Independence Day: Bill Pullman Reveals The Original Title Eddie Makuch 1996's end-of-the-world movie Independence Day originally had a different title, actor Bill Pullman has revealed. He told CinemaBlend that the studio, Fox, originally wanted the film to be called "Doomsday." Writer-director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin were "in contention" with Fox about the title, and they ultimately got their way after one fateful night of filming. Pullman, who played the US president in the movie, said Devlin and Emmerich were lobbying for the title "Independence Day" instead of "Doomsday," and the iconic speech that Pullman's character gives was central to convincing the studio. "We had to make the speech really good. And then they cut it together, and a couple of nights later, Dean came to my trailer, and he said, 'Do you wanna see it'? … So he popped in the VHS, he showed me the cut of the speech, and I went, 'Holy Mother, they have got to name this movie Independence Day.' And they did," Pullman said. Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

1996's end-of-the-world movie Independence Day originally had a different title, actor Bill Pullman has revealed. He told CinemaBlend that the studio, Fox, originally wanted the film to be called "Doomsday." Writer-director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin were "in contention" with Fox about the title, and they ultimately got their way after one fateful night of filming.

Pullman, who played the US president in the movie, said Devlin and Emmerich were lobbying for the title "Independence Day" instead of "Doomsday," and the iconic speech that Pullman's character gives was central to convincing the studio.

"We had to make the speech really good. And then they cut it together, and a couple of nights later, Dean came to my trailer, and he said, 'Do you wanna see it'? … So he popped in the VHS, he showed me the cut of the speech, and I went, 'Holy Mother, they have got to name this movie Independence Day.' And they did," Pullman said.

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