Will Smith: no, it is Men in Black, three for three, though this or Bad Boys is also floated.
His peak was not longer because he kept chasing the biggest box office instead of weaving in something different, not only because of Wild Wild West.
He passed on Denzel-type roles such as Man on Fire and Django.
Will Smith in Man on Fire would be welcome but could not be better than Denzel. — Shea Serrano
Harry Connick Jr.: with Goodacre, his music, the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack and a 1993 Christmas album, by Independence Day it is really happening.
Long dumbfounded action-movie stares peak with Jurassic Park rather than this, with Close Encounters also mentioned.
Vivica A. Fox gets a yes, countered by Set It Off where she is the star.
Alien-invasion movies: this over War of the Worlds, whose ship sound is better but whose baseball throw ruined it.
Concussed aliens: definitely, though CTE knowledge would put the aliens in protocol now.
The film is argued to be the apex of the presidency, before Lewinsky, with Dave in 1993 and The West Wing coming; Whitmore is put up with Obama, Kennedy and Lincoln, with nuking his own city a con and speaking and flying the pros.
Computer viruses are a last apex: early in the computer-virus era, the plot point worked.
The best what-if was already mentioned: Martin Lawrence was cast as Pookie and had the job; one view says he would have been better than Chris Rock.
According to writer Cooper, Martin Lawrence opted out after his mentor Robin Harris died, and Chris Rock was the backup.
A garbled passage concerns someone turning down Ice T's part; Michael Wright is named and would have killed the part, reuniting later for Sugar Hill.
Vibica A. Fox (transcribed form) auditioned for Selina and Keisha but did a 90210 episode that year instead; she would have been great as Keisha, as Set It Off showed.
The Vanessa Williams married to Rick Fox would have been a great girlfriend for Nino.
Allen Payne was a replacement: Orange Juice Jones was cast as G Money, filmed scenes and was fired, per research; his "Walking in the Rain" is called very 80s.
Tupac Shakur auditioned for G Money but was judged too young-looking to have grown up with Snipes.
Tupac could be both aggressive and vulnerable, as Birdie in Above the Rim; it would have been interesting, though Allen Payne was perfect.
A case that Tupac should have been cast, rewritten as the best friend's younger brother, and would have been better.
