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Alternative casting

posted 9 years ago by krispycreme22
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Harrison Ford would've been good but it might've been a little too obvious. After watching "The Specialist" me and a co-worker think Stallone would've been perfect for Tracy and to seem up against Pacino would've been the ultimate showdown. Thoughts, anyone

As a side note, Nimoy would've been a better actor for the role of fletcher than Dick Van Dyke

[–] seanwhelan2310 (575) 2 years ago

Ford, I would go with, Stallone, IDK, other interesting choices are Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Campbell (crazy casting) or Ray Liotta. Beatty was a fan of the comic strips growing up and nabs everything rights wise and still manages to keep them

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 7 months ago

Bruce Campbell would had been perfect.

[–] HellFire (561) 4 months ago

With the exception of Ford, all of the other ones you listed would've been terrible choices.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 4 months ago

...except I didn't list them...

[–] HellFire (561) 4 months ago

Sorry, I replied to the wrong post

[–] Carrot (1702) 2 years ago

Kyle MacLachlan. At the time, he was the Dick Traciest looking actor in all of Hollywood.

[–] seanwhelan2310 (575) 7 months ago

Treat Williams (R.I.P.) would have been good casting

[–] [email protected] (2017) 7 months ago

Ford can't do accents though.

[–] HellFire (561) 4 months ago

I can definetly see Harrison Ford in the role. In fact, he was offered it and turned it down.