What if is a questionable phrase that implies regret. But what if the decision or act to which the what if applied isn’t applicable to just regretting the decision that was made. Well in good ol’ Hollywood there were some casting decisions made by the actor and/or the studio that was actually the best decision made at the time. However, in hindsight we all have a slight inclination that the movie or “thing” would have be better if that other actor was casting for the role.
Talking Points
- The Black Take Back
Just make everything black. Superman, Batman, Iggy Azalea, Dracula, Frankenstein… How about a homebred Franstenstein, made during the Civil War. - TWB Comic Book
Bush is the scientist in a bath robe that is maybe a lab coat. He creates Dick Chaney, The Heartless Monster. - Emeniem as Billy Hope in Southpaw.
It was suppose to be a series with 8 Mile. - Nicholas Cage instead of John Bender in the Breakfast Club
Thomas Howell plays the jock in black face, reprising his role from Soul Man. - I Don’t Know What :The Movie
Cheney and Howell Do it Big
Steve Gutenberg as the Unabomber: the Whitest Man Ever - Nicole Kidman as Jane Smith in Mr. and Mrs. Smith
You Can ride a kangaroo. - Christians Can Have Fun Too
- I love Emily Blunt
She’s not Black Widow because of Gulliver’s Travels, and then Wolfman. - The Scarlet Debate
Is she really a great actress. Between
Al Pancino and Star Wars
He didn’t get it but he got Jack and Jill.
Dick Tracy Reboot
Warren Beatty wants to reprise his role thirty years later.
Tom Selleck
Would Tom Selleck shave his infamous mustache for the role of Indiana Jones.
Will Smith and Russell Crow in The Matrix
Wait for it… failure.
Natalie Portman in Baz Luhmann’s Romeo and Juliet
Saucy! Claire Danes
The Watchmen
Characters were based on DC comic superheroes who were to honorable to be demoralize by the writers interpretation of the famed justice fighters.
Brando as The Priest
Marlon Brando doesn’t take the role as The Priest in The Exorcist.
Brando was the original Shia Labeouf
The Island of Dr. Monroeu was a travesty and the downfall of Brando as a pretentious overbearing a-hole. He wanted a little person to be with him in every scene and also go a writer fired. Okay, Christian Bale.
Salty Cruise
The role as Salt in the movie Salt was initially written for a man and the studio wanted Tom Cruise but settled (rightfully) for Angelina Jolie who is the female equivalent to Tom Cruise in action movie
Denzel as Steve Jobs
Here’s that link: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/23/aaron-sorkin-denzel-washington-steve-jobs
Dessert
We end this episode with a game of Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda something I just came up with to let out my frustrations and ad to this subject matter of what might have happen if things went a different way. What if the comet missed earth? What if Glenn Beck would do research before he speaks on matters he knows nothing about, like, superheroes.