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Recasting Couch
Andrew Davis is preferred as director, and Robert Downey Jr. or Anthony Michael Hall are proposed for Marvin J. Weiss.
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- Andrew Davis is the preferred replacement director. — Kyle Brandt
- Anthony Michael Hall and Robert Downey Jr. are proposed for the technical companion role. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Christopher Reeve was attached to play Ben Richards in a darker, book-faithful version; Andrew Davis began as director; Chuck Woolery was wanted for Killian before Richard Dawson.
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- Christopher Reeve was attached when the story focused on an unemployed man surviving a violent show for thirty days to feed his family. — Bill Simmons
- Andrew Davis was fired as director after two weeks, a decision Arnold later called terrible. — Bill Simmons
- Chuck Woolery was unavailable for Killian, and Arnold reportedly suggested his friend Richard Dawson. — Bill Simmons
- Christopher Reeve is endorsed as a plausible mid-eighties action lead with the physique and ability to deliver the one-liners. — Bill Simmons
- The film is judged likely to have been better with Andrew Davis directing. — Bill Simmons
- Chuck Woolery’s acting experience is questioned, although his cool television persona suggests potential for an evil character if he could perform the role. — Bill Simmons
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- Harrison Ford: no — Bill Simmons
- Ford playing Desmondo: yes as a joke — Bill Simmons
- Ford’s doctor roles compared with Frantic — Bill Simmons
- Tommy Lee Jones: yes — Bill Simmons
- Joe Pantoliano: disagreement; The Sopranos favored instead — Bill Simmons
- Pantoliano’s bad wigs: no — Bill Simmons
- One-armed killers: yes — Bill Simmons
- Andrew Davis: yes — Bill Simmons
- Dutch men named Chuck: raised without a clear verdict — Bill Simmons
- Chicago movies: disputed, with Ferris Bueller, Blues Brothers, Thief and The Dark Knight mentioned — Bill Simmons
- Fugitives: O.J. Simpson offered instead — Bill Simmons
- Characters named Cosmo: a strong year — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Development history; Ford ligament injury; Dillsboro wreck site; crash and dam costs; unscripted parade chase; Richard Jordan replaced; improvised donut line; Pantoliano and Ward lobbying; love-interest rewrites
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- The script took five years, with nine screenwriters and more than 25 drafts, and Tommy Lee Jones ad-libbed his lines anyway. — Bill Simmons
- Ford damaged leg ligaments filming the woods scenes and delayed surgery so his character would limp, prompting a riff that Ford is unbreakable.
- The wrecked train and bus remain a tourist attraction in Dillsboro, North Carolina, leading to jokes that it is the home of Tate Frasier (as transcribed). — Bill Simmons
- The crash cost $1 million to film and the dam scene cost twice as much, $2 million. — Bill Simmons
- The St. Patrick's Day parade chase was not scripted; Andrew Davis, a Chicago director, followed Ford and Jones with a Steadicam without permits, and parade-goers were genuinely reacting to Ford. — Bill Simmons
- Richard Jordan, originally cast as Dr. Nichols, fell ill with a brain tumor and died three weeks after release; Ford refilmed his first scene with the replacement, whose beard looked slightly different. — Bill Simmons
- Tommy Lee Jones improvised 'think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate donut with some of those little sprinkles on top.' — Bill Simmons
- Joey Pants lobbied for Cosmo Renfro to survive in case of a sequel, and was in the sequel; Sela Ward reportedly lobbied for her character to be in a coma instead of dying. — Bill Simmons
- Sela Ward is thought to have deserved a bigger career.
- Julianne Moore's part was reportedly meant to be a love interest, and Jane Lynch's researcher possibly too; deleted scenes may exist on a later release.
- Two Cosmos in 1993: Cosmo Renfro and Cosmo Kramer. — Bill Simmons
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