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Selleck wasn’t allowed to be in any other project during the shoot of Magnum, which was a tough fact for him to digest despite his skyrocketing popularity. He’d even got a chance to play the Steven Spielberg/George Lucas blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark as the now-iconic Indiana Jones! Now that was an unlucky break.
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Swing And A Miss
Included in one of those missed opportunities is a role to star opposite Julie Andrews in the 1982 film Victor/Victoria. At first, Selleck was apprehensive to pick up the role, but it was only when he was already locked in for Magnum was when he wanted the role; sharing the same fate with the Indiana Jones role.
Swing And A Miss