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first choice for Randall Flagg?


I remember reading somewhere Jamey Sheridan wasn't the first choice for the part. I was shocked at who they wanted because there is no way they could have done it, but the name escapes me. Anybody know? It was a big name I remember that.
Jamey Sheridan plays the part to perfection.

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I remember reading somewhere Jamey Sheridan wasn't the first choice for the part. I was shocked at who they wanted because there is no way they could have done it, but the name escapes me. Anybody know? It was a big name I remember that.
Jamey Sheridan plays the part to perfection.
Several big names were mentioned, I understand. Among those that I heard were Robert Duvall and Christopher Walken. Could these be two of them?

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No. I'm thinking it was somebody really rising fast in Hollywood like Tom Cruise but not him. But I don't think either Duvall or Walken could have pulled it off.

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Jeff Goldblum was approached but he turned the part down

My father was a drunk, a gambler and a womanizer. I idolized him

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Jeff Goldblum was approached but he turned the part down
There were reports, as I recall, that he had been considered for the part. I did not know that he had actually turned it down, though.

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Jeff is a good alternative

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Matthew McCoughaney is playing Randall Flagg in The Dark Tower movie slated for later in 2017...

Perfect choice.

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I think McConaughey will work great. I originally pictured a Flagg that looked Woody Harrelsonish hah

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