Yahoo! has a fairly interesting piece on the casting that almost was in beloved films. While most of it is common knowledge among film buffs these days, such as Mark Wahlberg almost being cast in Brokeback Mountain, it still makes for a light, interesting read. It does seem to miss the bigger issue that plenty of people audition and are considered for roles that they never end up with. Yes, sometimes they are actually offered, but many more are unofficially offered or simply discussed and dropped. So many things must go right in a film, it is a bit of a wonder that the casting ever managed to go right.
As for Molly Ringwald in Pretty Woman? No, it would not be the same movie. Then again, there’s a lot of Sixteen Candles fans wishing Ms. Ringwald was still a regular on the big screen.
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