Producer Tommy Harper joins Simon for a Film Stories podcast special, to talk through a career that's taken him from not being allowed on the set of Showgirls, to producing Star Wars, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek films. Oh, and the brand new release, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

It's quite a story, with the likes of JJ Abrams, Paul Verhoeven, Tim Burton and more popping up.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in cinemas now.

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