Recasting Couch
Gary Carlos Cervantes in Dan Hedaya's role; Esai Morales as a younger dictator
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- The question is which Latino actor should have had Dan Hedaya's role, without defaulting to Jimmy Smits; Edward James Olmos ('Edward James almost' in the transcript) is considered but judged too good an actor.
- Move Gary Cervantes, already in the film as the man with the 'I love you' note who explains the plan to Arnold, into the dictator role for his slimeball energy. — Shea Serrano
- Esai Morales ('SI Morales' in the transcript) could have been shoehorned in as a younger deposed dictator or the dictator's son.
- That actor owns the room against a fully furious Arnold ('mellow out, man').