Casting What-Ifs
Reported on air: Denzel Washington turned down Mr. Nobody; Taylor Lautner and Halle Berry also considered; Jason Statham first offered Fast Six's Owen Shaw
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- Called a favorite casting what-if ever: one host says Denzel Washington turned down Mr. Nobody before Kurt Russell, per "the internet," even with a promised bigger Fast 8 part; the reply is stunned.
- The hosts guess Denzel was in Oscar mode before Fences and would only do an action movie as its star, citing The Equalizer.
- Taylor Lautner and "Hallie Berry" (as transcribed) are said to have also been considered; Mr. Nobody had to be older, though Lautner's old-guy face is joked about.
- Kurt Russell is a great pick as a throwback to late-80s and early-90s action, with an internet theory that he is channeling his 1988 Tequila Sunrise character.
- Statham is said to have been offered the Owen Shaw role in Fast Six but to have been making Parker and "Wildcard" (as transcribed); he is agreed to be better as the big brother.