Who were the choices for the leading role in Total Recall (1990)?
The wiki article for Total Recall (1990) states that Patrick Swayze was originally attached to the film. I could swear that somewhere I heard a few other names were originally planned for the lead role, and Schwarzenegger was pretty far down the list.
Does anyone know who those original top choices were?
Best Answer
"Patrick Swayze was signed to play Quaid when the movie began preproduction in Australia with Bruce Beresford as the director. However, early in preproduction, Dino De Laurentiis' company went bankrupt. After Arnold Schwarzenegger heard about this, he persuaded Carolco to buy the script for him."
So Yes, the original choice was Patrick Swayze. IMDB
Some other choices were; "David Cronenberg was attached to direct but wanted to cast William Hurt in the lead role" Wikipedia
Among other chocies were Christopher Reeve, Jeff Bridges, Matthew Broderick and Richard Dreyfuss
Complete information is also present here: Cast List
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