The reported chance for Edward James Almost to reprise Castillo was declined, disappointing the hosts; the transcribed spelling remains unresolved.
Jan Hammer reportedly declined a request for a different score.
The idea that the requested score was death metal is a joke and speculation.
Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Samuel Jackson are reported Tubbs alternatives; the list is doubted, with Smith considered more plausible.
Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey are reported Crockett alternatives; Cruise and McConaughey are strongly doubted.
Farrell remains preferable to Pitt and other stars; the performance is admired despite its perceived lack of conventional charisma.
The perceived strain in Farrell performance is compared to Martin Sheen in the Apocalypse Now making-of documentary.
The troubled, drinking television Crockett is seen as a fit for Farrell portrayal.
Farrell is described as looking worse and barely getting through the last third before the shootout; this is a subjective impression.

Reported training, casting endorsement, billing and speedboat facts, plus the actors age gap.

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A research anecdote says Michael Mann arranged fake drug busts that Farrell initially believed were real; the account is questioned before being read.
Don Johnson reportedly selected Farrell when asked who should play Crockett.
Farrell reportedly received European top billing, while Fox received American top billing and emphasis in advertising.
The Cuba boat is identified as an MTI powerboat named Mojo, reportedly on sale for $500,000, inspiring an imagined purchase.
A lookup reports a maximum speed of 120 mph, prompting a shorter travel estimate but continued objections to the ocean ride.
Farrell is reported to be eleven years younger than Gongli.

Implausible undercover resources and cover, boat logistics, redundant drug names and limited friendship.

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Cell phone conversations in speedboats and convertibles are implausible.
The source of the money for cars, houses and clothes is unclear; repossessed assets are a guess.
Long-term undercover work in one city seems implausible, especially with a Ferrari and a first-name-preserving alias.
The Cuba trip leaves questions about clothes and disappearance from a major investigation for days.
The drug sellers list meth, ice and speed as though distinct products, prompting criticism of the research and joking alternatives.
Crockett and Tubbs do not seem especially close; tension around Trudy and Isabella is discussed.
A friendship-building drinking scene like the one in 48 Hours is wanted; the director cut adds some driving together.
An invented sports-bar scene imagines where Crockett vanished, including sports-radio personalities.

Possible reunion, failed task forces, shootout survival, Trudy consequences and a prestige-TV revival.

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A future Sonny and Isabella reunion is imagined, with a return within a year or a birthday visit suggested.
Interagency task forces are viewed as predictably unsuccessful in movies.
The final shootout seems as though it should kill more good guys; none die, despite earlier destructive bullets.
Leaving Trudy in the safe house may have nearly killed her and could cause a later breakup.
A ten-episode, $200 million Netflix series by Michael Mann is proposed to bridge television and film, although Sicario and Narcos occupy similar ground.
A reportedly planned conventional NBC version disappoints the speakers.
Mann returning with a Blackhat series instead is a joke.