Cinematical | by James Rocchi | Thu, Nov 8
Thu, Nov 8
In an Esquire piece celebrating "The Casting Mistake of the Year," Joel and Ethan Coen explained how Josh Brolin wound up cast in one of No Country for Old Men's lead roles: "Our movie version of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men had Tommy Lee Jones in place -- no mistake there -- as a cr...
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source: andPOP
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source: Huffington Post
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source: /FILM
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source: The Envelope
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source: First Showing
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source: /FILM
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