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Boxing Helena (1993)

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• Kim Basinger pulled out of the title role, and was successfully sued for $9 million for violation of a verbal contract. The award was overturned on appeal, and the case was settled out of court.
  
  
• Filmed in Atlanta attorney Ed Garland's 15,000 square foot mansion. The house also was used for portions of Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
  
  
• Jennifer Chambers Lynch wrote the screenplay when she was 19 years old.
  
  

• Madonna was originally going to play the lead. At that time, the project was titled "Boxing Hanna."
  
  

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