Recasting Couch
Ally Sheedy as the English teacher; Jimmy Eckhouse as Mark's dad; Tim Kazurinsky as the main teacher
In the discussion (4)
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- Ali Sheedy is proposed for the English teacher, giving the film a link to the John Hughes and Breakfast Club era, as a mid-20s teacher a few years out of school.
- Casting someone like Sheedy would visually suggest a future beyond high school for a Nora type; the other host is convinced and switches teams.
- Jimmy Eckhouse from 90210 is proposed as Mark's dad, so the parents, who otherwise just chain-smoke and drink wine like the non-mob characters in The Sopranos, would show some humanity before his late turn; the reply is "that's fair".
- Tim Kazerinsky should have been the main teacher, or alternatively Brian Doyle-Dill-Berry; the reply is "That's a great one."