Casting What-Ifs
The novel's characters were not white and Paramount refused an all-black cast; Tony Danza was to play Vermin before taking Taxi, so Terry Michos was cast
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- In the book none of the characters were white, and Walter Hill has said Paramount did not want an all-black cast for commercial reasons; the hosts would like to see that movie.
- Tony Danza was supposed to be Vermin, the slick Italian-American comic-relief guy, but took the sitcom Taxi; Terry Michos got the part and is now a news anchor in Wappinger Falls, New York.