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- The closing vote awards the movie to Charles Bronson.
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Dr. Richard Kimble Inappropriate Body Award
Charles Bronson's extremely lean physique is judged implausible for an architect.
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- Bronson's extremely lean, muscular physique is judged implausible for an architect.
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The studio preferred Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones, then approached Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges; Warren Oates was first set for Brain.
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- The financing studio preferred Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones for Snake.
- Carpenter rejected Bronson as too old and feared losing control to a more experienced star.
- Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges were approached but were not interested.
- Nolte is considered insufficiently funny, while Tommy Lee Jones is the only proposed alternative with partial plausibility.
- Warren Oates was originally set to play Brain, withdrew while unwell, and recommended Harry Dean Stanton.
- The performer whose name is transcribed as Season Hubbly was married to Kurt Russell, which is offered as the reason she joined the cast.
Casting What-Ifs
Bruce Willis was chosen after an extraordinary list of stars; Sam Neill was considered for Hans Gruber, while Tom Berenger and Don Johnson are the panel’s plausible McClane alternatives.
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- Stallone, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro, Charles Bronson, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Don Johnson, Burt Reynolds, and Richard Dean Anderson are reported as McClane possibilities.
- Because the source novel followed an earlier Roderick Thorp book adapted with Frank Sinatra, Sinatra reportedly held a contractual right of refusal.
- Tom Berenger and Don Johnson are proposed as alternatives who could have worked, though the released film would have been less iconic.
- Nick Nolte is rejected as physically and tonally wrong for the required action.
- Sam Neill is reported as considered for Hans Gruber, but Alan Rickman is treated as impossible to replace after seeing the performance.
- The panel wonders whether Chris Rock or a Wayans brother was considered for Argyle and asks what the final Argyle shortlist looked like; the transcript does not resolve it.
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