Gooding reportedly auditioned early and remained the benchmark despite later auditions including Jamie Foxx. His voluntary decision to undress for an audition scene is corrected after a misunderstanding that he was required to. — Bill Simmons
Gooding receiving his Oscar from Mira Sorvino is noted because she reportedly lost Dorothy when her agents requested too much money. — Bill Simmons
Crowe reportedly wrote for Hanks and Winona Ryder; Hanks passed after the long writing process to make That Thing You Do!, and Ryder with Cruise seemed too sibling-like. Woody Harrelson reportedly rejected an offer because audiences would not care about an agent; his hypothetical casting is considered inferior to Cruise. — Bill Simmons
Jennifer Lopez auditioned, but Connie Britton was reportedly the final alternative to Zellweger. Britton's height theory and reportedly disastrous screen test are discussed without settling the reason. — Bill Simmons
Jamie Foxx's Rod audition is revisited as a plausible different version of the role, with Willie Beamen later giving him a sports-film showcase. — Bill Simmons
Janet Jackson reportedly auditioned and accepted Marcee before the deal fell through; Regina King replaced her and the film helped move her toward major Hollywood roles. — Bill Simmons
Diane Lane as Avery is an uncorroborated casting rumor that excites interest; Preston's death is distinguished from Lane, who is alive.
This period is proposed as Demi Moore’s peak following Ghost and A Few Good Men; the later Striptease payday is an alternative. — Bill Simmons
Demi Moore receives an affirmative Apex choice for the commercial success, preceding hits, celebrity position and subsequent Striptease payday; her appearance receives an additional affirmative peak assessment. — Bill Simmons
Harrelson receives an affirmative Apex choice for White Men Can’t Jump, this film and emerging from Cheers as a movie star; True Detective is raised as an absent colleague’s likely alternative. — Bill Simmons
On Lori Petty, one host does not know who she is beyond Tyler; her credits come up, League of Their Own, Free Willy, Patty Mayonnaise and Orange is the New Black; one host offers Tank Girl as the apex, as the moment someone thought she could carry a movie, another objects that Tank Girl tanked, and one goes with Patty Mayonnaise, so no yes for this film.
Her look in the film is called a leftover eighties one, like the Legend of Billie Jean, short hair and a little androgynous, and the hosts note she resembles Woody Harrelson, with a host choosing words carefully about a scene with Utah's FBI badge.
Gary Busey is a no: one host offers Surviving the Game, another calls the Buddy Holly story the correct answer because of the Oscar nomination, and another goes with Eye of the Tiger, in which a biker gang kills his wife and daughter after he comes back from Nam and goes to prison.
Keanu Reeves is a no way; his apex is debated as The Matrix or John Wick 2, and one host, expecting the others to be mad, says Speed, the 94 smash hit that created the early-released summer action movie and that he carries in nearly every scene; John Wick 2 is floated again as the global-superstar answer.
In Speed he took a different cop role, cutting his hair and bulking up to look squared away like a Marine, and Bullock is fantastic in it, which makes sense of her becoming a massive star.
Swayze is a yes when asked whether this is his apex: he is in the Milky Way galaxy in this movie, with a box score of 37, 12 and 15 on Isaiah Thomas minutes; a host recalls Michael Douglas on the Ghosts in the Darkness (as transcribed) DVD commentary describing the ideal role, talked about early, appearing a third of the way in and dying at the end, which is what Bodhi was.
A Roadhouse case follows: it still has to be Roadhouse, because watching Roadhouse makes you need to be Patrick Swayze, to become Dalton; another calls it the hardest one, likening Point Break to winning the title on a great team and Roadhouse to Kobe carrying the 2006 Lakers to 48 wins, number 8 Kobe versus number 24 Kobe.
The discussion moves from instinctive opposition to conditional support for a modernized remake, while an unlabeled line about not watching remains rhetorically ambiguous; Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Ryan Coogler, legacy cameos, and NBA players are considered.
Blake Griffin and Kenya Barris are said to be involved, and Michael B. Jordan is immediately proposed for the Sidney Dean-type role.
A participant begins from hatred of remakes but reverses after considering the dated references and a version with roughly twenty-five percent more basketball.
Reversing the outsider dynamic through rural America and using Billy Hoyle Jr. are proposed. The Billy Hoyle Jr. idea first receives a negative reaction; Miles Teller is then named, followed by an apparent reversal back into the idea, but the unlabeled machine transcript does not establish which participant gives either reaction. — Chris Ryan
Kenya Barris writing and Michael B. Jordan in the Snipes-type role draw an explicit statement of support from a participant who identifies as anti-remake.
The adjacent phrases 'Completely in' and 'I'm not going to watch that movie' are preserved as an ambiguous unlabeled exchange; the machine transcript does not establish a distinct dissenting speaker. — Chris Ryan
Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes are expected to return as legacy characters, while the film's dated but rewatchable quality supports modernization even though online video makes a present-day hustle harder. — Chris Ryan
Miles Teller and Elgort are assessed for basketball ability as Billy Hoyle candidates; Elgort's dunking challenge is recalled, and the remake is expected to load pickup scenes with NBA cameos.
