Casting What-Ifs
Gere signed; Spielberg considered directing
In the discussion (2)
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- Richard Gere was reportedly signed before Pacino, but is judged too handsome and insufficiently raw or believable as this kind of New York cop.
- Spielberg reportedly circled the film, prompting disbelief and joking speculation about an entirely different cultural history.