Casting What-Ifs
Gene Wilder and Michael Caine were considered for Royal before Gene Hackman accepted the role.
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
In the discussion (6)
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- Gene Wilder is reported as a candidate for Royal Tenenbaum. — Andy Greenwald
- Michael Caine is described as the second choice after Hackman resisted the part. — Andy Greenwald
- Hackman objected to a role written for him, a three-month commitment, and scale pay. — Andy Greenwald
- Hackman accepted after learning that the production had turned toward Caine. — Andy Greenwald
- The participants think Caine could have been good but that his casting would create a completely different movie. — Andy Greenwald
- Anderson's early family drawings included other unidentified actor ideas that cannot be recovered from the transcript. — Andy Greenwald