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Clint Eastwood As James Bond, 007?! At One Point, It Could've Happened...
Merrick here...
Regular readers may've noticed by now that I am fascinated by the "What if's" that constantly surround Holywood projects (as is Quint). They evoke a tantalizing, alternate universe of possibilities and resonances that I find truly compelling.
What if George Lucas...whose storytelling was so visionary, raw, vibrant, and bold in his early career...had directed APOCALYPSE NOW (which would've been a fake documentary) instead of Francis Ford Coppola? Almost happened.
What if Guy Hamilton (GOLDFINGER, FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE, REMO WILLIAMS) directed the first SUPERMAN movie instead of Richard Donner? 'Twas real at one point.
What if Klaus Maria Brandauer played the defecting Russian sub commander, and Kevin Costner appeared as the CIA operative analyzing his potentially dangerous moves, in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER? Both were actually cast at some point in that film's development.
See? It's kind of fun to imagine these things. Along these lines...
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting discussion with Clint Eastwood, in which he talks about icon roles for he was approached, but didn't accept. Here's a snippet from the article, the fascinating entirety of which can be found HERE.
Mr. Eastwood says...
“I can remember – and this was many years ago – when [Warner Bros. President] Frank Wells came to me about doing Superman. So it could have happened. This was when they first started to think about making it. I was like, ‘Superman? Nah, nah, that’s not for me.’ Not that there’s anything wrong with it. It’s for somebody, but not me.
“I was also offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. This was after Sean Connery left. My lawyer represented the Broccolis,” who produce the Bond franchise, “and he came and said, ‘They would love to have you.’ But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.”
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Eastwood explained: “I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. Maybe they do super things or more-than-human things — like Dirty Harry, he has a knack for doing crazy things, or the western guys — but, still, they’re not caped crusaders.”
This is, by no means, the only time a significant name was approached/courted for...and didn't end up in...a role that was already iconic (or would become iconic). Personally, my most favorite what if is that HAWAII 5-0's Jack Lord was offered the role of James T. Kirk - was looking into accepting it - but essentially demanded too large a percentage of STAR TREK. How different things could have, would have been...
If this kinda stuff is in any way interesting to you, I'd highly recommend a book called THE GREATEST SCI-FI MOVIES NEVER MADE by David Hughes (available HERE
. It's highly detailed, but it's a fast read and touches on many Geekish film projects that never happened, or came close to happening, etc. An unmade CHILDHOOD's END adaptation, for example. Or STAR TREK: PLANET OF THE TITANS from director Phillip Kaufman (the INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS remake, THE RIGHT STUFF, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING).
In the meantime, let's take a moment to consider Mr. Eastwood as Clark Kent/Kal-El...
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“I was also offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. This was after Sean Connery left. My lawyer represented the Broccolis,” who produce the Bond franchise, “and he came and said, ‘They would love to have you.’ But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.”
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Eastwood explained: “I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. Maybe they do super things or more-than-human things — like Dirty Harry, he has a knack for doing crazy things, or the western guys — but, still, they’re not caped crusaders.”
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Kneel before Zod, you Punk!
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This article reminds of the Elseworlds or What If's from DC and Marvel. Why not have a What If,, contest where you pick one of the almost cast pairings out of the book and the contestants have to submit a movie poster with the alternate actor photoshopped in. It's fun to imagine Eastwood as Superman; better to see it.
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Almost every male actor seems to have been offered James Bond at some point^, or at least considered - Adam West, Michael Gambon, John Gavin, James Brolin, Sam Neill, Lewis Collins, Steve Reeves, Patrick McGoohan, Burt Reynolds. The only one that I wish had played the role was Richard Burton - I believe at one point Len Deighton was contracted to write an adaptation of Casino Royale by Charles K Feldman starring Burton before he decided to go down the spoof route instead.Suoperman seems to have almost as many people attached or at least offered - Warren Beatty, James Caan, Paul Newman, John Voight, Kris Kristiferson, Charles Bronson.Most of these names makes me wonder what the thinking was.
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I'm glad he didn't accept them. He would be wrong for them 2 roles at least.
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Wasn't Charles Bronson also considered for the man of steel?
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Certainly its hard to imagine it being the timeless classic that ApocNow is today, but really, could George have pulled that off? Let's hear some geekery on this subject.
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any chance of Clint doing a Frank Miller-esque Dark Knight Returns any time soon.
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Sep 08, 2010 10:25:24 AM CDT
I can definitely see him in the role
by planty_mcplant_plants_his_plant_at_aicn
I can see why they wanted him. That icy calm exterior, obvious good looks, he can handle action with aplomb. Yeah, it really could have worked.
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Wasn't Eastwood cast as Two-Face for the 60's "Batman", but the censors thought that the character would be too gruesome for young viewers, so the cut him from the show?
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...but the stuff he did instead was cooler. Coppola's take is plenty cool on its own, and to my eyes his best film overall. Still, maybe Lucas should consider taking his original idea and try making it as a movie set in the Middle East. Hell, there's still a war raging there, so he could use his old idea to shoot during actual combat...
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Sep 08, 2010 10:35:37 AM CDT
Well, you've just provided JJ Abrams...
by harryknowlesnonexistentinceptionreview
...with a whole season's worth of movie-related "easter eggs" for alterverse scenes on Fringe.
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He knew just as much about the supernatural as he did about interior design.
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Where's our Dirty Harry 6, damn it? I feel as though it could actually happen. Hell, that's what Gran Torino practically was.
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And Lloyd Bridges from Sea Hunt as Captain Kirk. Lloyd didn't want the gig.
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Fantastic read, although some of the chapters feel like padding because the finished products that did come.
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...and has always understood his appeal to the movie-going public Kirk and Bond, as he said, would've been wrong for him and wouldn't have worked. Clint's been around a long time and has been immensely successful precisely because he knows his own brand and how to present it.
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True story. I read it. Okay, I wrote it down and THEN I read it, but I did read it.
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I just couldn't imagine him being able to pull off an English accent for Mr Bond....or even Scottish for that matter, thats if he went down the continuation route after Connery.
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And before Clint dies...
Make "The Dark Knight Returns" and it MUST be CLINT!
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Sep 08, 2010 11:11:57 AM CDT
Lucas' Apocalypse Now would have been a masterpiece
by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave
Not that the existing film isn't. Lucas was one of the very best directors of the 70's, and certainly one of the most avant-garde and radical. Even the first Star Wars, analyzed apart from the multi-media franchise it became, was a very avant-garde, post-modern film. And as much as I like Coppola's film, Lucas's would have been much more inventive and far less pretentious. It was, after all, supposed to be filmed entirely on hand held cameras, cinema verite style - a very radical move for the 70's, way ahead of its time.Lucas could have carved out a great career as a director if he had actually enjoyed the process, but he didn't so he became a mogul instead. He would certainly be much more respected today, though probably not as rich. Still, the myopic hatred for Lucas tends to obscure the fact that the man was a visionary and a great director in his early days, and the geeks would do well to learn this.
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He wouldn't have worked in either of those roles...
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Lucas' Apocalypse Now was tacked at the end of Return of the Jedi.
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Love vintage Clint, but as Bond? Nah, I can't see it. That Dark Knight Returns with him, however... Could work really well. After Nolan's done with Batman 3.
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Was going to be the Vietcong swinging giant logs into US helicopters in front of blue screens?Please try again.
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I don't think he'd be able to pull it off. It would be humorous to watch though.
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please
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or something to that effect. Clint has created many iconic characters and he did it his way.
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we would get honest reviews and hollywood might actually make nonsequel or reboot movies... its all harrys fault
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To this day, the potential casting of that role makes me shiver to think about it. They were seriously considering none other than Woody Allen for the role. Can you believe that?
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He just wasn't Superman.
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....was considered for the part of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy and also lined up to star with Streisand in A Star Is Born but the Colonel screwed that deal up I understand. Still Hoffman and Presley....now that would have been interesting.
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The Bodyguard was actually considered back in the seventies with Steve Mcqueen and Diana Ross.
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Sep 08, 2010 12:10:55 PM CDT
The greatest "What If?": Kevin Costner as Robin Hood!
by snake foreskin
Can you believe they almost cast Kevin Costner as Robin Hood? How ridiculous. Could you just imagine how awful that would have turned out?
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He even shot some footage for Raiders. Would've been interesting.
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But for THE_CHOPPAH's money, they'd need Stephen Lang. Clint is hard as nails, but he's a bit wiry. Lang looked like he could rip your head off with his bare hands in AVATAR. Tell me he didn't. Go on. You'd be wrong.
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Kal-El???? Who-da-fuck is Kal-El?
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So it all balances out.
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"I know what your thinking. Did I drink 6 scotch on the rocks or 5? I kinda lost track myself."
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http://io9.com/5618023/scifi-movie-posters-from-an-alternate-universe/gallery/
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ANYONE worth their pale, acne-scarred complexion knows that Kal-El is actally Captain Britain's martian name.
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At the train station were three dusters. Inside those dusters were three men. Inside those men was my FUCKING HEAT VISION.
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Well, probably not, but still... I mentioned it in that MI:4 thread the other week, but I have a hard time coming up with somebody who got screwed harder by losing out on a role at the last minute. At least Sellick had an iconic television career already when he lost Indiana Jones. Scott had to drop out of playing Wolverine in X-men because shooting on MI:2 went long. Now, years later, Hugh Jackman is prepping his 5th major tentpole film playing Wolverine, had his own production company, and is a famous enough and well-liked entertainer that he was asked to host the Academy Awards. Meanwhile Scott is doing BBC miniseries or something. Not that Scott would have hosted the Oscars had he gotten to play Wolverine, but I'm betting the average person would at least know who he is now.
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Perhaps the jungle would've consumed him, and we could have been spared the Prequel Trilogy. The horror. The horror.
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A bleeding hang nail.
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An old Batman I think would be awesome!
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Although i like the idea of clint in The Dark Knight Returns, and I'm sure I'm about to be shouted down by Nerds saying 'its acting' and 'you have to suspend belief'.
Isn't Wayne in TDKR around 55? Even if we add 10 years on, Clint really does look his age now.
If, Snyder does it, then from his 300 and Watchmen, it'll be word for word shot for shot, and even if its filmed in a shed at the side of the road it still demands alot of physicality.
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but gotta agree with The Chopster on Lang. I hope I look like that when I'm 83.
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an non-American Captain America would not work
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I only say Snyder coz he's spoken about it. Not saying i'd particularly want him. Kurt Russell is perfect for TDKR. Prove me wrong.
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...before Christopher Reeve. I saw a movie memorabilia book with the cast call sheet for Superman: The Movie with Nolte in the title role. I believe that he had second thoughts and pulled out of the deal.
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-Singers X3 (2006)
-Return of the Jedi directed by Spielberg (1983)
-Star Wars Origins: Han Solo starring Harrison Ford directed by Spielberg (1987)
-Indy 4 Saucer Men From Mars (1995)...Indy 5 Fate of Atlantis (2001)..Indy 6 Tomb of the Gods (2008)
-AI directed by Stanley Kubrick (1999 - instead of EWS)
-Connerys OHMSS (1969)
-Daltons 3rd 007 film (1991)
-Harve Bennetts Star Trek VI: Starfleet Academy (summer 1991 - filmed back to back with The Undiscovered Country which came out xmas 91)
-Star Trek Generations where the NCC 1701-A gets thrown into the 24th Century 'Yesterdays Enterprise' style - written/directed by Nicolas Meyer (1994)
-Alien 3 as the teaser trailer suggested - set on earth with Hicks, Newt and Ripley (1992)
-AvP based on the original comic series, set post A3 (1997 - instead of A4)
-Alien '4' - starring Arnie as head Colonial Marine - written/produced by Cameron, directed by Ridley Scott (2004 - instead of AvP and Arnie being The Govenator)
-Superman II directed by Richard Donner (1980) & Donners Superman III (1983)...no Quest for Peace was made - just a trilogy until....:
-Superman Returns starring Christopher Reeve in the title role - (xmas 2001 directed by Richard Donner..became the biggest grossing superhero film ever)
-Aronofskys R rated Batman Year One (2004)
-Mad Max: Fury Road starring Mel Gibson (2004)
-Dirty Harry 6 directed by Eastwood (1998)
-The Vega Brothers (1998 - instead of Jackie Brown)
-Paul Verhoeven's Crusade starring Arnold (1995)
-Camerons hard R rated future war Terminator 3 starring Michael Biehn & Arnold. with Furlong, Hamilton & Patrick cameoing (1996 instead of T2 3-D: Battle Across Time, Eraser, Jingle all the Way)
-Olivers Stones version of Planet of the Apes starring Arnold (1997 - instead of Batman 4)
-Ridley Scotts I Am Legend starring Arnold (1999 - instead of End of Days)
-King Conan: Crown of Iron starring Arnold (2003 - instead of Mostows T3)
-Matrix 2 and Matrix '0' - One sequel in 2003 (Reloaded&Revolutions combined into a 2hr film - more 'Inception' like with a much better resolution) and One prequel in 2006 (live action of The Second Renaissance - not done as an anime) -
with Clean as C3PO and Chef as R2D2. Darth Kurtz: "Willard, I am your father." Willard: "NOOOOOOOOOO!" Ewoks as the Montagnard tribesmen! Willard finding Chief in a sleazy Saigon bar! Sexy alien-girl Playmates! Oh, what could have been.......
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Go ahead, make my martini...punk
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The first Star Trek film - STAR TREK: THE FORBIDDEN PLANET. Roddenberry credited FP as being one of his major inspirations for TREK, so why not take it full circle? I still have hopes that Abrams might get the chance to bring this one off. Might be the way to get the languishing PLANET reboot rolling one of these days.
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From what I've read, Kurtz said that the faux-documentary styled "Apocalypse Now" that was being set up for Lucas was a MASH-style comedy romp. That may have worked, but ultimately, I don't think anyone would've preferred that over what we ultimately got from Coppola.
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An oldy, but a goody... James Cameron's first choice for the Terminator was OJ Simpson. I honestly think that would've kicked ass, although hindsight shows it to be a blessing that Cameron got Arnold. Oh well, at least OJ can say that he still has his Heisman and that dolt Reggie Bush doesn't. snicker
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true fact
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Would have been a great Jack Ryan. I also think the many casting rumors of Superman are crazy, Warren Beatty, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jon Voight, Sly Stallone (thank you Brando!), and it is some extraordinary stroke of good fortune that we ended up with a then unknown, Christopher Reeves.
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Turned down the lead roles in American Gigolo (1980), The Bounty (1984), Body Heat (1981), Romancing the Stone (1984), Fatal Attraction (1987), Lethal Weapon (1987), Pretty Woman (1990), The Running Man (1987) and Total Recall (1990)
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And Directed some of the 2nd unit stuff.
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http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/08/faux_poster_1.jpg
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Might be thinking of Indiana Jones, Lucas wasn't anywhere around Apocalypse Now when it was filming though.
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Sinatra starred in The Detective, based on the novel of the same name, playing the lead cop Joe Leland. The follow-up novel was called Nothing Lasts Forever, which was eventually made into Die Hard, with cop Joe Leland renamed John McClane.
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..of what Lucas' version would have been in the Toad's sequence in "More American Graffiti"
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Hasn't Childhood's End been adapted for the screen? It reads almost like a movie. I would think this is a no-brainer and a very interesting take on the alien invasion premise.
For that matter, wasn't Fincher and Freeman attached to direct and star in Rendezvous with Rama? What ever happened to that Clarke story-to-film project?
I remember being really disappointed that Spielberg passed on Clarke's Hammer of God novel in favour of making Deep Impact which was ho-hum dullness.
Perhaps it's for the best that Clarke's stuff stays on the page and not on the screen. After seeing what happened to Asimov's I, Robot adaptation, I cower in fear as to what Hollywood would do to Clarke's material. -
I wonder if Arnold returns to acting if he'd ever consider doing that long gestating Crusade film he was attached to for like a decade and a half?
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When Clint is playing the Western Cowboy he has almost zero expression. Can you imagine Bond like that?
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I was watching The Outfit (1973) and it was obviously the Parker role (renamed at Westlake's request) should have been played by Eastwood in a higher-budget version. Clint could have had two 70s franchises.
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staring Timothy Dalton and Clint Eastwood
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With Clint as his father.
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1. Paul Hogan in Ghost.
2. Billy Idol in Terminator 2.
3. Blackie Lawless in Terminator 2.
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Clint and Hugh Jackman need to make an "Old Man Logan" Flick while Clint is still able. Jackman looks a lot like young Clint it would be perfect.
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or anyone else, but I read he just didn't want to do those type of "commercial" roles. You got to admire his style.
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Kevin SPacey did a great one on SNL doing Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon trying out for Chewbacca in Star Wars
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Laurence Olivier, Ernest Borgnine, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Danny Thomas, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, and George C. Scott were considered for the role of Vito Corleone. Burt Lancaster wanted the role but was never considered.
- Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Alain Delon and Burt Reynolds were all offered the part of Michael Corleone, but were rejected by Francis Ford Coppola -
Dom Cobb - Robert Redford,
Arthur - OJ Simpson,
Eames - Malcolm McDowell,
Ariadne - Carrie Fisher,
Mal - Faye Dunaway,
Saito - George Takei,
Robert Fischer - Keir Dullea,
Peter Browning - William Holden,
Miles - Laurence Olivier,
directed by Stanley Kubrick -
Batman/BW - James Brolin,
Ducard - Sean Connery,
Falcone - Richard Burton,
Gordon - Peter Fonda,
Alfred - Denhom Ellott,
Lucius Fox - Sidney Poiter,
Earle - Charlton Heston,
Dr. Crane - Jack Nicolson,
Thomas Wayne - Robert Redford,
Rachel - Bo Derek
TDK 1982:
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Would have been good if Verhoeven had made it in his, and Arnolds pomp, but that boat has long sailed.The script for Ridley Scotts I Am Legend missed the point nearly as much as Will Smiths version did, so that was probably best left unmade as well.The Terminator franchise should have stopped after number 2, I don't think Cameron ever had any ideas for taking it beyond that.
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Aldo Rain - Elvis Presley..
Hugo Stiglitz - Charles Bronson..
Archie Hicox - Roger Moore..
Donny Donowitz - James Cann..
Smithson Utivich - Donald Sutherland..
Hans Landa - Max von Sydow..
Bridget von Hammersmark - Ursula Andress..
General Ed Fenech - Peter Sellers
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And don't say The Expendables. I'm talking about Lee Marvin, John Casevettes, Telly Savales, etc. (excuse the spelling)..OK maybe I could see Statham in the Savales role...
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at some point or was that a Batman Beyong movie?
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a young Al Pacino and Takei with Toshiro Mifune and I'm totally with you. If I was a billionaire I'd get Robert Zemeckis to make that RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!!
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and he can look as he did in 1966.
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he probably wouldn't have been as good as Ford, but he'd probably be better than Ford now.
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about Batman's bong? The two Schumacher Batman movies came out like bad acid trips, does that count?
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Think that was the working title!
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Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy as Batman & Robin. It could have happened. Luckily Tim Burton convinced the suits to go with his darker/serious vision for the film. Years later the suits did get their way. George Clooney still weeps to this day.
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and they could go back, to the TV series style of fighting; but instead of things like "Bam!", POW! and "Zowie!", they could just keep throwing the word "Bong!" on the screen. It would be an instant party game classic.
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You've got that right, sir!Someone mentioned a Lucas Apocalypse Now earlier. At some point one the river boat Martin Sheen's character would have to say, "I have a bad feeling about this shit (George would go for the R rating)."
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Lee Marvin / Tommy Lee Jones
John Cassavetes / Robert Downey Jr.
Charles Bronson / Gerard Butler
Telly Savalas / Vin Diesel
Clint Walker / Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Donald Sutherland / Sharlto Copley
Jim Brown / "Rampage" Jackson
Round out the cast with:
Danny Trejo, Josh Brolin, Tom Hardy, Jason Statham, Eric Bana, Colin Ferrell
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Awww Heelllll Ye....Noooo!
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Sep 08, 2010 4:55:06 PM CDT
what if....Inception 1965 (as a 2 part B&W Twilight Zone or Oute
by cartmanez
Dom Cobb - William Shatner
Arthur - Roy Thinnes
Eames - Patrick McGoohan
Ariadne - Sherry Jackson
Mal - Joan Collins
Saito - Richardo Montoban
Robert Fischer - guy who played Charile X in Star Trek
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You've got a good point. Probably the closest actor nowadays to a modern day Lee Marvin would be Tommy Lee Jones. He carries that same sort of no bullshit attitude. In fact, 5 years from now when Lindsey Lohan is clean and all is forgotten & forgiven, he would be perfect when they remake/reboot Cat Ballou.
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Sep 08, 2010 5:13:52 PM CDT
Clint's THE EIGER SANCTION and FIREFOX aren't too removed from
by djangoilbastardo
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Oops. Premature postulation.
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who knows what Reeve wouldve done in the 90s and 00s had he not had that accident? Star Wars? (Qui Gonn) LOTRs? (Aragon) Batman Begins? (Nolan likes casting 80s stars), Superman Returns? (Superman or Jor El)
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Can you believe Lee Marvin was in his early 40s when he did Cat Balou and The Dirty Dozen? The guy looked a good 20 years over his age:)
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Definitely the Bond that never was, though by the time he was ever seriously considered he was already starting to look a bit too old for it.
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only 41 when he made Cat Ballou, and 63 when he passed away. Of course he was of that generation of actors that drank 100 proof whiskey and pissed fire.
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@Koegh6... I already ddi this.. if you checkout the article at HERO COMPLEX (http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/07/clint-eastwood-as-superman-or-james-bond-it-could-have-happened-he-says/) you can see the 2 photoshops I did of Clint as Superman and 007.
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is my favorite name to say out of all the names ever.
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Back in the 60's, you had an abundance of grizzled actors like Bronson, Coburn, McQueen and Marvin who oozed awesomeness without the benefit of a Botox therapy or hitting the gym seven times a week.
Today, even at 63, an action hero has to look like 40 in order to meet audience expectations (Ahem...SlyStallone...ahem) -
Scorsese's late 70's Gangs of New York, with De Niro as Amsterdam and music by The Clash, instead of New York, New York.Scorsese's early 80's version of The Last Temptation of Christ with Bobby as Jesus instead of The King of Comedy.Christopher Nolan's Mr. Hughes with Jim Carrey instead of The Aviator, and instead of Batman Begins.Paul Verhoeven's Harry Houdini with Tom Cruise instead of Hollow Man. Arnold S in With Wings as Eagles instead of Eraser.Tarantino's Men on a Mission Inglorious Basterds from 2000, with Michael Madsen as Babe Buschinky, instead of the existing one. James Cameron's Spider-Man in 1993 instead of True Lies.Steven Spielberg's Magic in 79 with De Niro instead of 1941 and instead of the Hopkins/Attenborough one.Peter Hyams' Bright Angel Falling in 1998, scripted and produced by Cameron, instead of Armageddon and Deep Impact.And The Crusade script kicks all kinds of ass. It really is as good (and controversial) as it was touted to be. Would have been one of Arnold's best and most epic movies for sure.
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Terry Gilliam's Watchmen in '89, with Arnold painted blue as Dr. Manhattan.Ridley Scott's Dune in 82 instead of Blade Runner (oh, the sacrifice!)
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instead of Clockwork Orange, with Jack Nicholson as the titular character.
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With George as Gandalf, Paul as Frodo, Ringo as Samwise, and John as Gollum. Almost happened.
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Sep 08, 2010 6:54:58 PM CDT
And Clockwork Orange starring the Rolling Stones
by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave
Mick Jagger as Alex.
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He knows it to be true. He became the Emperor of his own empire, being in control being important above all. If Fox hadn't been short-sighted enough to let Lucas keep all the merchandising rights to Star Wars, Lucas never would have had the money to self-finance The Empire Strikes Back. From then on Lucas was consumed with the power and responsibility of business and seemed more interested in tools and process than in creative collaboration, if by collaboration one means compromising with equals rather than stamping OK on the work product of subordinates hired to flesh out his ideas. Lucas has so many revenue streams he doesn't have to create anything, and so few of his interesting ideas for non-Star Wars, non-Indy films come to fruition. Anything he makes he wants to self-finance and he doesn't want to lose money, so it's more Star Wars and more Indy because those are guaranteed to make his money back. You can't be "avant-garde and radical" and risk-averse.
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In Stephen King's, "The Stand". Him, or Sam Shepard. Hell, have Clint direct the darn thing.
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If Clint was going to play Bruce Wayne in any adaptation it would have to be Batman Beyond, the epilogue of the Bruce Timm DC Animated Universe (OK technically Justice League was made after but chronologically wise Batman Beyond came last).
I know at one point Warners were considering a Batman Beyond movie until Nolan came along. If would have been an interesting film if done right with an old, cranky Bruce Wayne taking a new Batman under his wing. Clint would have been perfect for that film as Bruce if it ever happened. -
WARREN BEATTY
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Sort of in the same "What if" category, I think: Douglas Adams' third "Hitchhiker's Guide" book, "Life, the Universe, and Everything", was originally a script he proposed for Doctor Who.
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Tom Selleck would have just sucked.
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from the director of cheesy movies brings you the Bond who beat the russians to space.
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Obi Wan - Kenneth Branagh
Anakin - Ralph Fiennes (Liam Neeeson wouldve been ideal but abit too old for Anakin)
Padme - winona ryder
Mace Windu - Denzel Washington
Qui Gonn - Charlton Heston or Christopher Reeve or Liam Neeson
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Kirk - Sean Patrick Flanery, Spock - John Cusak or David Ducovney. Bones - Gary Sinese, Uhura - Halle Berry, Pike - Harrison Ford (cameo), Sarek - Jeremy Irons or Alan Rickman, Amanda - Mary McDonnell, Gary Mitchell - William Campbell (The Rocketeer), Finnegan - Jim Carrey, Carol - Samantha Mathis, Capt Decker - Hanks
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Hannibal - George Clooney Face - Mark Wahlberg BA - Ice Cube Murdoch - Spike Jonze
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This is all real 'near' casting with offers out or acceptances in for Jaws as it was very close to the start of filming:
Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf) as the blonde and asshole Hooper who fucked Brody's wife then got eaten in the cage.
Lee Marvin as Quint.
Charlton Heston - who actually wanted the role! - as Brody.
Somewhere out there is one freaky motherfucker of a parallel universe! -
Batman TV show but the series was cancelled.
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Considering the acting talent of the time, if Hollywood could only see the potential of the superhero genre, a BATMAN/SUPERMAN movie could have been very cool, despite the limitations of special/visual effects.
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I recall a rumor that got started back in the 90's that Warner wanted to make The Dark Knight Returns with Clint as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Jack Nicholson returning as an older Joker. I thought, "That is too fucking cool an idea to ever happen." That would be the only comic book I could see him adpating.
Incidentally I liked the bit where he said the Sub-Mariner was his favorite comic growing up. Maybe he could direct the movie version of that. -
As an above poster mentioned, I've had that same thought,...that Stephen Lang would be the right choice, today. As awesome as Clint Eastwood is, he is much too old for THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, though BATMAN BEYOND would be a cool possibility (though I would say is highly unlikely). And to TALKBACKER "mastermold" (above), it makes complete sense that Eastwood would like Marvel's Sub-Mariner best (or DC's Aquaman), as he was quite an athletic swimmer, back in the days before acting.
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Rather, I shared the same thought with an above talkbacker,...that Stephen Lang is the right choice for Batman in a DARK KNIGHT RETURNS flick, today. --Sorry I couldn't edit my original post, to be more clear.
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I mentioned this in another talk-back, but this seems an even better place. Quint, perhaps you can shed some light? I have a paperback version of this great Norman Spinrad novel on the cover of which it says, soon to be a major [I think Universal] picture by Costa-Gavras. And I think Jack Nicholson was supposed to be the star. Any idea what happened to this project?
Not to mention the best possibility of all time, Schwarzenegger as Sergeant Rock. "Jah, ze Nazis are comin' ovah de hill. Shoot dem!" -
wouldve rocking BIG time
but obviously Clint was iconic in that -
and stay the hell off my lawn, shrimp dick.
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said they offered it to him in 85 or thereabouts when they were getting shot of Roger and said they offered him good money and that he nearly did it as he 'needed the dough' but ended up doing LW instead - its in the Goldeneye issue of Empire back in 95 (15 years - holy shit where does time go)
for GE apparently the likes of Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson and Mel (again) were in consideration...(when it was probably Brosnans from the get go)...Clint aside you can never be sure about who was officially approached for Bond - i think the actors agents (and the actors themseleves) must love it when their client gets mentioned as it gets them in the press more so than normal and in a great light - so and so might be Bond cos hes so damn big and handsome and dangerous -
They should make this.
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