The hosts say Foxx was first set to play Clyde and Butler the lawyer until Butler pushed to flip; they quote Butler saying he was seduced by the other role and asked if Jamie would take the lawyer.
The flip is judged right: Butler as the lawyer would be a worse movie, while it is a better role for Foxx.
Butler's naked arrest adds him to the white leading men who show their butts on camera (Kevin Costner in Robin Hood, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise); the hosts joke that hairy actors' butts are always waxed.
Philadelphia is an underrated, confined movie location; the Rocky statue or the Liberty Bell should have been threatened.
Regina Hall brings gravitas to a role of a few scenes, which is three scenes too short.
Another character explaining the hero's special set of skills is a favorite device; here it comes from 'the House of Cards guy' in a tunnel.
Lisa Bonet is proposed as Q's mom for more star power, noted as 33 at the time and able to play 38; the other participant vetoes it.
A second actress (name garbled in the transcript) and Angela Bassett are offered for Q's mom; Bassett is accepted as better, with Waiting to Exhale as proof she could play a wronged strong woman.
Nia Long is floated for Regina Hall's role as the sister, despite admiration for Hall.
For Monica, Regina King and Jada Pinkett Smith are offered; Jada is questioned as too small, and the pushback is that Lathan's newness let her be Monica while King already carried history.
Lathan's earlier roles are recalled as The Wood, The Best Man and a small part in Life; King had already made her turn in earlier films; the disagreement is left standing.
