Movie Casting False Starts
Test your knowledge of second (and sometimes third or fourth) choices with this trivia game featuring famous re-cast movie roles.
15 questions · Published May 2, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Who initially played Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" filming for several weeks before being replaced by Michael J. Fox?
Filming began on "Back to the Future" with Eric Stoltz in the role of Marty McFly, but director Robert Zemeckis decided he just wasn't right for it. So producers adjusted the schedule and came up with more money to hire Michael J. Fox, who they had initially wanted anyway.
- Multiple Choice
2. What actor was cast in 2009's "The Lovely Bones" but was fired when he showed up on set sixty pounds heavier, not having told producers of his "method" choice?
For the role of the distressed father, Ryan Gosling decided the character should be 210 pounds rather than his usual trim 150. Gosling's interactions with director Peter Jackson had been limited prior to filming and the disconnect caused Jackson to fire Gosling and bring in Mark Wahlberg.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which actress replaced Samantha Morton, who had already recorded her entire voice-only A.I. performance, in Spike Jonze's 2013 film "Her?"
Scarlett Johansson replaced Samantha Morton during post-production on 2013's "Her" and even won a "Best Supporting Actress" prize at the Saturn Awards despite not appearing on screen.
- Multiple Choice
4. Before being replaced by Martin Sheen days into production, ________________ was originally cast as Captain Willard in 1979's "Apocalypse Now."
Reportedly, director Francis Ford Coppola was unhappy with original star Harvey Keitel's take on the character, so Martin Sheen was brought in to play the iconic role of Capt. Willard.
Almost a year into production, Sheen had a heart attack and was out for about five weeks. His brother, Joe Estevez, served as a stand-in/double for a number of scenes and even recorded some of the voiceover parts.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which actor quit six weeks into filming 2005's "V for Vendetta" over frustrations with performing behind the film's iconic Guy Fawkes mask?
James Purefoy ("Rome" and "Altered Carbon") played the masked character known only as V, but left the film due to frustrations of acting in the mask totally unseen. When Hugo Weaving assumed the part, the scenes shot with Purefoy were not re-shot but merely dubbed over with Weaving's voice.
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