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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Casting What-Ifs

Reported Hanks and Travolta alternatives prompt disagreement about age and role suitability.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Tom Hanks considered plausible later but too youthful then; hard-ass performance not familiar until League of Their Own aside from Turner and Hooch.
  • Hughes reportedly wanted Hanks as Neil,Travolta as Del; Hanks filming Big, could work with younger children; different suggestion Travolta could nail Neil.
  • Paramount reportedly vetoed Travolta as box-office poison after Perfect/Staying Alive; later Look Who’s Talking rebound noted.