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Peter Weller
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Rewatchables episodes featuring Peter Weller’s films
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Apex Mountain
Peter Weller, Detroit’s early-1990s sports era, Ronnie Cox, and Miguel Ferrer receive apex support; other candidates are rejected or debated.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:27:43Read transcript
- Leza Gibbons’s seven-year daytime show is proposed as her apex. — Bill Simmons
- Peter Weller is declared at his apex in RoboCop. — Bill Simmons
- Basic Instinct is preferred for Paul Verhoeven. — Bill Simmons
- Ronnie Cox is placed at his apex with RoboCop and Beverly Hills Cop II in the same year. — Bill Simmons
- Miguel Ferrer is treated as probably at his apex as Bob Morton. — Bill Simmons
- That ’70s Show is preferred for Kurtwood Smith. — Kyle Brandt
- Blade Runner beats RoboCop for futuristic cop movies. — Kyle Brandt
- Murphy’s execution prompts an explicit unranked list of hard-to-watch scenes from Casino, the slow-motion wartime stabbing, True Romance, Misery, American History X, Irreversible, Reservoir Dogs, and Man on Fire. — Kyle Brandt
Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot
Peter Weller answering only to Robo or Murphy on set
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Approx. transcript time · 01:23:46Read transcript
- The panel says Weller required Robo or Murphy rather than Peter while in costume. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Peter Weller ultimately won the role after a long search; the discussion covers many alternate Murphy, Lewis, and Boddicker choices.
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- Jonathan Kaplan left to direct Project X, and Verhoeven initially dismissed the script. — Bill Simmons
- Schwarzenegger, Ironside, Rucker Hauer, Tom Berringer, Armin Asante, Keith Caradine, and James Remar were Murphy possibilities. — Bill Simmons
- Steven Seagal appears among possible Murphy headshots and is developed as a comic alternate. — Bill Simmons
- Stephanie Zimbalist was cast as Lewis but a Remington Steele pickup prevented it. — Bill Simmons
- Michael Ironside declined Boddicker and Kurtwood Smith moved from auditioning for Dick Jones to Boddicker. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
The politics, dual villains, media satire, SUX commercial, Peter Weller’s committed suit performance, and a remarkable 1987 theater lineup
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- The film’s future-crime and corporate-policing ideas are praised as unusually durable. — Bill Simmons
- “Dead or alive, you are coming with me” works as a setup and callback. — Kyle Brandt
- Clarence Boddicker and Dick Jones make the two-villain structure work. — Kyle Brandt
- The futuristic gas price and Media Break news format feel current. — Bill Simmons
- The 6000 SUX commercial makes fun of bigger-is-better vehicles. — Kyle Brandt
- The name Dick and the pause before saying it are celebrated as period villain-writing. — Bill Simmons
- Peter Weller endured heat, water loss, and a restrictive suit while insisting on being called Robo or Murphy. — Bill Simmons
- A theater marquee with The Lost Boys, RoboCop, Predator, and Full Metal Jacket captures the strength of 1987. — Kyle Brandt
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