Before Rob Lowe and James Belushi secured their roles, Bill Murray was reportedly attached to play the lead and Nick Nolte was linked to the supporting part. Their involvement ended after what the film’s production history describes only as a “disastrous meeting.” The encounter was apparently bad enough that both actors declined to proceed, clearing the way for the eventual Lowe–Belushi pairing. The anecdote has survived as one of the production’s strangest pieces of casting lore, although the available account does not identify who attended the meeting, what was said, or whether the problem involved the script, the proposed pairing, or negotiations. Because no detailed contemporary account of the confrontation is provided, the story is best treated as a reported but thinly documented Hollywood casting anecdote rather than a fully established feud.
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The Disastrous Meeting That Cost About Last Night Bill Murray and Nick Nolte
About Last Night (1986 film) / 1980s
Before Rob Lowe and James Belushi secured their roles, Bill Murray was reportedly attached to play the lead and Nick Nolte was linked to the supporting part. Their involvement ended after what the film’s production history describes only as a “disastrous meeting.” The encounter was apparently bad enough that both actors declined to proceed, clearing the way for the eventual Lowe–Belushi pairing. The anecdote has survived as one of the production’s strangest pieces of casting lore, although the available account does not identify who attended the meeting, what was said, or whether the problem involved the script, the proposed pairing, or negotiations. Because no detailed contemporary account of the confrontation is provided, the story is best treated as a reported but thinly documented Hollywood casting anecdote rather than a fully established feud.
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