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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:31 pm
by Cail
So in other words, thanks to diarrhea, Ford shot an iconic scene.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:39 am
by Menolly
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:14 pm
by StevieG
I'd forgotten about Magnum P.I. I loved it when I was growing up, but haven't seen it for a long time.
Apparently Kubrick thought de Niro wasn't psychotic enough and Williams was too psychotic for the role that Nicholson ended up playing. I agree though that Robin Williams can be creepy as hell - I saw One Hour Photo again just recently, and yep, he can play the part well.
I was just looking through Jack Nicholson's filmography, and there isn't much beyond Witches of Eastwick (which I loved) that's original. He was interesting in the Departed, but not much different to what you'd expect from him.
Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman as Michael Corleone would have been completely wrong. Warren Beatty was also offered the role of Michael Corleone. Al Pacino was perfect for that role. After Scarface though, he hasn't done a great deal of amazing work - I thought he was good in Donnie Brasco, but I can't think of too many others that stand out.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:10 pm
by Cagliostro
Cail wrote:So in other words, thanks to diarrhea, Ford shot an iconic scene.
Yes, in a nutshell. But it was his suggestion, just like it was his ad-lib to say "I know" instead of the scripted "I love you too" to Leia.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:39 pm
by Vraith
StevieG wrote: Warren Beatty was also offered the role of Michael Corleone.
I have a love/hate with Beatty. [for a long time, I just hated him] Some things, I think he's just superb...and he's done enough of those that I now think he's one of the best men in the last half-century. Top 10 or 12.
OTOH...sometimes he's just flat/lifeless/dull.
ANYWAY, he's supposedly turned down a LOT of major/big-time roles.
Gatsby [the 70's one, obviously], Butch and Sundance, The Way We Were, The Sting, Wall Street...
At least 2 of those I think he'd have done good [and much different] work: Gatsby, Wall Street.
The others...different, sure...but probably not very good.
Oh, and I don't think I said before: Yea, Robin Williams, very good at very creepy.