Casting What-Ifs
Cruise/Kidman/Beatty; Julia Roberts; Johnny Depp
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- The original reported star configuration was Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman with Warren Beatty as the billionaire, enthusiastically compared with their later Eyes Wide Shut.
- Julia Roberts reportedly declined Diana; her apparent youth and repeating a paid-sex premise after Pretty Woman draw objections, although the character’s age is estimated at twenty-six.
- Harrelson reportedly left Benny and Joon and faced a lawsuit; Johnny Depp had been approached for this film before taking that role, while White Men Can’t Jump persuaded Lyne to cast Harrelson.
- Harrelson is defended as inspired casting because David needs less overwhelming attractiveness than Cruise despite the marriage’s continuing sexual chemistry.