why did they leave Baldwins name (and Martin 'Apocalypse Now' Sheen) from the posters?
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The fact those two guys were in it too was abit of a big deal
Baldwin and Sheen's names don't sell as many tickets as the other guys' names do. With only so much room on the poster, you can't include everybody. DiCaprio and Damon get the main spots (rightly so). Nicholson's a major player in the film - much bigger role than Sheen or Baldwin (who is barely in the movie, really), and that's that.
Maybe they should've made the room, though. I dunno. Agents didn't fight for it, maybe they didn't care. They were probably just happy to be doing a cool, Scorsese picture instead of schlock.
I'd wonder about Martin Sheen being left out before Baldwin. IMO the actors named are the ones that play the top most important characters in the story.
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