Well, that would have killed him in my eyes
Seriously, I don't think it was until The Departed that I respected DiCaprio as an actor after that.
Casting/recasting that helped "shape" the movie world.
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Well, that would have killed him in my eyes
Seriously, I don't think it was until The Departed that I respected DiCaprio as an actor after that.
I saw that a few years ago and remember thinking "thank God they recast Willow"
Had Christopher Lloyd turned them down, their next pick to play Doc Brown in Back to the Future was Jeff Goldblum.
"Wow, umm, Great, uh, Scott."
^ Speaking of Christopher Lloyd, he only landed the role of the Klingon commander Kruge in STIII:TSFS because Paramount nixed Leonard Nimoy's preferred choice of Edward James Olmos, feeling that he lacked sufficient stature.
Nope, it's really hard to imagine EJO commanding a battleship all right ...
Nope, it's really hard to imagine EJO commanding a battleship all right ...
I can see their point actually. Edward James Olmos being relatively short didn't interfere with his role as Adama, but being physically imposing and tall of stature can be an important aspect to consider when casting a villain, especially when the film is to conclude with a slug fest between the hero and villain. You want your hero to look like he's physically overmatched so that his triumph looks that much better.^ Speaking of Christopher Lloyd, he only landed the role of the Klingon commander Kruge in STIII:TSFS because Paramount nixed Leonard Nimoy's preferred choice of Edward James Olmos, feeling that he lacked sufficient stature.
Nope, it's really hard to imagine EJO commanding a battleship all right ...
Phantom underperformed and didn't do much for Emmy Rossum's career. Had she not landed the role in Phantom she likely would still have been cast in Poseidon, Dare and Dragonball Evolution on the basis of having Mystic River and The Day After Tomorrow on her CV. So no difference was made in that casting change in my opinion.
I don't know who Emmy Rossum is.
That's what I was going to say
What about the original pilot for 30 rock with Rachel Dratch as the main actress on the TGS show? I think the show would have been canceled halfway through the first season.
I can see their point actually. Edward James Olmos being relatively short didn't interfere with his role as Adama, but being physically imposing and tall of stature can be an important aspect to consider when casting a villain, especially when the film is to conclude with a slug fest between the hero and villain. You want your hero to look like he's physically overmatched so that his triumph looks that much better.^ Speaking of Christopher Lloyd, he only landed the role of the Klingon commander Kruge in STIII:TSFS because Paramount nixed Leonard Nimoy's preferred choice of Edward James Olmos, feeling that he lacked sufficient stature.
Nope, it's really hard to imagine EJO commanding a battleship all right ...
Yeah, but EJO never looked like a pushover in those scenes in BSG where he was scrapping with much younger men (eg Chief Tyrol in the boxing ring). Plus he'd have been wearing those Klingon boots and elevated by the forehead. He'd certainly have seemed as least as good a match for pudgy ol' Shat as did the man who two years later was playing Doc Brown.
Having said all that, I still like Lloyd's Kruge (actually, I pretty much like Lloyd in anything he's ever done).
Actually, I could see Henriksen as the T-800. A very different T-800, but I think he could have pulled it off.
Schwarzenegger as Reese...not so much.
^ Not sure if this has already been posted in this thread but another contender for the Terminator role was OJ Simpson. Hard to imagine him as a killer, isn't it?!
Billy Idol was at one stage set to play the T-1000 in T2 - have to say, I'm very, very glad it went to Robert Patrick instead ...
Billy Idol was at one stage set to play the T-1000 in T2 - have to say, I'm very, very glad it went to Robert Patrick instead ...
Murphy had originally committed to the movie, but he was unable to work around his shooting schedule for Beverly Hills Cop. It was kind of fortuitous, really; by re-writing Winston as the straight man (who was originally an undercover FBI agent
), it helped balance everything out, as opposed to having four comedians the whole way through.
^Except I felt that Ernie Hudson was badly underutilized in both films. The problem with being the straight man in a comedy film was that he didn't have that much to do.
Here's another one: the cast of Logan's Run was originally envisaged as Jon Voight as Logan, William Devane as Francis, Lindsay Wagner as Jessica, and James Cagney as the Old Man.
Jon Voight ultimately turned the film down, William Devane dropped out at the last minute, it was felt that Jenny Agutter had better chemistry with the newly cast Michael York than Lindsay Wagner, and James Cagney had decided to retire at that time (although he later made one more film).
I don't think any careers were significantly altered in those casting changes, but it's interesting to imagine Logan's Run with the alternate cast that might have been.
Jon Voight ultimately turned the film down, William Devane dropped out at the last minute, it was felt that Jenny Agutter had better chemistry with the newly cast Michael York than Lindsay Wagner, and James Cagney had decided to retire at that time (although he later made one more film).
I don't think any careers were significantly altered in those casting changes, but it's interesting to imagine Logan's Run with the alternate cast that might have been.
I can see their point actually. Edward James Olmos being relatively short didn't interfere with his role as Adama, but being physically imposing and tall of stature can be an important aspect to consider when casting a villain, especially when the film is to conclude with a slug fest between the hero and villain. You want your hero to look like he's physically overmatched so that his triumph looks that much better.^ Speaking of Christopher Lloyd, he only landed the role of the Klingon commander Kruge in STIII:TSFS because Paramount nixed Leonard Nimoy's preferred choice of Edward James Olmos, feeling that he lacked sufficient stature.
Nope, it's really hard to imagine EJO commanding a battleship all right ...
Yeah, but EJO never looked like a pushover in those scenes in BSG where he was scrapping with much younger men (eg Chief Tyrol in the boxing ring). Plus he'd have been wearing those Klingon boots and elevated by the forehead. He'd certainly have seemed as least as good a match for pudgy ol' Shat as did the man who two years later was playing Doc Brown.
On the one hand, I suppose it's easy to forget just how friggin' tall Christopher Lloyd is, and thus how that might affect his stature on camera.
On the other hand, EJO can melt men just by staring at them!
As much as I love Timothy Dalton as Bond (he's my second favorite after Daniel Craig) I would've LOVED to have seen Sam Neill as 007. Either Licence to Kill or The Living Daylights has the screen test with Neill.
"LISTEN! NOW!!! Dat Tuhminatuh is out dere! I can't be bargained wit! It can't be reasont wit!"
