Contractually Obligated Casting

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 (abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116443&a…)
• CBS News (cbsnews.com/news/the-cat-in-the-hat-is-phat)
• Entertainment Weekly (ew.com/article/2000/11/24/cat-hat-2)
• The Guardian (theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/11/news)
• The Howard Stern Show (y2u.be/QYepmFsi5jE)
• The Howard Stern Show (howardstern.com/news/2015/06/23/channing-tatum…)
• IndieWire (indiewire.com/news/general-news/david-cross-ca…)
• LA Times (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-13-ca-3764…)
• New York Times (nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/magazine/br…)
• Observer (observer.com/2002/09/ed-norton-to-lansing-burn…)
• Reddit (reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vhjag/comment/cesb…)
• SyFy (syfy.com/the-cat-in-the-hat-director-bo-welch-…)
• Vulture (vulture.com/2016/10/mike-myers-was-a-diva-in-t…)

Music:
• Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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