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Hollywood stars Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates have been friends for decades after first appearing together in the 1998 film Primary Colors. However, the two nearly met much earlier, as Thornton was initially set to appear in the movie that won Bates an Academy Award.

Based on the Stephen King story, 1990's Misery starred Bates as Annie Wilkes, an obsessive fan who takes her favorite author (James Caan) captive, forcing him to rewrite the finale of his popular novel series. With Bates' win for Best Actress, the film remains the only King adaptation to have won an Oscar. Per Variety, Thornton recently revealed to Bates that he'd been cast for a role in Misery, something she hadn't even known until now. Unfortunately for Thornton, however, creative changes led to his character getting dropped.

"There was a time I went in and read for Rob Reiner for Misery," Thornton explained. "I swear to God.

Sylvester Stallone was one of the biggest movie stars of the 1980s and had many acclaimed roles in action hits, franchise sequels, and underrated thrillers. While this was a decade defined by Stallone's feud with Arnold Schwarzenegger, these two icons pushed each other forward to star in increasingly outrageous cult favorites throughout this incredible decade in filmmaking. During this time, Stallone often one-upped the stakes of his long-standing rival by branching out into comedies, neo-noirs, and continuing to make his own work as a writer, director, and star of some of the biggest hits of this era.

Many of the best Stallone movies were released during the 1980s, as this was a prime time for the popularity of his characters like Rocky Balboa and John Rambo. Stallone had plenty of underrated movies during this time that, only with the power of hindsight, have come to be regarded as cult classics and misunderstood fan favorites.

After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year), and the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek continues his The Best Scene video series by digging into what he feels is the best scene from the classic 1990 Stephen King adaptation Misery (watch it Here). Lance’s choice for the best scene in this one is the leg breaking scene… Yeah, if you’ve seen Misery, you know exactly what we’re talking about. And you can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on a novel by Stephen King, Misery has the following synopsis: After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, who...