Casting What-Ifs
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- After Damon could not play the lead, the role was steered to Affleck; using Damon as the brother is proposed as an improvement.
- Chalamet reportedly auditioned for Patrick and did not get the role.
- Hedges is preferred to Chalamet for frame, class background and Massachusetts credibility, despite both actors’ New York backgrounds.
- Krasinski is reported as connected to the original idea and initially floated for the role before Lonergan completed the film.
- Krasinski remains an uncertain dramatic fit because this kind of acting had not been seen from him, though A Quiet Place is offered as reason not to rule him out; Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone work supplies a contrasting precedent.