Casting What-Ifs
Reported alternatives are questioned, and Colin Farrell remains the preferred Crockett.
In the discussion (9)
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- The reported chance for Edward James Almost to reprise Castillo was declined, disappointing the hosts; the transcribed spelling remains unresolved.
- Jan Hammer reportedly declined a request for a different score.
- The idea that the requested score was death metal is a joke and speculation.
- Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Samuel Jackson are reported Tubbs alternatives; the list is doubted, with Smith considered more plausible.
- Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey are reported Crockett alternatives; Cruise and McConaughey are strongly doubted.
- Farrell remains preferable to Pitt and other stars; the performance is admired despite its perceived lack of conventional charisma.
- The perceived strain in Farrell performance is compared to Martin Sheen in the Apocalypse Now making-of documentary.
- The troubled, drinking television Crockett is seen as a fit for Farrell portrayal.
- Farrell is described as looking worse and barely getting through the last third before the shootout; this is a subjective impression.