-day vacation in spite of this.\n\n\n\n The charming actress was requested to come back the next day to see Henry Winkler after she tried out for the part of Belinda, the female lead, during that period. Despite her initial reluctance to play a prostitute, Long eventually agreed to the part after spending some time researching it.\n\n\n\n She arrived at our house looking like a hooker, read to Henry, and immediately impressed us. Even on the videotape, their moments were already being prepared, Ron remarked.\n\n\n\n Comedies about prostitutes were surprisingly popular in the early 1980s. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a film based on the Broadway musical and starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, also came out around the same time Night Shift. Tom Cruise made a name for himself the next summer in the film Risky Business, in which he converted his parents\u2019 home into a brothel.\n\n\n\n \u201cThe happiest, most wholesome hooker you\u2019ll ever see on screen\u201d is how critics described Shelley Long\u2019s portrayal of Belinda, a prostitute who wins Chuck over. Some even joked that she could be the leader of a Girl Scout troop.\n\n\n\n One of the many amusing moments in Night Shift is when Shelley Long\u2019s character, Belinda, prepares breakfast for Chuck. Henry Winkler\u2019s response is anything but Fonz-like in the scene where Chuck first witnesses Belinda cooking in her panties. It\u2019s a great moment!\n\n\n\n Chuck then responds that he wants scrambled eggs when Belinda asks what sort he wants. She is obviously preparing fried eggs when she begins to cook.\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nKeaton wasn\u2019t liked by Henry Winkler.\n\n\n\n
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Scene improvised\n\n\n\n
In the film, did you see Ron Howard?\n\n\n\n
Kevin Costner appears\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe origin of a famous song\n\n\n\n
Playing a prostitute was not Shelley Long\u2019s preference.\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cThe happiest, healthiest hooker\u2026\u201d\n\n\n\n
The iconic scene with the egg\n\n\n\n