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Mrs. Doubtfire

Casting What-Ifs

Tim Allen; Blake Lively

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:10Read transcript
  • Tim Allen, then perhaps the biggest TV star in the world, was offered both Mrs. Doubtfire/Daniel and the Pierce Brosnan role and rejected both.
  • Without Robin Williams's voices the tricky premise would not work; with Tim Allen audiences would say absolutely not.
  • Asked which Tim Allen casting would be worse, the Pierce Brosnan role is chosen, though the movie cannot work with him as Mrs. Doubtfire either.
  • Mara Wilson, who was in a Ringer Films documentary (transcribed 'ShowBiscuits'), won the little girl's role over Blake Lively; she is called electric, with the line reading of the decade.