Recasting Couch
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Henry is the favored improvement; recasting Eli ultimately returns to Dano after considering Gosling, DiCaprio, Ledger, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Hirsch, Plemons, Foster, and Grenier.
In the discussion (2)
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- Hoffman as the false brother would create a different two-actor confrontation at a fitting career moment.
- Ledger is the strongest Eli alternative but perhaps too beautiful; most other candidates feel too contemporary or famous for the period world.