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Steve Carell replaces Bruce Willis

posted 9 years ago by SukiyoDK
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http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/28/steve-carell-woody-allen-bruce-willis?hootPostID=7732b4eacdbf0a81d2989cac3ca461ba

[–] laballatician 9 years ago

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[–] cold_sky 9 years ago

A shame because I love Bruce Willis in smaller, comedic roles. I'd rather watch him than Carell, whom I don't dislike, but he's not a huge draw for me. But life goes on, maybe Willis will appear in a future Allen film.

[–] SCsurfguy 9 years ago

After having seen it now, I think I would have preferred Willis. Carell wasn't bad, just not overly memorable.

[–] antoni109 8 years ago

Apparently Bruce was being an arse, but I think he would have made a better Hollywood mogul than Carell.

[–] dantso 8 years ago

Maybe but I think Willis paired up and weeping for Stewart would have looked ridiculous...

[–] captinska_1999 8 years ago

Carell seemed creditable in this role. I don't see Stewart's character having a problem choosing between the geeky Eisenberg over Bruce Willis even at the of age 61. Steve Carell on the other hand came off a little bit awkward and smarmy.

[–] Dejay 8 years ago

Yeah. Bruce Willis would have been WAY too old but also still more sexy. Maybe the whole movie is miscast? I mean what is the chemistry between Eisenberg and basically anyone?

[–] Jelly-4 8 years ago

Yeah. Bruce Willis would have been WAY too old but also still more sexy.

Agree. Add Carrell to the list of folks miscast for this movie (on top of Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart).

[–] Prismark10 8 years ago

Willis is just too much of a jerk these days. He had a chance to work with Allen and blew it and Carell was always going to be a better replacement at the last minute.

It's that man again!!