why didn't tom cruise play andy dufresne in shawshank
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20 Things You Never Knew About 'The Shawshank Redemption' So to celebrate 20 years of rewatching Red and Andy, we present 20 things you might not know about Shawshank, whether it's your favorite film or not. 1. Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, and Charlie Sheen were all considered for the part of Andy Dufresne.olumbia. W rongly imprisoned for 19 years for the murder of his wife and her lover, Andy Dufresne's struggle in The Shawshank Redemption is probably the most poignant prison story in movie history. Told by the judge, It chills my blood just to look at you..
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The Shawshank Redemption For other uses, see The Shawshank Redemption (disambiguation). The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
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The Silence of the Lambs  (film) Scott Glenn was cast in the role of Jack Crawford, the Agent-in-Charge of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. To prepare for the role, Glenn met with John E. Douglas, after whom the character is modeled.
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What ever happened toâ¦. Lauren Tewes who played cruise directory Julie McCoy on The Love Boat. Lauren got her start in television in 1977 guest starring on the show Family co-starring Sada Thompson, James Broderick, Kristy McNichol, Meredith Baxter and Gary Frank.
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Who Almost Played Eliot Ness In The Untouchables De Palma says he was skeptical of Costner because the actor had yet to play a major lead role before. Since Costner had been in Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories anthology series on TV, and been part of Lawrence Kasdan's ensemble cast in Silverado, De Palma called the two directors to get their opinions on Costner.
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"Gary Cooper Evokes The ""Real"" West In ""The Hanging Tree,"" A Warner Bros. Re-Release" Gary Cooper Evokes The Real West In The Hanging Tree, A Warner Bros. Re-Release. Hollywood icon Gary Cooper is known for playing the unambiguous American hero in films like Sergeant York (1941), for which he won the Best Actor Oscar, and The Pride of the Yankees (1942). Gary Cooper in The Hanging Tree (Photo Credit: Warner Bros.) In the case of The Hanging Tree (1959), the hero he plays, Dr. Joseph Frail, is more complex and human—not unlike his character, Marshall Will Kane, in High Noon (1952).
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- 1 Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding, Andy's best friend and the film's narrator; convicted of murder in 1927. 2  Before Freeman was cast, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford were each considered for the role. Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding, Andy's best friend and the film's narrator; convicted of murder in 1927. 2  Before Freeman was cast, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford were each considered for the role.
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Doug McClure Alert Me The show ran for two years and was popular with critics because of its atmosphere and the intelligence of its plots, while McClure was praised for his performances.After Checkmate finished in 1962, McClure was cast as Trampas, sidekick to the eponymous hero in The Virginian (played by James Drury).
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Tom Cruise's iconic 1949 Buick from 'Rain Man' goes up for auction Winner: Dustin Hoffman, left, won an Academy Award for his performance and the film also won Oscars for best picture, director and screenplay. 'Cruise's Charlie Babbitt is a high-end car salesman and the 1949 Buick figures large in his life as the one car he never got to drive as he was forbidden from it by his father,' said Ms Barrett. 'Once he and Hoffman connect, they set off on a cross-country adventure in the car, which is in virtually every scene, and the rest is Hollywood history.'
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Kevin Corcoran Dies: âOld Yellerâ Actor And TV Producer Was 66 Travis was played by actor Tommy Kirk, and the two would go on to play brothers in four other Disney productions: The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, Bon Voyage, and the 1963 sequel to Old Yeller, Savage Sam. Corcoran’s final major film role came in 1964’s A Tiger Walks.
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'Batman: Arkham Knight' has two huge twists and one is pretty disappointing Essentially, Rocksteady gave us the Joker as Tyler Durden, Brad Pitt's character in Fight Club who is suddenly revealed to be Edward Norton's repressed split personality. He taunts and makes fun of Batman throughout the entire game, eager to have full control over The Dark Knight.
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- In Toys. According to Lee Unkrich, the director of Toy Story 3 and a co-director of Toy Story 2, there is no concrete answer for Andy's father not being around because it had never …been relevant to the story and that the decision to leave Andy's father out of the story was made really early on in 'Toy Story'.
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Morgan Freemanâs one complaint about âThe Shawshank Redemptionâ Actor Morgan Freeman (left) with Tim Robbins in scene from film 'The Shawshank Redemption'. Staff writersnews.com.au. IT’S arguably the movie he’s best known for, but Morgan Freeman has one big gripe with The Shawshank Redemption. The 79-year-old revealed that he’s never liked the 1994 film’s title and believes it’s the reason the movie wasn’t a hit when it was originally released in cinemas. “The original title was ... Stephen King’s book, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” Freeman said to talk show host Seth Meyers. The actor said he complained when he discovered the film was instead going to be released as The Shawshank Redemption.
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Seth Green In It's A Trap!, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, played by Stewie Griffin and Carter Pewterschmidt respectively, use their criticisms of Green to incite anger in Luke Skywalker, played by Chris Griffin. After the end of the story, Chris asks his father Peter, who told the story, what he has against Green.
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- Samuel L. Jackson plays Tom McCourt, an engineer and former soldier who escapes from Boston along with Cusack’s character, Clay Riddell, after a mysterious pulse, transmitted by cell phones, spreads like a virus through the human population.. Director Tod Williams also helmed Paranormal Activity 2.
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- The Mustache. Tom “The Mustache” Selleck accepted the role of Indiana Jones, but Magnum P.I. wouldn’t let him have the time off to go film the movie, so they went with Harrison Ford instead since George Lucas was familiar with him from Star Wars.
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Grey's AnatomyCasting Scoop! One Tree Hill's Hilarie Burton Coming to Seattle Burton, who first became known for Peyton Sawyer on One Tree Hill after a stint as a host on MTV's Total Request Live, has had a recurring role as Matt Bomer's love interest on USA's White Collar. Funny enough, Burton's real-life love is Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who played heart transplant patient Denny Duquette on Grey's. After his character died, Morgan continued to play him when he appeared in the dreams of Katherine Heigl's Izzie.
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Diagnosis It may also be used as the first treatment for lung cancers that can't be removed during surgery. For people with advanced lung cancer, radiation therapy may be used to relieve pain and other symptoms. For people with lung cancers that are very small, one option may be stereotactic body radiotherapy.
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"Quantico 's Anabelle Acosta: There's a ""Very, Very Good Reason"" for Nathalie's Fake Scar" But Nathalie (Anabelle Acosta) should've invested in some superglue because the scar falls off in the field, and Miranda (Aunjanue Ellis) calls her out on it in front of the whole class. Miranda's awfully pissed about something as minor as a fake scar, no? But for Nathalie, the reason for the scar is serious and ties back to her turbulent relationship with her ex and father of her daughter. Her secret is one that has a lot of heart in it. Her secret is not that one is malicious, Acosta says. I think the reason she chose to wear that fake scar will make sense to a lot of people. ... To a degree, there's some shame to it because it's a lie and she's obviously trying to be about truth and justice, so it's still shady.
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Oops! Simon Pegg accidentally reveals that Daniel Craig will play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens View. comments. Daniel Craig will play a Stormtrooper in 'Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens'. The 'Skyfall' actor's mystery role in the highly-anticipated blockbuster was accidentally leaked by fellow actor Simon Pegg, who let the secret slip before realising his mistake.
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Pulp Fiction Tarantino cast Travolta in Pulp Fiction only because Michael Madsen, who had played Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs, chose to appear in Kevin Costner 's Wyatt Earp instead. Madsen has since expressed regret over his decision. Harvey Weinstein pushed for Daniel Day-Lewis in the part.
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- In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All they found of him was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar of soap, and an old rock hammer, damn near worn down to the nub. I used to think it would take six-hundred years to tunnel under the wall with it.
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Jack Dodson Jack Dodson (May 16, 1931 - September 16, 1994) played Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show... Jack Dodson (May 16, 1931 - September 16, 1994) played Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and the TV movie Return to Mayberry. He was in the films Munster Go Home!, Angel in...
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It's Red and Andy! Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins reunite for the 20th Anniversary Screening Of The Shawshank Redemption Some birds aren't meant to be caged: (L-R) Actor Morgan Freeman, director/writer Frank Darabont and actor Tim Robbins arrive at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 20th Anniversary Screening Of The Shawshank Redemption.
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The Shawshank Redemption 1 Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding, Andy's best friend and the film's narrator; convicted of murder in 1927. 2  Before Freeman was cast, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford were each considered for the role.
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Castaway Crash Scene Music Score - MCT Project Tom Hanks gives one of the towering screen performances of all time as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island.