Dundee Crocodile: Hogan fell in love with Linda during his filming and left his wife

The first world-famous Australian film Crocodile Dundee has become popular in our country as well. He is loved by both the older generation and young viewers who are waiting for his annual reruns on television. In this film, fans of romance, adventure and comedy will find something to their liking.

Dundee Crocodile is a film that was largely shot in wild Australia, making it very attractive to European audiences. They were able to look at the continent for the first time, about which they had only heard or seen some natural scientific documentary until then. However, the adventure film with Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski was completely different.

Thanks to the great success of the film made in 1968, the second part was prepared two years later, which was also very popular. But the third, which came in 2001 and was filmed in Los Angeles, was unfortunately already a step. It is not for nothing that it is said that it is best to stop.

Hogan won a Golden Globe for his role

The first part of Crocodile Dundee premiered on the last day of April 1986 in Australia and half a year later also in America. In 1987, he was even nominated for an Oscar. The main male hero Paul Hogan won the Golden Globe for his role in the same year. Actress Linda Kozlowski was also nominated, but she failed.

Films about the Crocodile Dundeem were accompanied by various interesting things. Let’s take a look at the funniest, most important and most original ones together.

We should start by saying that the main characters Hogan and Kozlowski fell in love during the filming. Already during the making of the film, they slept together and it suited them so much that Hogan decided to leave his wife, which he did, and he stayed with the handsome blonde from the film.

Kozlowski was recommended for the film by Hoffman

Linda Kozlowski was recommended for the film by the famous actor Dustin Hoffman, but the locals did not want her in the film at first. They wanted the Australian to get the role. In the end, however, the creators pushed their own and Linda got into the film. And she was great! Even so much so that her opponents fell in love with her so much that they named her an honorary citizen of Australia.

Hogan kept in shape while filming, and it’s a public secret that it almost cost him his life. He was lightly wounded by a stroke while lifting dumbbells weighing over 110 kilograms. Fortunately, he soon knocked it off and the filming could continue.

The film grossed an incredible $ 375 million at the time and became the most successful non-American film of the time. Also the protagonist of the film Hogan was then the most famous Australian television comedian.

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Resources: moviefone.com a eightieskids.com