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Val Kilmer, over Hondo

Whoopi Goldberg wins the heat check; Richard E. Grant and Dean Stockwell are alternatives.

James Woods wins over Don Rickles and Catherine Scorsese.

Frank Vincent wins over Debi Mazar, Chuck Low, Paul Sorvino, and Michael Imperioli.

The panel split between Marianne Creed and James Brown, with each receiving a strong case.

Kevin Gage, Tom Noonan, Dennis Haysbert and Kim Staunton

The eyelid student, Pat Roach’s two doomed bruisers, Katanga, and the Cairo swordsman are all heat-check candidates without a settled winner.

Carl Weathers won after debate with Sunny Landham and Jesse Ventura.

Brian Cox wins the heat check over Joan Allen and Dennis Farina; Tom Noonan is deemed too central.

Rick Rossovich beats Bill Paxton for the heat check through a phone call, sex scene, fearless underwear fight, and unrealized post-Top Gun momentum.

Donald Glover also won the heat-check award for his concentrated Rich Purnell scenes.

Owen Wilson wins for an early exit, a horseback introduction, and the concise “scariest environment imaginable” joke.