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Peter Cushing is the initial answer as Tarkin. — Bill Simmons
His long run as a Hammer Horror lead makes the That Guy label questionable. — Sean Fennessey
The remaining supporting cast is described as working British actors without an obvious second role for the panel to cite. — Sean Fennessey

Halloween The Rewatchables October 26, 2021

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee turned down Loomis; Carpenter wanted Anne Lockhart; Dennis Quaid was supposed to be Bob

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The hosts say Pleasence was the third choice and that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee both turned it down because the pay was too low; Lee, remembered as Dracula, would have been weird casting. — Bill Simmons
Cushing was coming off Star Wars; Star Wars and Halloween back to back would have been iconic. — Bill Simmons
The hosts describe Pleasence as having peaked as a Bond guy and being in The Great Escape, and say he hosted Saturday Night Live in 1981, is considered one of the weirdest hosts, and kept going through the sequels. — Chris Ryan
The hosts say Carpenter wanted Anne Lockhart, daughter of June Lockhart from Lassie, but she was in other stuff, so they went with Jamie Lee, whose mom was in Psycho. — Chris Ryan
The hosts say Dennis Quaid, then dating P. J. Soles, was supposed to be Bob but was doing another movie, and tell a screening story in which Quaid offers to fight a heckler. — Chris Ryan

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