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Casting What-Ifs

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Mila Kunis or Kristen Stewart for Emma Watson; several lost cameos

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  • Mila Kunis was reportedly the original Emma Watson-role choice and is favored by one participant for her comic history with the cast.
  • Others defend Emma Watson because Hermione’s presence and her perceived innocence make the scene stranger and funnier.
  • Kristen Stewart is proposed as a Twilight-based alternate.
  • Cameron Diaz was reportedly lost when production moved from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
  • Daniel Radcliffe reportedly declined a role.
  • An alternate ending with Morgan Freeman pretending to be God is described and rejected in favor of the Backstreet Boys ending.
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Recasting Couch

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Jason Segel for James Franco; a modern cohort remake

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  • Mila Kunis is again proposed for Emma Watson’s role.
  • A present-day remake is considered, but no comparably famous comic cohort is found; Tim Robinson is discussed as talented but insufficiently famous for the same premise.
  • Jason Segel is favored as a digital replacement for James Franco because of his ties to the group and likable quality.
  • Ryan Reynolds is an alternate Franco replacement.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

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Rihanna slap, reused duffel, ratings, deleted material, music, and geography

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  • Michael Cera reportedly asked Rihanna to slap him for real after he slapped her, leading to repeated hard takes.
  • Emma Watson’s water duffel is identified as the same prop used in Pineapple Express.
  • The filmmakers expected an NC-17 and were surprised that extreme material survived with an R rating.
  • Test audiences rejected a cannibal sequence in which McBride drinks from Franco’s severed foot.
  • A marijuana scene with Hitler was nearly filmed and then rejected.
  • Step Into a World at Franco’s house samples Rapture.
  • The opening directions name several canyon routes, prompting questions about the fictional house location.
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Apex Mountain

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Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and movie pitches

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  • Seth Rogen is placed at or near apex between this film and Neighbors.
  • Jonah Hill is assigned The Wolf of Wall Street or Moneyball rather than this film.
  • James Franco is placed near apex, with 127 Hours as an alternate.
  • Danny McBride is accepted at apex based on Eastbound & Down and this film.
  • Craig Robinson is placed near apex through Hot Tub Time Machine, The Office, and this film.
  • Michael Cera is assigned Superbad and Emma Watson is assigned Harry Potter.
  • The Backstreet Boys and comedies overall are rejected as apex cases.
  • The film is selected as apex mountain for audacious movie pitches.
  • The use of Melrose is praised but its convenience is questioned.
  • Aja, textbook twatage, and Channing Tate-yum are proposed for best resource/name-style phrases.
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Picking Nits

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Impossible Los Angeles geography and celebrity behavior

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  • Franco’s supposed hill house cannot plausibly sit three blocks from Melrose and appears to combine several neighborhoods.
  • Six men being frightened away by Emma Watson with an axe is questioned, then defended because the characters are helpless actors.
  • Seth Rogen personally meeting Jay at the airport is considered implausible at his 2013 fame level. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Sending a driver is proposed as the plausible alternative.
  • Michael Cera and Mindy Kaling are considered an implausible sexual pairing, though that mismatch is defended as the joke.
  • Waiting at the airport gate after 9/11 is identified as a separate implausibility.
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