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14 Faithful Facts About ‘Sister Act’<\/h1>\n
Just months after winning an Oscar for her work in ‘Ghost,’ Whoopi Goldberg scored another major hit with ‘Sister Act.’<\/div>\n
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From\u00a0The Sound of Music<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Dead Man Walking<\/em>, nuns have always had a place on the silver screen\u2014but none of those movies have given personality to the women behind the habits quite like\u00a0Sister Act<\/em>. If Sister Mary Clarence and the sisters of St. Katherine’s made your toes tap, here are 14 facts you’ll give praise for.<\/p>\n

1. Sister Mary Clarence was partially inspired by a real nun.<\/h2>\n

As part of his research, screenwriter Paul Rudnick\u00a0visited<\/a>\u00a0the Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut, to meet\u00a0Mother Dolores Hart<\/a>. Hart had been a Hollywood actress, singer, and dancer, starring in movies such as\u00a0Where the Boys Are<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0King Creole<\/em>. Though she left the industry to become a nun when she was just 24, she\u2019s a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to this day.<\/p>\n

2. Bette Midler war originally attached to star.<\/h2>\n

Though the Divine Miss M was originally onboard, she later backed out for reasons she came to\u00a0regret<\/a>: \u201cI said: \u2018My fans don\u2019t want to see me in a wimple.\u2019 I don\u2019t know where I got that from. Why would I say such a thing? So Whoopi did it instead and, of course, she made a fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. The name of the main character was changed when Middler left.<\/h2>\n

The original name of the singer-turned-sister was Terri Van Cartier. It was changed when Whoopi Goldberg was cast, because,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to Rudnick, \u201cShe\u2019d always wanted to play someone named Deloris.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Carrie Fisher helped rewrite the script.<\/h2>\n

When Midler backed out, script adjustments went far beyond a name change\u2014but Disney only allowed writers two weeks to overhaul the script after the lead actress change. Additional writers were brought in to help doctor the script; in addition to Carrie Fisher, other\u00a0contributors<\/a>\u00a0included Nancy Meyers and Robert Harling. Fisher, by the way, has a long history of fixing scripts\u2014she\u00a0also<\/a>\u00a0worked on last-minute rewrites to\u00a0Hook, Lethal Weapon 3,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Wedding Singer.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. The writer \u201cJoseph Howard” is not a real person.<\/h2>\n

By the time the movie was released, it had been rewritten so much that Rudnick didn\u2019t consider it his work anymore. He suggested the work be credited under the name R. Chasuble after the priest in\u00a0The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>. That was rejected, so Rudnick tried for \u201cScreenplay by Goofy.\u201d Another no-go. Finally, \u201cJoseph Howard\u201d was accepted. \u201cIt sounds like the name of someone who helped found the Mormon Church,\u201d Rudnick later\u00a0wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6. Kathy Najimy based her character on Mary Hart.<\/h2>\n