Primal Fear is proof of nepotism (of sorts)

It's probably the wrong word to use, but I want to point out that hollyweird rather hires a mediocre 'known talent' than a brilliant 'unknown'.

This movie shows SO many famous people you easily recognize from other movies, it's mind-boggling; there's not one 'no-name' in the bunch! It also proves that the other movies only took 'known talent' instead of 'waitresses and cab drivers (the young hopefuls) from the streets'.

I mean, look at who we see in this movie..

Truman's wife from 'The Truman Show'
Fletcher's wife from 'Liar, Liar'
The rich simp from 'Pretty Woman',
The Mary Sue from 'Fargo',
Frasier's dad from 'Frasier'
The Narrator from 'Fight Club'..

it's a familiar face after familiar face over and over again.

It's like most of these people went on to do OTHER, bigger things, instead of falling into obscurity to let more unknowns take their place as established 'movie stars'.

It's quite shocking and depressing to watch this movie from this perspective. Sure, it was Edward's first movie (I think), and great performance and all that, but it seems pretty darn difficult for any waitress-hopeful or cab driver-hopeful to ever end up in movies.

Even in small roles, you see the same names, faces and actors much more likely than someone new and fresh. It kinda shocks me that hollywtf would rather hire some old fart from some 1980s movie to play some small role, than give a 'fresh face' a chance, every damn time. You recognize 'side characters' and such from so many movies, that could easily been new unknowns. I don't even get why that is, can't they ever fill some 'meaningless role' with some new hopefuls?

Money talks a bit too much, and people with bags of money get to make really 'safe' decisions so their PRODUCT doesn't fail (movies are not art or anything creative nowadays, they're just business and products, and that's all).

There must be thousands of competent, really good actors, writers and such serving coffee and driving taxi cabs in or near the Hollywood area, hoping for their big break that would make them movie stars.

Heck, these people might be more deserving, they might be better for the role(s), they might be better actors altogether - every famous actors was discovered SOMEhow, but then they were just used over and over instead of letting fresh faces show their potential.

Someone even mentioned the judge, which for the story's intents and purposes, could be almost ANYONE, is a familiar face I have seen before in many movies - and of course not only a token black actor, but also a woman at the same time. What a surprise.

Not only do we have nepotism-like selection process, but also this 'affirmative action' that is a final nail in the coffin of murdered equality, that would ensure there would be someone more random sitting in that role.

This movie proves that hollywtf would rather just take a list of 'famous actors' and choose some mediocre celebrity alcoholic drug-user, than select some low-paid cafeteria worker or cab driver that would be eight hundred times better for the role.

Genitalia before talent, Gender before merit, Race before ability, Superficial body-based attributes before personality... this is how we show equality and appreciation for all people regardless of gender and race?

This movie (unintentionally?) proves so many things about casting in hollyfkthem that it makes me sick.