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Who else could've played Ned?

posted 15 years ago by mercury4
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If they ever remade this movie, who else can you see as Ned? Maybe Michael Douglas could've played Ned. Not as good as Burt, but Michael could've pulled it off.

[–] Indie_Mod 15 years ago

Lawrence Fishburn?

[–] Clemencedane 11 years ago

No one. It's perfect exactly the way it is.

[–] IMdb-IM 10 years ago

Maybe Aaron Eckhart

[–] fellini813 9 years ago

George Clooney. He looks like Burt down to the haircut.

[–] the sphynx 9 years ago

In a way he's already done it, with "Up in the Air", a character study and allegory about a seemingly popular and successful man who gets increasingly desperate as he senses how hollow his life is and how lonely he's become.

[–] FANatic-10 8 years ago

Patrick Wilson, Campbell Scott