Lionel Richie Was Told...

that his life was too boring to be made into a biopic.

When the film's producers began working on the movie of Lionel Richie's life, they discovered that Richie's path to fame was too ordinary to keep movie goers interested.

Shortly after this discovery, the film was canceled.

Lionel Richie says:

"I've been approached in the past by Hollywood about a book or a movie about my life but you know it never happens. They said to me, 'Let's talk about your ghetto experiences,' and I said, 'Well, I lived on the college campus so I didn't really have any.

So then they asked: 'Ok, let's talk about your father and mother breaking up...' and I said: 'That never happened, my mother, who was a school principle, and my father, who was a systems analyst, were fine...'

So then they asked, 'Let's talk about the struggle within your group The Commodores.' And I said, 'Excuse me but I had (a) hit record in my senior year in college.' Then the producer turned round to me and replied. 'This is the worst story I've heard in my whole life. There is no tragedy.' "