Recasting Couch
Tom Sizemore as the Italian mobster
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- Better than Ice T may have been possible, but the easy recast is Tom Seismore (transcribed form) as the Italian mobster with the ponytail, a part that needed a real actor.
- Eddie Murphy as Nino is floated because the project began at Paramount as the Nikki Barnes story with Murphy attached; rejected as too beloved to flip to villain, like John Cena or the Rock.
- Denzel as Nino is a maybe; he could have pulled it off but is too good and regal, while Snipes fit better.