Salvador Dali to Alexandro on starring in the film after their verbal agreement was made, "I will star in your film. But, I want to be the highest paid actor in the movie business. I want you get me a paycheck of $100,000 per hour."
P.S. r.i.p. Dan O'Bannon- pioneer special FX master of 'Dark Star', and also the film editor of John Carpenter's first work (edited using a 1940's Moviola). Dan also acted in John's first film. The collapse of Alexandro's 'Dune' left Dan broke, homeless and dependent of friends for his survival. While living with a friend he came up with an idea and wrote the script for the classic sic-fi horror film, 'Alien' which became a hit and he finally made a career for himself. He supervised the special fx for 'Alien' during film production and when Dan died of Crohn's Disease in 2009 he credited his experiences with Crohn's for inspiring the chest-bursting scene from 'Alien.'
