"You're just cherry-picking and doing tokenism, adding one person from a different race into an already established cast."
"So we know that Chadwick Boseman's titular character won't be recast in the future of the MCU, nor will he be digitally recreated, which is a good news for everyone."
"I wanted to be super heteronormative in the future." - A unique perspective on inclusivity in casting decisions.
"All of us can agree that if we were to just hand craft our own casts, it probably would have looked differently than the final."
"If she got this script, they were going to use her in the movie, that was their plan."
"Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way. With another actor you might get 100% of the height but only 90% of Reacher. With Tom, you'll get 100% of Reacher with 90% of the height."
"These producers are not budging, and yes, we are seeing more people of color on these dating shows."
"Would the reaction be the same if we recast Charlie's Angels with a cast of men?"
"Something as complex and historical as Star Trek, I mean it goes back 50 years. How do you do that with a new cast and a new crew?"
"Bill Murray in a Ghostbusters movie in general, that's a huge buy for me."
"I think the smart play is to have Bill Murray in this, not playing Peter Venkman."
"I think that Colossus... any ex person could be in movies they just won't do that content."
"While star-lord is a more recent big-screen hero, there have been many different versions of Batman over the years and since the very beginning people have been complaining about who studios have chosen to play Bruce Wayne."
"They managed to make Tinkerbell look extremely pretty, but yet, to fit the stereotypical pretty girl only got the role because of her looks."
"I thought Affleck was a tremendous choice to play older coming out of retirement Batman."
"Pairing these two back was a huge misstep and this is the biggest reason the show's own fans don't like revisiting it."
"Which film franchise should never have abandoned their original lead?"
"Honestly, these two were some awesome last surprises that made sense as supporting cast members."
"Uma Thurman turned down the role of Mia Wallace."
"Chris Pratt was initially rejected for being too fat."
"It just feels a little too UK centric when they are I guess intending to cast queens from literally all of the international franchises… but it could also be that they're going to be changing hosts of this international season each year."
"Casting choices can help reinforce white supremacy or help dismantle it. So Netflix, do better next time."
"Kevin Costner almost played Andy Dufresne, the main character of The Shawshank Redemption."
"Leonardo DiCaprio missed out on the role of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho."
"But why not just make that the case, right? We don't need to cast a fourth Spider-Man unless I would say you're gonna make Miles Morales that guy."
"If he chooses to bring back Arnold, I'm in. If he chooses not to bring back Arnold, I'm sold." - John
"Kevin Feige went ahead and confirmed for Black Panther 2 they will not recast Chadwick Boseman."
"The decision to not recast T'Challa was a bad decision."
"Recasting the voice actor for Frank West, T.J. Rotolo, in favor of a slightly older sounding voice actor was another big misfire for the game."
"The casting for the show was very smart and very clever."
"Then they were like, 'Okay, thank you to this actress.' And they're like, 'Eric, we like you. We like you. Can you stay in the room? We're gonna have you read.'"
"Warner Brothers originally wanted Nolan to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler."
"The casting choices that Robert Rodriguez makes in his movies are wonderful."
"Leslie Nielsen was actually 68 at the time of filming, making him the oldest actor to play the part of Dracula."
"The Last of Us TV show features familiar faces, but Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson won't play Joel and Ellie."
"For whatever reason Jamie Foxx is back and he's going to be playing Electro despite that role existing from a completely different cinematic version of the Spider-Man character."
"If they were able to convince Christian Bale to play Batman in BVS, and basically retcon it so he came out of retirement because of Superman, do you think the whole DCU would have been better?"
"They'll never be able to replace Alan Rickman as Snape unless they get Adam Driver."
"I like this news I like all three actors I mean we have a sophie turner who played Sansa Stark and in Game of Thrones who you know it was kind of annoying in the beginning but her character has really turned around."
"Schwarzenegger was originally going to play Kyle Reese."
"The powers that be on this show... were very adamant on who they brought into this job." - Nicholas
"One of my favorite moments of accidental casting."
"Should marginalized people in media be portrayed by those marginalized? Yes."
"Shawnee Smith was offered her role in Who's Harry Crumb because the director was a fan of her work in The Blob."
"Brie Larson: great casting choice for Captain Marvel."
"So many movies and TV shows are severely miscast these days."
"The Dark Tower, that had such great casting the cast I thought was perfect and the quality and potential is all there they just totally mishandled it."
"Roiland had no idea who Alfred Molina was when he was cast as the Devil in Season 1."
"Drag Race has made very interesting casting choices and casting mistakes in the past but I think it was very clear from the start that Maddie had a lot of promise and was a very promising ally."
"The casting was so well done. People who you normally think could be good could be bad."
"You can't branding wise he seems like an obvious choice."
"I think it's often the opposite of what a lot of people think of. We're like, 'Oh, you got the part because you have this.' It's really nice. You really have to actually prove yourself a lot."
"Tom Holland was an actor that we fought very hard for to play the part."
"If you wanted to go off of looks rather than finding the right person for the right role then they would have gotten Tommy Wise Oh with the haircut to play two-faced cuz at least he has black hair."
"If long duck dong wasn't in that movie there would be no Asians in that movie."
"Jim Henson, a friend of George Lucas, was offered the role of Yoda but turned it down."
"Boogie Nights is it true that Leo was up for the part but Mark got it?"
"If the point is to change, to grow, to let go, keeping the old cast defeats that purpose."
"Greg is someone that production's been wanting back for a while."
"They only got the budget for the movie once they put an experienced comedian in the role for Smokey."