RE: RARA-AVIS: Worst casting in films (was Back Atcha, Fred!)
Spurlock, Duane (Dspurlock@paulschultz.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:29:18 -0500
I'm not sure that this is a case of worst casting--more of, for
me at
least, unexpected casting. After reading each Easy Rawlins
novel as it
came out, I always pictured Easy as a big guy--more of a
Forrest
Whitaker type. So when Devil In A Blue Dress was shot as a
movie, I was
a bit surprised to find that Denzil Washington was cast. Let
me
rephrase--Washington is a very bankable star that any movie
producer
would want for a film. But from reading the books, I can't say
that he
was my first choice for meeting what I pictured as Easy's
physical type.
But that's beside the point. I thoroughly enjoyed the
movie.--Duane
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