Recasting Couch
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- Recasting the director: late-1990s David Fincher could have made the film one of the decade's best, with The Game as a reference point.
- Brian De Palma is another director choice, imagined bringing more sexuality and a Seattle following sequence. Levinson's brighter, lighter style and prior commercial success are considered an awkward fit.
- Levinson's light touch may have broadened the audience, while a Fincher version might have earned less. Gone Girl is proposed as his later version of related material.