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Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his 1984 film about a man who falls in love with a mermaid who saved him from drowning — many film studios had one key issue: the mermaid.

Ron Howard revealed that film studios wanted him to cut one iconic character from his 1984 movie Splash. While he was trying to sell the movie about a man who falls in love with a mermaid who saved ...

"We were going to every studio, they were all turning us down, and one said, 'Does it really have to be a mermaid?' " he told the outlet Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his ...

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The director said one key part of the film was a big hangup for film studios Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his 1984 film about a man who falls in love with a mermaid who ...