Bo Derek on her never-made Marvel movie and acting opposite Donald Trump

Bo Derek talks to Yahoo Entertainment about her never-made Marvel movie, Dazzler, and what it was like acting opposite Donald Trump in Ghosts Can't Do it.

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ETHAN ALTER: Supposedly Gary Goddard, who wrote the story for Tarzan, originally he wrote for you a screenplay based on the Marvel comics character Dazzler. Was that something that you were originally working on?

BO DEREK: I remember I was doing promotion for 10. And we were in Paris. And Marvel Comics flew out. And we had this big meeting in this gorgeous apartment-- just frescoes and murals on the ceiling. And everything was gold gilt. And it was a little overwhelming for me, a beach girl from California, all the attention I was getting from being just a few minutes in 10.

ETHAN ALTER: Do you remember what the film would have been? Would it have been an R-rated movie? Or was it-- was it going to be-- what kind of comic book movie was it going to be?

BO DEREK: I mean, Marvel doesn't let a lot go in-- in how their characters are portrayed. No, I don't even think we ever spoke about what the rating would be.

ETHAN ALTER: What interested you about that character? I mean, were you interested in playing it? Was it a movie you really wanted to do?

BO DEREK: I was being offered everything. I had a big huge offer for a ton of money to play a female wrestler. I mean, you can see, I'm not really the type. I'm-- I've got big shoulders, but I'm pretty small naturally. And playing Dazzler, this incredible rock performer, it just wasn't-- it would have taken a lot of training. So I wasn't anxious to go do that.

ETHAN ALTER: You had a really big come back with Tommy Boy, which is a great-- a great [INAUDIBLE].

BO DEREK: Yes, that was great fun. You know, I had-- I was so lucky in this industry. I had so many opportunities.

ETHAN ALTER: What do you remember about Chris Farley-- working with Chris Farley on set from that movie? What's your best memory of working with him?

BO DEREK: You know, I think as an audience we sent-- sensed that, with all his comic genius, that he was dear and sweet. And he really was. He really, really was. And David Spade was hilarious. They were so good together. They were so close. They fought like brothers, sometimes, on the set. It was very cute. And I loved them all.

ETHAN ALTER: The other significant cameo that I think you've talked about before is in Ghosts Can't Do It. You have a-- you play a scene opposite Donald Trump in that scene. How did that cameo come to be? What was the-- what's the story behind that cameo?

BO DEREK: You know, looking back, I knew-- I knew Donald Trump. And we just got a call from a mutual friend saying, Donald, you know is looking to be in movies. And I know you're making a movie now. Can you-- is there a cameo you could put him in? And so we were going to be in New York anyway. And we wrote a little scene. And he was in the movie.

And now, looking back on it, there was that time when he was-- I believe he was pretending to be his own press agent and calling newspapers and magazines to get his name dropped in the social scene. And I think it was during that time. I think I-- when he was campaigning, I think I put that together.

ETHAN ALTER: Do you remember, was he was he good with his lines? Was he-- did he have to do a lot of rehearsal ahead of time? Or was he pretty good to go?

BO DEREK: He was great. He was great. And we wrote it to just come into his offices. Be quick. Get in-- in and out very quickly. And he was great. He'd been a-- a friend for quite a while.

ETHAN ALTER: And is he playing himself in the movie? Because you do refer to his book and things, but he's never named. So I wondered if he was playing himself or if it was a character that you created for him.

BO DEREK: I think it was a character. But the character is, you know, real estate mogul like he is.

ETHAN ALTER: So it ties in.

BO DEREK: Yes. But I don't think we used his name. I can't remember, honestly. Again, when I would make my films, I was able to separate myself in the editing room and the final making of it. But I've never seen any of my films again.