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Post by bluebomber539 on May 20, 2022 0:49:00 GMT -7
What would you guys say is your hardest and easiest movie to cast and find a director for? The movie where you couldn’t seem to find anyone with an open schedule or willing to do the role(which totally sucks cuz there’s some where you just have a movie written for an actor..)
Hardest: Robocop vs Terminator. That took several back and forth with our Admin on that one for all the roles 😆
Easiest: Calvin and Hobbes. I was surprised at how easy the cast was found. We only had to find a new role for Miss Wormwood(Betty White was originally going to voice her, but she died like the week I pitched the film!)
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Post by alextheman on May 20, 2022 9:56:14 GMT -7
Tough Girl was very easy. Everybody was my first choice with the exception of Saoirse Ronan(I wanted Florence Pugh). William Hung Story was very easy,
Case Against 8 was very hard in terms of director. My first choice was Steven Spielberg and even most of my other choice directors declined. Also I really wanted Robert Redford to be Ted Olson but he decline due to retirement.
Probably the biggest sad feeling I got from getting a pass was when Steve Carell passed on Oh Johnny Boy. I wanted him for the psychologist part and I wrote the part for him and everything. But it is what it is.
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Post by alextheman on May 20, 2022 9:58:22 GMT -7
I find that in LRF the pattern I’m most used to is I send my dream cast and director(if I’m not directing myself) to Admin and my usually I will only have to change an actor.
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Post by Chad Taylor on May 20, 2022 11:40:59 GMT -7
I haven't had too many issues with scheduling conflicts but I would say my hardest film to cast was The Squared Circle. After Daniel Day-Lewis had officially retired, filling out the cast became a little tricky. I still like Gibson as his replacement and Michael Madsen as Mel's old tag team partner but, other than that, I'm not really satisfied with the casting of any of the other parts.
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Post by bluebomber539 on May 20, 2022 12:23:59 GMT -7
I haven't had too many issues with scheduling conflicts but I would say my hardest film to cast was The Squared Circle. After Daniel Day-Lewis had officially retired, filling out the cast became a little tricky. I still like Gibson as his replacement and Michael Madsen as Mel's old tag team partner but, other than that, I'm not really satisfied with the casting of any of the other parts. I’m going to read that one, as I’m interested in pro wrestling(hell Undefeated Abe in one of the future seasons is my Abe Lincoln movie that details his time as a pro-wrestler with lots of truths being embellished 😆) Funny though. I asked Admin his thoughts on actors who have been basically canceled in Hollywood if that factors into LRF casting at all. He said depends mostly on circumstances, like if they’re in prison or anything. So I pitched something with Gina Carano and he comes back with “Director doesn’t want to work with her,” 😂 |
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Post by newton on May 20, 2022 12:27:19 GMT -7
Toughest:
- Gears of War was pretty tough to cast. Edgerton and Ramirez were always my first choice for Marcus and Dom, but several of the supporting roles were tough to cast. Several actors turned down the role of Col. Hoffman (Bryan Cranston, JK Simmons, Michael Keaton, Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis, I believe).
- Fantastic Four: Doom. Originally I had Bruce Willis lined up to play the LRF Nick Fury in it. Once he retired due to his health, I never could figure out who I wanted to replace him in the role instead. This caused me to completely re-write the beginning of the film (Robert Patrick's Admiral Westbrook was originally not a part of the film), cut a couple of other scenes and expand the role of Jasper Sitwell a bit.
- Masters of the Universe. It's been a long time now, but I do recall several bigger names turning down the roles of He-Man and Skeletor, leading me to eventually end up with less than big names like Alan Ritchson and Skeletor. Although, with Ritchson's profile blowing up a bit due to his Reacher series, I have decided to finally write a sequel to my Masters of the Universe film.
Easiest:
- Ghost Rider. My first choices for every single role accepted, although Brake almost had a scheduling conflict due to his work on Twisted Metal and I had a tough time deciding who I wanted for the role of Barbara Ketch.
- Blood in the Water. Same thing here. I got all my first choices. It probably helped that it was a B-movie so I wasn't exactly reaching for big or in-demand actors (outside of Gerard Butler in the lead role).
- There are others I'm sure, but it's hard easier to remember tough casting situations than the easy ones.
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2022 12:47:10 GMT -7
I haven't had too many issues with scheduling conflicts but I would say my hardest film to cast was The Squared Circle. After Daniel Day-Lewis had officially retired, filling out the cast became a little tricky. I still like Gibson as his replacement and Michael Madsen as Mel's old tag team partner but, other than that, I'm not really satisfied with the casting of any of the other parts. Funny though. I asked Admin his thoughts on actors who have been basically canceled in Hollywood if that factors into LRF casting at all. He said depends mostly on circumstances, like if they’re in prison or anything. So I pitched something with Gina Carano and he comes back with “Director doesn’t want to work with her,” 😂 In my defense, I did tell you that in her particular case liberal/left-wing filmmakers and stars may not want to work with her, especially on projects that are outside of the action genre. |
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Post by Chad Taylor on May 20, 2022 12:50:59 GMT -7
I haven't had too many issues with scheduling conflicts but I would say my hardest film to cast was The Squared Circle. After Daniel Day-Lewis had officially retired, filling out the cast became a little tricky. I still like Gibson as his replacement and Michael Madsen as Mel's old tag team partner but, other than that, I'm not really satisfied with the casting of any of the other parts. Funny though. I asked Admin his thoughts on actors who have been basically canceled in Hollywood if that factors into LRF casting at all. He said depends mostly on circumstances, like if they’re in prison or anything. So I pitched something with Gina Carano and he comes back with “Director doesn’t want to work with her,” 😂 Not exactly cancellation but there's a few actors on my radar that I've been considering for different parts that haven't worked in Hollywood in a while for one reason or another. Some acting retirements seem rather set in stone but some people left acting for circumstances beyond their control. Like, as much as I'd love to work with him, Gene Hackman seems firmly retired but Rick Moranis is supposedly returning from a 20-year-hiatus so you never know I guess. So I'm trying to decide "do I think they would do another film if the right opportunity came around?" and, if so, then LRF seems like a perfect place to do that. |
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Post by bluebomber539 on May 20, 2022 12:51:29 GMT -7
Funny though. I asked Admin his thoughts on actors who have been basically canceled in Hollywood if that factors into LRF casting at all. He said depends mostly on circumstances, like if they’re in prison or anything. So I pitched something with Gina Carano and he comes back with “Director doesn’t want to work with her,” 😂 In my defense, I did tell you that in her particular case liberal/left-wing filmmakers and stars may not want to work with her, especially on projects that are outside of the action genre. Oh yah I know. It sucks cuz like entire Hollywood is left wing or at least doesn’t focused too hard on someone’s political takes 😆 |
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Post by jacobj on May 21, 2022 14:32:27 GMT -7
The toughest one was by far The Phantom of the Opera. Would you believe me if I told you I wanted to cast Anna Nebretko and later Ariane Grande as Christine Daae? Yeah, my mindset was people who can sing and not people who can act and sing. Thankfully, the cast I wound up with turned out pretty good (for the most part. Seth McFarlane and Adam Pascal could have been replaced with other people. Felt too modern for the movie looking back) and the movie itself was a hit with critics and the box office, so it all worked out.
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