Was Matt Dillon the first choice for Carl?

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For the movie 'You, Me, and Dupree', was Matt Dillon the first choice to play Carl?

Reason I ask:

  • Owen Wilson as Dupree and Kate Hudson as Molly make the movie.
  • But I wonder if the person in charge of casting evaluated Matt Dillon for his chemistry with Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson, and if so, were other actors considered.





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What ever happened to Matt Dillon?

He played an astronaut in French director Alice Winocour's Proxima; he was austerely chilling as a serial killer in Lars von Trier's The House That Jack Built; and he is currently working with the celebrated Iranian photographer and film-maker Shirin Neshat.

What made Matt Dillon famous?

New Rochelle, New York, U.S. Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), the three S. E. Hinton book adaptations Tex (1982), Rumble Fish (1983), The Outsiders (1983) and The Flamingo Kid (1984).

Who is Matt Dillon named after?

Matthew R. Dillon was born Feb. 18, 1964, in New Rochelle, and was named after the character from the "Gunsmoke" TV series. He is the second child of six (one of whom is Kevin Dillon, an actor on HBO's critically acclaimed series "Entourage").



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