Zucker wanted someone else. READ MORE: Dirty Dancing feud: Patrick Swayze hated the ending Zucker revealed in an interview that he and the studio behind Ghost (Paramount Pictures) had their eye ...

Kevin Bacon said he didn't turn down the role of Sam Wheat in the 1990 movie "Ghost." The part was played by Patrick Swayze. "I don't think I would've turned it down," Bacon told Business Insider.