Not everything needs to end with a hug.
My viewing companion and I compiled, easily, a list of 20 actors who would have been a better fit for the lead role in this film. Here they are, alphabetically:
- Ben Affleck
- Kevin Bacon
- Antonio Banderas
- Nicolas Cage
- George Clooney
- David Duchovny
- Laurence Fishburne
- Jamie Foxx
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Ethan Hawke
- Hugh Jackman
- Greg Kinnear
- Viggo Mortensen
- Edward Norton
- Bill Paxton
- Dennis Quaid
- Gary Sinise
- Will Smith
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Denzel Washington
- David Cronenberg
- David Fincher
- David Koepp (one of the credited screenwriters on this)
- David Lynch
- David Zucker
AVIOD AVOID AVOID.