Casting What-Ifs
Katharine Graham, Deep Throat, and Al Pacino alternatives
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- A Katharine Graham role was considered and removed before filming; the transcript is uncertain which actress was attached
- Richard Widmark, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Gene Hackman, Burt Lancaster, Robert Stack, Robert Mitchum, and Telly Savalas are reported as possible Deep Throat choices with explicit source uncertainty
- Robert Redford reportedly first considered Al Pacino before choosing Dustin Hoffman
