Mel Gibson ‘directing and starring in Lethal Weapon 5’ following death of Richard Donner
metro.co.ukdeath of director Richard Donner, according to reports.Speaking at a fan event dedicated to him on the weekend, An Experience with Mel Gibson, the actor and controversial director revealed before Donner’s death he asked Mel to take up the mantle should he die before it’s made.Donner died in July aged 91, having worked not only on all four Lethal Weapon films with Mel and co-star Danny Glover, from 1987 to 1998, but The Goonies, The Omen, and the original Superman film.Mel, who has starred in the lead role of LAPD copper Martin Riggs since the first film in 1987, was quoted by The Sun as saying: ‘The man who directed all the Lethal films, Richard Donner, he was a big guy. ‘He was developing the screenplay and he got pretty far along with it..
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