Sam Rockwell almost had the line 'I'm gonna be a star' in 'Lean on Me,' but was cut... and yet he still gets residuals.

While Rockwell ultimately landed the role, he admitted they “never got to my scene” during filming. “So they had to let me go ...

In 1989, Morgan Freeman rocked the box office with the release of Lean on Me about a real-life Paterson, NJ principal who ...

Josh Horowitz inquired about the last time he had to audition. Sam Rockwell recalled trying out for Josh Brolin's role in No ...

Written by Michael Schiffer, Lean On Me stars Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark, an inner-city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, ...

Sam Rockwell was let go from 1989's Lean on Me before his scene was filmed, but he's still getting paid for the role that ...

Kerik grew up in Paterson, where he dropped out of the troubled Eastside High School later depicted in the 1989 film “Lean on Me.” ...

“We lean on them, and they can always lean on me, which is always great. I know that they’re always there, and in turn, they can reach out to the city for any help that they need. I appreciate them ...

My brother has even gotten our parents to lean on me as well. And while ordinarily I wouldn’t consider bowing to blackmail like this, I really don’t want a family war.