Recasting Couch
Adam Driver as Hathaway; Jon Bernthal as the hacker villain; Hemsworth with Australian accent
In the discussion (6)
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- DiCaprio is considered too old by 2015, while keeping Hemsworth with an Australian accent is defended.
- Hathaway could have entered prison thin and built his physique there; the role still needs physicality.
- Jeremy Renner around 2009 is an appealing possibility, but he might already be too old for the 2015 film.
- Miles Teller is considered too young for a character presumed to be in his mid-thirties; Gyllenhaal is floated.
- Adam Driver emerges as the preferred alternative because he can plausibly be both a hacker and physically formidable.
- Jon Bernthal is proposed as the hacker villain, though the discussion acknowledges his negative experience with Mann and questions his plausibility as a hacker.