Robin Williams: Unknown Facts About the Comedy Legend

“Too Psychotic” to Play Jack

Director Stanley Kubrick considered Williams for the lead role in The Shining. However, after he saw Williams in Mork & Mindy, Kubrick scrapped the idea because he claimed Williams was “too psychotic” to play…a homicidal maniac? Weird.

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