http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-23252 Marlon Brando Screen Tests for Rebel Without A Cause | Open Culture Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:05:57 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-23252 [...] The Godfather Without Brando?: It Almost Happened [...] [...] The Godfather Without Brando?: It Almost Happened [...]

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-22750 Kurt Russell Auditions for Star Wars | CourseKeeper.com Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:02:05 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-22750 [...] about dodging cinematic bullets. Imagine The Godfather without Marlon Brando. It almost happened. And then Star Wars with Kurt Russell (playing Han Solo). It was a real enough [...] [...] about dodging cinematic bullets. Imagine The Godfather without Marlon Brando. It almost happened. And then Star Wars with Kurt Russell (playing Han Solo). It was a real enough [...]

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-22738 Kurt Russell Audition for Star Wars | Open Culture Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:28:33 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-22738 [...] about dodging cinematic bullets. Imagine The Godfather without Marlon Brando. It almost happened. And then Star Wars with Kurt Russell (playing Han Solo). It was a real enough [...] [...] about dodging cinematic bullets. Imagine The Godfather without Marlon Brando. It almost happened. And then Star Wars with Kurt Russell (playing Han Solo). It was a real enough [...]

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-21889 Paul Phillips Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:45:07 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-21889 There are some other fascinating instances of famous movie roles initially intended for others. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the script for The Bodyguard in the 1970s and intended it as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross. However, the death of McQueen put paid to that and the project was put on ice until its now-famous rendering with Costner and Houston. My favourite rumour on the casting front is that eventual Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey was not the first choice for American Beauty's Lester Burnham. That honour apparently went to one Chevy Chase. Now, that's a film I'd pay good money to see. There are some other fascinating instances of famous movie roles initially intended for others. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the script for The Bodyguard in the 1970s and intended it as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross. However, the death of McQueen put paid to that and the project was put on ice until its now-famous rendering with Costner and Houston. My favourite rumour on the casting front is that eventual Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey was not the first choice for American Beauty’s Lester Burnham. That honour apparently went to one Chevy Chase. Now, that’s a film I’d pay good money to see.

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-6577 101 Best Movie Posters Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:34:11 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-6577 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-6398 Another Godfather “What If” | Open Culture Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:23:01 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/11/the_godfather_without_brando_it_almost_happened.html#comment-6398 [...] if The Godfather had been shot without Marlon Brando? (It almost happened.) Or without Al Pacino? (It almost happened too .) Or without Francis Ford Coppola? (Yup, even that [...] [...] if The Godfather had been shot without Marlon Brando? (It almost happened.) Or without Al Pacino? (It almost happened too .) Or without Francis Ford Coppola? (Yup, even that [...]

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