Casting What-Ifs
Jeff Speakman, Stephen Baldwin and Richard Grieco for Jack; Halle Berry for Annie
In the discussion (10)
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- Speakman is reported as attached during Paramount development
- Baldwin and Grieco are discussed as other Jack possibilities
- The Ellen DeGeneres story is explicitly treated as a denied urban legend
- Berry’s own regret and description of the earlier static-bus script are cited
- Other alleged Annie candidates remain uncertain
- Craig T. Nelson reportedly could not leave Coach to play Mac
- Ed Harris was considered when Harry was the villain
- McTiernan, Harlin and Tarantino reportedly declined directing
- McTiernan’s version is imagined as marginally better
- Michael Bay reportedly sought the job before his feature debut