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RARE PHOTOS: Michael douglas says debra winger lost romancing the stone role after biting his arm | Rare Historical Photos

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Michael Douglas said Debra Winger was set to star in the 1984 classic Romancing the Stone but lost out on the part to Kathleen Turner after a bizarre biting moment.

In the film, Turner plays a romantic-adventure writer who heads to the Colombian jungle in order to save her sister with some help from a brash mercenary called Jack (Douglas).

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