Paul Hogan reveals what happened to infamous 'Dundee' knife
By
Raffaella Ciccarelli |4 years ago
Deep within an undisclosed Australian bank sits "the most famous knife in the world".
Legendary Australian actor
Paul Hogan this morning told
Today the famous prop is sitting in a vault as he appeared on the show to talk about his new memoir "The Tap-dancing Knife Thrower: My Life Without the Boring Bits".
The knife Hogan is referring to was featured in the 1986 movie
Crocodile Dundee.
Despite its fame, Hogan admitted he's considering selling the large Bowie knife.
"I have it in a vault. In a bank in Australia," Hogan told host Karl Stefanovic mysteriously.
"They told me it is the most famous knife in the world. It is the only knife that has ever had its own scene in a movie. And that scene has been shown millions of times all around the world.
"I might put it up for auction. I don't sit around looking at it."
While Dundee is arguably Hogan's most famous role, the 81-year-old said there was another big Hollywood film he turned down:
Three Men and a Baby.
"I got offered lots of roles between like '86 and '90 when I was a star," Hogan said.
"I got countless offers, but none of them were funny. I was only interested in doing funny.
"I had sort of mentally retired a little bit. After I did the second one (Dundee), in which Australia called a flop, which did half a million or something, it was the second most successful Aussie movie of all time.
"Then I did a couple of my own that I sat down and wrote and of course they made money but they were flops by comparison and I realised everything I do after the first
Croc will be a flop. So why bother?"
As he reflected on his life, the humble actor maintained that he has had a "ridiculous life".
"I have been so lucky, it filled a book. I can do another one," he said smiling.
Film director Peter Faiman in Sydney with the Crocodile Dundee knife. Picture: News Corp
