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Post by Mattsby on Jul 24, 2020 18:39:10 GMT
Lila Kedrova replaced Simone Signoret in Zorba the Greek (1964) after two weeks of filming. Reports slightly differ as to why; did Signoret find the part unflattering? creative differences with the director?
Kedrova won an Oscar for the part - and in 1983 played the role again in a Broadway musical version and won a Tony. So she lucked out! My hot take is that the part needed someone like Signoret - someone steely and sexily interesting and delicate at the same time - bc the Kedrova perf is too annoyingly eager ( it's not all her fault, her scenes eat up the movie, their pace comes to what feels like a complete stop.........)
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 24, 2020 19:19:32 GMT
Julianne Moore was cast in Can You Ever Forgive Me? and was fired and replaced by Melissa McCarthy.
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Post by thomasjerome on Jul 24, 2020 20:32:17 GMT
Michael Keaton - Purple Rose of Cairo
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 26, 2021 21:12:16 GMT
Just read about this one I didn't know.... Jon Finch filmed for 3 days on Alien but due to diabetes problems his health was an issue and he was replaced by John Hurt.
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 16, 2023 23:13:41 GMT
One based a bit on rumor - apparently Tarantino fired Huppert from Inglourious Basterds........... and got Maggie Cheung out of retirement to replace her....... only to cut her from the movie! (Long pause to take in all of this information. Hoooooof!) Unsure if Huppert even got to the filming stage but still a fascinating chunk of info there.
Now one that hurts me even more tbh...... Eric Roberts filmed the role of the bail bondsman in Good Time but was replaced later on by the real-life bondsman guy whose office they were using as the set. The Safdies kinda half-bragged during press about their reasons why but idc.... gimme the E version.
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Post by SZilla on Mar 16, 2023 23:50:03 GMT
Classic example that I don’t think has been mentioned is Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly in Back to the Future
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Post by Schiggy on Mar 17, 2023 0:29:50 GMT
Julianne Moore was cast in Can You Ever Forgive Me? and was fired and replaced by Melissa McCarthy. I never knew that! I love JM but am so glad MM got to shine as a dramatic actress. She was my favorite of all the female nominees that year (haven't seen Adams or King).
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