Famous recasts? Movies or TV.
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Kate Mulgrew was not the original female captain of Voyager. They hired a French Canadian actress named Geneviève Bujold who buckled under the pressure of her role so badly that they actually cast a male for the role just in case they could not find a woman to fill the role.
That's not exactly true. Genevieve Bujould was originally cast as Janeway, true. But the reason she ended up being replaced wasn't that she buckled under the pressure of her role. It was because she wasn't used to the quick production schedule of a tv series. She's a classically trained actress whose used to working on stage and screen, where there's tons of time for rehearsal and getting inside a character. TV, on the other hand is a constant rush where it's "Actioncutlet'smoveon." And while some actors may thrive on it, others just can't take the pressure and quick turnaround.
So there wasn't any misogynist agenda going on behind the scenes. It was more of a back-up plan done out of necessity.
And as for famous bits of alternate casting, Gary Cooper was once considered for the role of Rhett Butler in GONE WITH THE WIND. He was so against the movie that he said that it was going to be the biggest flop of all time and famously said "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:Quote:
Kate Mulgrew was not the original female captain of Voyager. They hired a French Canadian actress named Geneviève Bujold who buckled under the pressure of her role so badly that they actually cast a male for the role just in case they could not find a woman to fill the role.
That's not exactly true. Genevieve Bujould was originally cast as Janeway, true. But the reason she ended up being replaced wasn't that she buckled under the pressure of her role. It was because she wasn't used to the quick production schedule of a tv series. She's a classically trained actress whose used to working on stage and screen, where there's tons of time for rehearsal and getting inside a character. TV, on the other hand is a constant rush where it's "Actioncutlet'smoveon." And while some actors may thrive on it, others just can't take the pressure and quick turnaround.
So there wasn't any misogynist agenda going on behind the scenes. It was more of a back-up plan done out of necessity.
And as for famous bits of alternate casting, Gary Cooper was once considered for the role of Rhett Butler in GONE WITH THE WIND. He was so against the movie that he said that it was going to be the biggest flop of all time and famously said "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
I bought the dvd series of Voyager seasons 1-7 and in the extra credits they say the original actress could not handle the pressures of the show.
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Yes, but was it from the stress of working on a tv show, or the cultural significance of being a Star Trek captain. The way I read it, it was the former and not the latter.
Oh, and for GONE WITH THE WIND, practically every actress in Hollywood in the 30's was considered for the role of Scarlett. Here's what was on imdb.
Jean Arthur, Lucille Ball, Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, Katharine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Carole Lombard, Norma Shearer, Barbara Stanwyck, Margaret Sullavan, Louise Platt, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Watkins, Adele Longmire, Haila Stoddard, Susan Hayward, Dorothy Mathews, Brenda Marshall, Paulette Goddard, Anita Louise, Margaret Tallichet, Frances Dee, Nancy Coleman, Marcella Martin, Lana Turner, Diana Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Joan Bennett and Vivien Leigh.
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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