Casting What-Ifs
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- Jeff Bridges was Mann's choice for Frank but the studio rejected him as too young and not experienced enough to be a hardened criminal; he is judged too sweet and not tough enough.
- Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider were reportedly considered; Hackman is too close to past roles, while Scheider would have been an all-in choice.
- Mann originally planned a Chicago blues score but switched to Tangerine Dream for more pulse, returning to blues and jazz in Collateral's Miles Davis scene.
- The original title was Violent Streets, judged too on the nose.