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- Episodes featuring their films
- 5
- Movies in this archive
- 6
Rewatchables episodes featuring Matthew McConaughey’s films
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 film
Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan · Ryen Russillo
Aired December 3, 2019
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Casting What-Ifs
Colin Farrell as Crockett
In the discussion (9)
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- The reported chance for Edward James Almost to reprise Castillo was declined, disappointing the hosts; the transcribed spelling remains unresolved. — Bill Simmons
- Jan Hammer reportedly declined a request for a different score. — Bill Simmons
- The idea that the requested score was death metal is a joke and speculation. — Bill Simmons
- Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Samuel Jackson are reported Tubbs alternatives; the list is doubted, with Smith considered more plausible. — Bill Simmons
- Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey are reported Crockett alternatives; Cruise and McConaughey are strongly doubted. — Bill Simmons
- Farrell remains preferable to Pitt and other stars; the performance is admired despite its perceived lack of conventional charisma. — Chris Ryan
- The perceived strain in Farrell performance is compared to Martin Sheen in the Apocalypse Now making-of documentary. — Chris Ryan
- The troubled, drinking television Crockett is seen as a fit for Farrell portrayal. — Chris Ryan
- Farrell is described as looking worse and barely getting through the last third before the shootout; this is a subjective impression. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Jeremy Sisto read opposite Kate Winslet in her screen test; Matthew McConaughey was in contention for Jack; Stephen Dorff was passed over for Jack; Chris O'Donnell was mentioned for Jack; Rob Lowe was in the mix for Cal
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:10:22Read transcript
- Kate Winslet had to do a screen test, watchable online, opposite Jeremy Sisto, Elton from Clueless, who auditioned but probably was not in contention; the major name in contention for Jack Dawson was Matthew McConaughey.
- Stephen Dorff is the verified one: a New York Daily News piece headlined 'actor is thankful he didn't get Titanic role' has the Blade co-star saying he wanted a career like Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Jack Nicholson and an Oscar, which Titanic would have made impossible, and that Leo will always be the guy on the boat.
- One host disagrees that Leo is the guy on the boat, since he has been in so many hits and everyone has a favorite Leo, whereas Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more locked into their 90s work; Sofia Coppola is said to have made Somewhere with Dorff because he never blew up, and Titanic will be in the first line of DiCaprio's obituary, and of Billy Zane's.
- Billy Zane has not done much anyone has heard of since, though he has been in three times as many films as Kate Winslet.
- Chris O'Donnell, named on Wikipedia for Jack, would have been a great and adorable Jack given his Batman movies and a season-two television arc, but could not have taken the film past a billion dollars; Leo is singular and the chemistry is enduring, though he seems strikingly innocent and little in it.
- Rob Lowe was in the mix for Cal and is a great asshole, as in St. Elmo's Fire; pre-West Wing he might not have pulled viewers out of the film, though one host says he would have a little, and the leads mostly had blank or clean reputations at the time, which the hosts think mattered.
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Films in the archive
A Time to Kill
1996
Dazed and Confused
1993
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
Tropic Thunder
2008
Two for the Money
2005
U-571
2000