Recasting Couch
Sharon Stone for Weaver; Harrison Ford for Kline; a Culkin for Elijah Wood or Sandy; Philip Seymour Hoffman anywhere; a bigger name for Jim Carver
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- Sharon Stone for Sigourney Weaver is posed as a thought exercise.
- Weaver is judged better because she is believable as a suburban housewife while Stone would read as there to tear up the suburbs. — Chris Ryan
- Agreement that Weaver is more believable. — Sean Fennessey
- Harrison Ford as Ben is floated; objections say horny Ford is awkward and his sex scenes tend to be under duress.
- Swapping Elijah Wood for a Culkin is suggested. — Sean Fennessey
- A Good Son flip with any Culkin, including Kieran as Sandy, is added.
- Wood is knocked as a one-move bulging-eyes actor, then defended for Lord of the Rings and The Faculty.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in any role, such as the Reverend, Jim Carver, or Paul, would elevate the film.
- The Jim Carver role is the one to upgrade to a Jeff Bridges or Nick Nolte, though top stars would not want to play a premature ejaculator.