That's pretty cool. Crockett and Terry have a lot of similarities, plus both the show and the movie were hardcore eighties with Phil Collins etc.
A piece of history there. Wonder what would have happened if Bridges had done Vice? He would have been HUGE! And such a great actor.
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Maybe he thought doing TV was a step down.
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Yeah, but those were kinda important... Right?
I don't think Bridges would have done that show for more than two seasons - tops!
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Yeah, I reckon you got it pretty much in place there, OmniBot. Vice is a pretty cool show with some pretty sweet actors (yes, Don Johnson, but also Ed Olmos and quite a few great guest spots (no, not Bruce Willis), like Bruce McGill, John Glover, Wesley Snipes and Albert Hall). I guess Bridges kind of steered away from doing a TV show because his father had done some headlining in that format before and it didn't help Lloyd Bridges to get the great parts in movies.
With Against All Odds we get a picture of how the dude would have fared with Vice, though. And I think it would have been good, but maybe only if Denzel Washington had also come on board as Tubbs.
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He would have made a great Crockett, but def a lot less slick than Johnson. Don't know if that's a bad thing, really, but The Dude is The Dude and The Don is The Don...
Then he would've been tied into that for five years and missed oppurtunities like Starman, Jagged Edge, Tucker, and Baker Boys. Plus look what it did to Johnson's career; like anybody who does a sitcom, they become identified too much with that character, hampering their options for film work.
As it turns out, Bridges has had a much more enduring and successful career than Johnson.
Jeff Bridges was one of the biggest movie stars in the world in 1984. It is absolutely no surprise that he would turn down the lead in a TV series that wasn't even guaranteed to be picked up beyond the pilot episode.
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No way was Bridges going to do tv. He was nominated for an Oscar for Starman and in demand for film acting.
Its that man again!!
I don't think I'd known that before reading this post, and I thought I'd read everything about the show.
But you're right, and this did scream Miami Vice.
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