Recasting Couch
Brad Pitt, Kevin Costner, Robert Downey Jr., and an uncertain Frazier reference are considered as alternate Jerry Maguires, with several reservations.
In the discussion (5)
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- The prompt argues that few actors from the prior twenty-five years could have supplied all of Jerry Maguire’s layers.
- Brad Pitt is considered possible at the time, though the resulting movie would be different and slicker.
- Kevin Costner is rejected as ultimately too wholesome.
- Robert Downey Jr. is considered potentially very good in the role, but too effective in the opening and insufficiently wholesome for the ending.
- The transcript’s uncertain Frazier reference is jokingly considered for Jerry, then preferred as Cush.