Sun Ra. Not only do I obsessively adore his music. He was one of the most independently outspoken people around.
He said what he wanted to, thought what he wanted to, made whatever music he wanted to. Hand assembled album covers, and ran his own operation. Entirely so he could be barred from compromise.
Add that to being a self educated, well read, and musically prodigious black youth in the 1920s, and you have an unsung American Hero.
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Terence Hill, as recently confirmed during an interview to an Italian TV talk-show, was offered the role but rejected it because he considered it "too violent". Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta declined the role for the same reason. When Al Pacino was considered for the role of John Rambo, he turned it down when his request that Rambo be more of a madman was rejected.
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Al Pacino = God
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