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Burt Lancaster Trivia
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- Turned down a $1-million offer to appear in the remake of Ben-Hur (1959). If he had accepted the offer, he would have beaten both Elizabeth Taylor (_Cleopatra (1962)_ ) as the first female star and Marlon Brando (_Fugitive Kind, The (1960_ ) as the first male star, to breach that million-dollar threshold.
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#100). [1995]
- In January 1980, he almost died during a routine operation to remove his gallbladder, when the operation, which should have lasted five hours, turned into an 11-hour ordeal. After the organ was removed, a team of doctors worked to repair an unusually small channel from the gallbladder to the intestines, although Lancaster later told a friend that a doctor had accidentally cut into a valve. A doctor reportedly got down on the floor to pray for the actor's life. Lancaster was in intensive care for 48-hours after the operation.
- He was an infamous ladies man in Hollywood, which eventually irritated his wife, Norma, enough for her to leave him.
- Felt intimidated by co-star Montgomery Clift on the set of "From Here to Eternity" due to Clift's great talent. Clift was the only actor he he didn't shake.
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