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The Shawshank Redemption
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Bob Gunton
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- Episodes featuring their films
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- 3
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- The field is an all-star team; Victor Garber is ruled out because people know him as Garber from Alias and Sicario. — Bill Simmons
- Bob Gunton is too big after Shawshank. — Bill Simmons
- Rory Cochran, the stoned guy with long hair in Days and Confused, now looks so different he is hard to recognize, but their generation knows him. — Bill Simmons
- Zelko Ivonic is too big from 24, Oz and School Ties. — Bill Simmons
- Christopher Denham, who plays Mark among the six and later a fixer on Billions, wins; his name was only learned through research. — Bill Simmons
- The pick is affirmed; Richard Kind is the only other option but is too well known. — Chris Ryan
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- A ruling is requested on whether Michael Ironside and Bob Gunton qualify; Gunton is judged to qualify and is picked. — Chris Ryan
- Jokes follow: calling the Coast Guard guy obtuse, casting him down with the Sodomites, and asking him to do his taxes. — Bill Simmons
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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:14Read transcript
- Bob Gunton is recognizable chiefly as Shawshank's warden even though he has many other credits.
- William Sadler is immediately recognized as the prisoner called Hayward in the transcript despite initial uncertainty about the actor's name.
- The actor playing Boggs is recognized from Aliens, suggesting the role may have fixed his screen identity.
- Brian Libby is recognized from Silent Rage as the prisoner Floyd.
- David Proval wins one ballot because the panel knows his face and Richie Aprile role without initially knowing his name.
- Bob Gunton wins another ballot because the participant did not recognize him from many other films.
- Boggs's muscular, nearly silent accomplice receives a separate shout-out for making a strong physical impression.
Casting What-Ifs
Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, and Tom Cruise were considered for Andy; Brad Pitt for Tommy; James Gandolfini for Boggs; Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage were rumored; and Rob Reiner proposed Cruise and Harrison Ford.
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- Tom Hanks was offered Andy but could not accept because of Forrest Gump; the panel prefers Tim Robbins because the role became inseparable from him.
- Kevin Costner was offered Andy and is considered a credible alternate, although the panel thinks Robbins better preserves doubt about Andy.
- Tom Cruise attended table readings but declined over the director's inexperience; the panel thinks his intensity would distort Andy.
- Brad Pitt was intended for Tommy before Thelma & Louise created other opportunities; the panel thinks his presence would make Tommy disproportionately prominent.
- James Gandolfini was intended for Boggs but chose True Romance instead. — Chris Ryan
- Johnny Depp and Nicholas Cage are discussed as rumored Andy possibilities whose dreaminess or intensity could have fit parts of the role. — Chris Ryan
- Rob Reiner offered Frank Darabont three million dollars and another financed project for the right to direct with Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red.
- Jon Favreau auditioned for the fresh-fish prisoner and later called it his worst audition.
- Bob Gunton's height helped him plausibly share clothes with the taller Tim Robbins for the escape plot.
- Tom Cruise is suggested instead for Tommy Williams.
- The hosts imagine Cruise preparing for the pipe crawl by practicing with Navy SEALs.
- Favreau is reported to have used the failed audition as motivation to lose weight before Swingers.
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