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Ryan Reynolds was actually aimed for the lead role !!!


But when director Ariel Vroman found out RR filmed Self/less (which shares very similar plot), he decided to go with another lead. Reynolds insisted that he has a cameo at least, because he's a huge Costner fan.

Obviously, he's one of the few actors without ego.

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His name isn't on poster nor his picture.

http://imgur.com/XEvLTNQ
http://imgur.com/RkJWUwP

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What does that have to do with anything I've said?

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Well that's what confused me going into the movie and actually roped me into watching it. I really liked self/less so I wanted to see another movie that was similar, same actor, but perhaps a different take on it or twist.

Ended up being disappointed with the amount of time reynolds was in the movie.

The one time Costner looks in the mirror and see Reynolds, I was thinking, this is what they should be doing throughout the movie, every time Costner is remembering Reynolds memories they should have just used Reynolds. Basically have two actors playing as Jericho. The right director could have pulled that off.

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