For the scenes showing Albert Brooks' character as a kid
I'm surprised that Ben Savage (Corey Matthews on Boy Meets World) wasn't cast as the younger version of Albert Brooks' character in 'Defending Your Life'.
Throughout the picture -an excellent one by the way- I kept thinking how much Albert Brooks resembled an older version of Ben Savage. Ben would have been exactly the right age at the time this was made and even affects many similar mannerisms.