Recasting Couch
Will Ferrell as Bob
In the discussion (3)
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- Murray is considered irreplaceable; a younger Nicholson is entertained but his debonair, roguish persona would change the film.
- Pitt and DiCaprio are rejected because their screen personas make it difficult to believe they would not pursue Charlotte physically.
- Will Ferrell is proposed as a contemporary counterpart who could benefit from a restrained dramatic role like Murray’s, though he would need to shed familiar comic habits.