Casting What-Ifs
Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Pacino, De Niro, Gibson, and RZA appear in the reported or imagined alternate cast, with uncertainty around some Nicholson improvisation stories.
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- Brad Pitt was reportedly set for the Damon part, dropped out, and produced instead.
- Ray Leota was reportedly set for Dignam but could not do it.
- Denis Leary was the next reported Dignam possibility and also could not do it.
- Al Pacino was the first reported Costello choice and is debated as an alternate.
- Robert De Niro reportedly declined Queenan to make The Good Shepherd.
- Mel Gibson reportedly could not play the Alec Baldwin part because he was filming Apocalypto.
- RZA was reportedly offered the Anthony Anderson role.
- Nicholson’s proposed prostitute scene and retained dildo improvisation are presented with explicit uncertainty.