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Casting What-Ifs
Butler and Foxx originally in each other's roles; Frank Darabont originally set to direct
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Approx. transcript time · 01:10:13Read transcript
- Casting what-ifs opens with 'we mentioned the Butler Fox thing'.
- Foxx was first set to play Clyde and Butler the lawyer until Butler pushed to flip, as the hosts said earlier.
- The hosts say Frank Darabont was supposed to direct and left over creative differences, joking he could not do another movie with tunnels to jail cells; they say he later sued AMC over The Walking Dead.
Apex Mountain
Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, prison movies, Frank Darabont, and the supporting cast
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Approx. transcript time · 01:22:07Read transcript
- Morgan Freeman receives a positive verdict based on the run from Unforgiven through Shawshank and Seven.
- Tim Robbins receives an unqualified positive verdict despite joking alternate references to Arlington Road and Top Gun.
- Prison movies receive a positive verdict over Escape from Alcatraz, the movie rendered as Brewbreaker, and The Jericho Mile.
- The movie is treated as an apex for its many recognizable supporting actors.
- Frank Darabont receives a positive verdict over the later launch of The Walking Dead. — Chris Ryan
- Rita Hayworth is rejected because she has another apex.
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.
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:00:36Read transcript
- 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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