Casting Catch

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

I'm sure that I'm just stating the obvious, but I wonder if the
problems with casting this latest movie aren't related to the salaries
being demanded by the actors now.

I'm guessing they got R. Harris pretty cheap. He really took the role
to please his grandaughter. And I suspect all the big name actors
originally in the cast, started working cheap. They all assumed that
this was going to be a nice moderately sucessful kids movie. But now
that it is a billion dollar franchise, I don't think names like Peter
O'Toole are going to come cheap. 

Also, as someone else pointed out, many desireable actors may have
existing commitments that prevent them from taking the role. 

I have to wonder how much pressure is on the producers now to give the
actors a bigger piece of the pie?

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn