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What if William Baldwin Never Left 'Thelma & Louise'?
Filed under: Casting », Fandom »
Brad Pitt had a whole lot of gigs before he nabbed his career-propulsioning role in Thelma & Louise -- from an uncredited preppie kid in Less Than Zero, to the soap opera wonder of Another World and Dallas, to sitcoms like Growing Pains. He's an actor whose notoriety rose with his talents -- he paid his dues and worked his way up from goofy commercial gigs shilling Pringles to big-screen success. But what if he never got to play with Thelma and Louise?See, Pitt was the third choice for the role. According to IMDb, William Baldwin was the first choice, but he gave it up to star in Backdraft. (George Clooney also lobbied hard for the gig.) The choice makes sense. Why play some bit part when you can star in a Ron Howard flick with Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, and Donald Sutherland? If only the sensible always made sense... Alas, you don't hear people still talking about Baldwin's firefighting, you hear about the sexy robber known as J.D.
Backdraft didn't kickstart Baldwin's career, and while it hasn't tanked like, say, Stephen's, it hasn't been the greatest for a guy who had Brad Pitt grabbing his cast-offs. One of Baldwin's biggest recent gigs -- the partner TV show cop in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. But what if he stuck with the original gig and rocked it as well? Would it have led from Johnny Suede to A River Runs Through It, Interview with the Vampire, and ultimately, Se7en? No doubt Pitt would've still found his way, but would it have been different enough that Baldwin would've grabbed some of those early gigs and more long-lasting fame?
Tips for Tuesday: New to DVD on 9/19
Filed under: New on DVD », Home Entertainment »
Recent TheatricalsHard Candy (Lionsgate) -- Ice-blooded chiller about a potential pedophile and the turning of tables. (two commentaries, documentary, featurette, deleted scenes)
Loverboy (Universal) -- Smothery mother slowly turns creepy. Kyra Sedgwick does some great work here. (director's commentary)
The Proposition (First Look) -- Reeks of Sam Peckinpah and Walter Hill. And is a damn fine film. (filmmaker commentary, five featurettes, deleted scenes)
Stay Alive (Disney) -- They made a horror movie out of that silly old marble game? (filmmaker commentary, FX reel)
Stick It (Disney) -- No, you stick it. I got good movies to watch. (two commentaries, blooper reel, featurette, deleted scenes)
Catalog Picks
Backdraft (Universal) -- Ron Howard gets fiery and throws a little Lecter in there. (director's intro, deleted scenes, five featurettes)
Boris Karloff Collection (Universal) -- Includes Night Key (1937), Tower of London (1939), The Climax (1944), The Strange Door (1954) and The Black Castle (1952). (trailers)
Chucky Killer Collection (Universal) -- Includes Child's Play 2 (1990), Child's Play 3 (1991), Bride of Chucky (1998) and Seed of Chucky (2004). (Because the original is an MGM title, that's why.) (all the extras from the previous releases, which (on parts 4 and 5) are a lot)
Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition (Paramount) -- Otherwise known as: The Edition They Should Have Released Five Years Ago. (four featurettes, deleted & extended scenes, DVD launch party footage, trailers)
Backdraft II: Backdraftier
Filed under: Fandom », FanFilms »
Hey, do you guys remember the movie
Backdraft? It was about firemen, and I think they were sexy, and Donald Sutherland was pretty good in it, but
not as good as he usually is, and Robert DeNiro was in it too, and there was a lot of coughing and crying, I
think?
Right, so obviously that movie didn't really stick in my synapses too well. That's okay, because Eugene Mirman, one of my favorite comedians, made a sequel to Backdraft with his comedy pals Jon Benjamin and Sam Seder called Backdraft II: Backdraftier. It's completely unnecessary, and Mirman, like myself, recalls very little from the original movie. I don't think I've laughed this hard since I won that Laughing Contest at the 1987 Ohio State Fair. Take that, three-time Giggle Champion Maynerd Ferbenberger of Akron!
Anyway, you can watch the short film by clicking here.
[via The Onion AV Club blog]
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