Tommy Boy The Rewatchables
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Recasting Couch

Phoebe Cates in the Bo Derek role

In the discussion (5)
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  • Phoebe Cates replaces Bo Derek, a nostalgia pick echoing her Fast Times pool scene and a far better actress than Derek, called abysmal.
  • Without Bo Derek the '10' joke is lost.
  • Julie Warner had been written down but the size disparity is judged worth keeping.
  • A question is floated about swapping Julie Warner for 1995-era Julie Bowen after the Happy Gilmore episode.
  • Cates would have been only 32 in 1995, much closer to Tommy's age; agreed as a fair point.