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The movie Crocodile Dundee's character was loosely based on a man called Rod Ansell, who was lost in the outback for 56 days, sued Paul Hogan for not profiting from the film, lost his property, started growing weed, got hooked on meth and ended up dying in a drug fuelled police shootout.
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In 1956 Paul Hogan shocked the art world by unhooking an Impressionist masterpiece from a wall in the Tate Gallery (London) and carrying it calmly out of the gallery. Despite being photographed by journalists while he was stealing it, he's never been prosecuted.
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The Paul Hogan "shrimp on the barbie" TV commercials were very effective. Australia rose from #78 to #1 or #2 on Americans' list of "dream vacations" after the TV ads began running from 1984 to 1990. They made Hogan famous in the US before 'Crocodile Dundee' (1986) made him a film star.
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Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.
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The whirring instrument Paul Hogan's character uses to call his aboriginal backup in Crocodile Dundee 2 is called a bullroarer.
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The origin of 'Shrimp on the Barbie' is from an early '80s Visit Australia commercial starring Paul Hogan before he was famous. (Commercial in comments).
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Paul Hogan was responsible for the typical Aussie saying "shrimp on the barbie" even though Aussies say 'prawn' instead of 'shrimp'.
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The man who inspired Paul Hogan's character in Crocodile Dundee died in a shootout with police in 1999.
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The lead role of Sam (Patrick Swayze) in the 1990 movie Ghost was originally offered to Paul Hogan. (Crocodile Dundee)
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Paul Hogan tried to have sole writing credit for Crocodile Dundee 3, even though he only did rewrites to some parts of the script.
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In 1985, Paul Hogan was named Australian of the Year.
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Australian actor Paul Hogan refused the starring role in the hit film Ghost, and a paramount exec pitched a "crocodile Dundee/Beverly hills cop" crossover movie.
The lead role of Sam (Patrick Swayze) in the 1990 movie Ghost was originally offered to Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee). - source
Paul Hogan was nominated for an Oscar for writing Crocodile Dundee..WTF! - source
