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1. While talks of an Addams Family movie had been going on for decades, producer Scott Rudin really decided to take on the project are unexpectedly hearing the theme song from an unlikely source when a studio executive's son started singing it during a car ride "and suddenly everyone in the van was singing the theme, letter perfect, note for note," he told The Los Angeles Times. The next day, he went in to pitch the idea.
2. In 1989, it was reported that Cher and Kevin Kline would star as Morticia and Gomez, with Ivan Reitman attached to direct. But then in 1990, Robin Williams and Huston's name were suggested. Ultimately, Julia landed the lead role of the Addams patriarch. "Raúl was totally suited to play Gomez," Sonnenfield told The Guardian. "I've never worked with anyone more in love with life."
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