• Contractually Obligated Casting

  • Apr 10 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
  • Podcast

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Contractually Obligated Casting

  • Summary

  • Making a movie against your will is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it is when an actor is contractually obligated to a movie, from Emily Blunt missing out on being Black Widow to Mike Myers being a pain in The Cat In The Hat.


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    Podcast Chapters:

    00:00 - Intro

    04:54 - Contractually Obligated Casting

    09:38 - Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

    10:00 - Jennifer Garner in Elektra (2005)

    12:03 - Brad Pitt in Troy (2004)

    13:30 - Emily Blunt in Gulliver's Travels (2010)

    16:54 - Edward Norton in The Italian Job (2003)

    22:59 - David Cross in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies

    25:07 - Bill Murray in Garfield: The Movie (2004)

    28:33 - Mike Myers in The Cat in the Hat (2003)

    57:58 - Bruce Willis in three movies for Disney

    01:04:15 - Keanu Reeves in The Watcher (2000)

    01:14:38 - Follow Ups!


    Sources:

    • ABC News
    • CBS News
    • Entertainment Weekly
    • The Guardian
    • The Howard Stern Show
    • The Howard Stern Show
    • IndieWire
    • LA Times
    • New York Times
    • Observer
    • Reddit
    • SyFy
    • Vulture


    Music:

    • Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme


    #itwasashtshow #mikemyers #keanureeves


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