up performing all of his own stunts on the picture the rest of the cast performed their own stunts as well though most of the actors playing in roles that required a good deal of stunt work were hired specifically for their experiences as stuntmen the film's respect for its stuntmen is one of the reasons it's gone on to have such a massive cult following swayze performing his own fight scenes granted roadhouse a level of grit and realism that stood out to audiences the film's dramatic scenes however were anything but realistic and caught the ire of pretty much everyone who saw them back in the day despite this modern audiences have learned to embrace the film's cheese factor while appreciating its intense action during patrick's young adult years he had sustained an injury while playing college football that haunted him for the remainder of his life patrick fought through the sustained effects of this injury while filming his stuntson roadhouse in addition to choreographing roadhouse benny arquides had also choreographed several early jackie chan features hey if you're enjoying this video so far be sure to give it a like and subscribe to facts first for more and stick around for more facts about roadhouse annette benning was originally meant to play doc roadhouse fans know that kelly lynch played the role of doc but this was initially not supposed to be the case the original actress hired to play the role was annette benning as legend has it annette was fired from the film early on due to the insistence of patrick swayze who simply felt he couldn't muster any chemistry with the actress after annette banning was booted from the film actress kelly lynch was brought on to take her place it remains doubtful whether or not patrick and kelly had any legitimate chemistry in the film or whether the chemistry between patrick and annette would have been better or worse but roadhouse fans have certainly come to appreciate all that kelly lynch brought to the role of doc things ended up turning out fine for annette as she was later given a star-making role in the film the grifters however she may have some ill will about the fact that she was denied an academy award win for her performance in the grifters when she lost to whoopi goldberg for her performance alongside patrick swayze in the NUMBER_TOKEN feature ghost kelly lynch researched her role although kelly wasn't originally meant to play the character of doc she still ended up making the character her own the actress supposedly underwent weeks of medical training before filming her role some of this training involved extensive work with stitches which made kelly incredibly angry when her character in the film used a staple gun instead of traditional stitching tools while kelly put a lot of work in the road house her husband has some qualms about her performance in the film kelly married writer mitch glazer in NUMBER_TOKEN mitch is friends with bill murray and has shared that any time bill catches road house on television to call mitch up and remind him of the bizarre sex scene featured in the movie between patrick swayze and mitch's wife patrick swayze sang on the film's soundtrack patrick didn't just act in the film but he also sang several songs on its soundtrack patrick had done the same previously with dirty dancing
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