Casting What-Ifs
Debra Winger was cast as Jane and dropped out when she became pregnant; Sigourney Weaver, Judy Davis, Elizabeth McGovern, Christine Lottie (as transcribed) and Elizabeth Perkins were also considered
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- Also considered for the Holly Hunter part were Sigourney Weaver, Judy Davis, Elizabeth McGovern, whom one host always kind of liked, Christine Lottie (as transcribed) and Elizabeth Perkins; Lottie would have been good.
- Debra Winger was cast and got pregnant, forcing the production to remove her and scramble for replacements; one host doubts the movie works with Winger because he had too much history with her from too many 80s movies, whereas Holly Hunter was unknown to him, tiny, seemingly crazy and passionate, unlike any actress he had seen; Harrison Ford could be seen in the William Hurt role, and Luke Wilson is floated as a joke.
- Brooks's search for a female heroine brought him to Debra Winger, who probably wishes she had waited nine months, since she would have been nominated again and the hosts would be talking about the Winger decade after Urban Cowboy, An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment; Winger and William Hurt are two sides of the same coin, huge 80s stars a moderately interested 2019 moviegoer would struggle to place.