Q 01/05

Kevin Costner played Alex, the dead friend whose funeral reunites the cast, in which 1983 film that cut his scenes?

A) St. Elmo's Fire

B) Terms of Endearment

C) The Big Chill

D) The Outsiders

Answer · why

C) The Big Chill

The Big Chill shows Costner only as the body in the coffin during the opening titles. Its director felt so bad about the cut flashbacks that he gave C...

Q 02/05

Which actor won an Oscar as the veteran Irish-American beat cop who mentors Kevin Costner's hero in The Untouchables?

A) Robert De Niro

B) Michael Caine

C) Sean Connery

D) Albert Finney

Answer · why

C) Sean Connery

Sean Connery took Best Supporting Actor for the part, yet a 2003 Empire poll voted it the worst film accent of all, because his Scottish burr never we...

Q 03/05

Kevin Costner was first lined up to play the president in Air Force One, then personally offered the role to whom?

A) Mel Gibson

B) Tom Hanks

C) Michael Douglas

D) Harrison Ford

Answer · why

D) Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford took the part after Costner, the first choice to play the president, chose to concentrate on finishing The Postman. The film he gave awa...

Q 04/05

Which pop superstar made her film acting debut opposite Kevin Costner in the 1992 thriller The Bodyguard?

A) Mariah Carey

B) Whitney Houston

C) Janet Jackson

D) Vanessa Williams

Answer · why

B) Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston turned the film into a music phenomenon: its soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack album of all time and won the Grammy for Al...

Q 05/05

After The Bodyguard became a hit, Kevin Costner asked which real-life royal to star in a planned sequel?

A) Princess Diana

B) Sarah Ferguson

C) Princess Caroline

D) Princess Stephanie

Answer · why

A) Princess Diana

Princess Diana agreed to take the part, Costner has said. A draft of the screenplay was finished the day before she died in 1997, and the film was scr...