I agree with @Bipolarcy here, Tom would have been OK I think.Tom Sellick as Indiana Jones
Jean Claude Van Dam as The Predator
Tom Sellick as Indiana Jones
Jean Claude Van Dam as The Predator
Keanu in anything
I knew about SS wanting Lee Marvin for Quint, but hadn't heard the others. One of my favorite movies.All three of the main characters in Jaws were backups to backups (to backups) and thank god they were. Schneider, Dreyfuss and Shaw were perfect.
Peter Benchley suggested Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen for those parts. Spielberg said no way to that, but he did want John Voight to play Hooper instead of Dreyfuss. He also wanted Sterling Hayden or Lee Marvin for Quint.
Ok but I'm not talking about actors who were actually cast... I'm talking about roles that ALMOST went to someone who would've been an absolute disaster and likely ruined the appeal of the movie if it had actually happened... like Dustin Hoffman as John Rambo.
Michelle Pfiffer turned down Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs because it was too violent.Just read this and had to bring it to light. Apparently when casting First Blood the role of John Rambo was offered to Dustin Hoffman, who turned it down.
There were a lot of actors considered for the role of Rambo. But Dustin Hoffman? All 5'5 and 140 lbs. of him... as John Rambo? That has to be one of the most ridiculous casting suggestions I've ever heard, right up there with Ryan O'Neal as Rocky Balboa.
There are plenty of other great casting "misses" out there, curious if others have found any that they think are particularly egregious.
That's really interesting.All three of the main characters in Jaws were backups to backups (to backups) and thank god they were. Schneider, Dreyfuss and Shaw were perfect.
Peter Benchley suggested Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen for those parts. Spielberg said no way to that, but he did want John Voight to play Hooper instead of Dreyfuss. He also wanted Sterling Hayden or Lee Marvin for Quint.
I think this worked out. At least for my viewing taste.Tom Hanks turned down the title role of Jerry McGuire to do That Thing You Do
Leo DiCaprio turned down Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights
Denzel turned down the role that ultimately went to Morgan Freeman in Se7en.
Josh Hartnett turned down the role of Batman in Nolan's Batman Begins (big mistake and he knows it)
EDIT: I totally read this thread wrong haha sorry
I think this worked out. At least for my viewing taste.
That's really interesting.
I think either Lee Marvin or McQueen would have been great as Quint but Shaw was great too.
I could actually see Redford and Newman as they worked so well together in the 70s but it could have made it too much of a "buddy" film? Still, such a great movie as is.
I agree Dreyfuss nailed the movie. But he is nothing like his character in the book. In the book he is a good looking new college grad that ends up having an affair with Sheriff Brody's wife.All three of the main characters in Jaws were backups to backups (to backups) and thank god they were. Schneider, Dreyfuss and Shaw were perfect.
Peter Benchley suggested Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen for those parts. Spielberg said no way to that, but he did want John Voight to play Hooper instead of Dreyfuss. He also wanted Sterling Hayden or Lee Marvin for Quint.