Casting What-Ifs
The studio preferred Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones, then approached Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges; Warren Oates was first set for Brain.
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
In the discussion (6)
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- The financing studio preferred Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones for Snake.
- Carpenter rejected Bronson as too old and feared losing control to a more experienced star.
- Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges were approached but were not interested.
- Nolte is considered insufficiently funny, while Tommy Lee Jones is the only proposed alternative with partial plausibility.
- Warren Oates was originally set to play Brain, withdrew while unwell, and recommended Harry Dean Stanton.
- The performer whose name is transcribed as Season Hubbly was married to Kurt Russell, which is offered as the reason she joined the cast.