- Chris O’Donnell, , 1991. All the young turks were in the pot for Charlie, the prep schooler babysitting a blind Al Pacino. Hauser, Ben Affleck, Randall Batinkoff, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Dorff, Brendan Fraser, Anthony Rapp, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Serrone.
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Stephen Dorf, The Power of One, Australia-France-US, 1991. The Karate Kid In South Africa… Astin and Erthan Hawke were also seen for the British orphan PK in “a violent cartoon that trivialises apartheid,” said Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers. What else from the the Kid’s writer and director team: Robert Mark Kamen and John G (and R for Rocky) Avildsen. Somehow , Daniel Craig survived his debut and become a superstar.
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Sam Riley, On The Road, 2010. Argentina-Brazil-Canada-France-Germany-Holland-Mexico-UK-US. 2010. Francis Coppola tried to write a script but “never knew how to do it.” Numerous attempts were made at filming Jack Kerouac’s 1957 “beat” classic. He even mused on playing himself (or his aka Sal Paradise) in 1957 opposite Marlon Brando as Neal Cassady (aka Dean Moriarty). Marlon never replied to his invite, probably thinking it was a fake. 1979: Francey bought the rights. 1995: He planned a 16mm black-white version with “beat” poet Allen Ginsberg. (Johnny Depp declined in the 90s).2005: Joel Schumacher helming Billy Crudup-Colin Farrell…or Brad Pitt-Ethan Hawke. Finally, Coppola & Son (Roman) and 26 other producers (!) had Brazilian Walter Salles directing English Sam Riley, Australian Garrett Hedlund – and Kristen Stewart as Mary Lou, once offered to Lindsay Lohan and Winona Ryder. Salles also checked Joseph Gordon-Levitt-James Franco.
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