Casting What-Ifs
Nicole Kidman originally played Meg before injury led to Jodie Foster
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- Nicole Kidman began filming as Meg but aggravated a knee injury and was replaced by Jodie Foster
- Fincher is said to have reshaped Meg from Kidman’s more glamorous reading toward Foster’s practical, political portrayal
- Foster reportedly became available after Russell Crowe’s injury halted a film she was directing, then her pregnancy complicated this production