Casting What-Ifs
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- Jack Nicholson reportedly declined the colonel, and his version is imagined as darker and more uncomfortable. — Bill Simmons
- A claim that the Rocky star declined the role is treated skeptically. — Bill Simmons
- Philip Seymour Hoffman reportedly auditioned five times for George before the role became his break. — Bill Simmons
- The performance led Paul Thomas Anderson to write Scotty J. for Hoffman. — Bill Simmons
- Chris Rock sought the Charlie role and later argued that casting a Black student would have made the movie more interesting. — Chris Ryan