<p>Making a movie against your will is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it is when an actor is contractually obligated to a movie, from Emily Blunt missing out on being Black Widow to Mike Myers being a pain in The Cat In The Hat.</p><br><p>Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 8 extra minutes)!</p><br><p>💸 | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support us!</a></p><p>🔗 | <a href="https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us!</a></p><p>👕 | <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/itwasashtshow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy our merch!</a></p><br><p>Podcast Chapters:</p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>04:54 - Contractually Obligated Casting</p><p>09:38 - Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)</p><p>10:00 - Jennifer Garner in Elektra (2005)</p><p>12:03 - Brad Pitt in Troy (2004)</p><p>13:30 - Emily Blunt in Gulliver's Travels (2010)</p><p>16:54 - Edward Norton in The Italian Job (2003)</p><p>22:59 - David Cross in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies</p><p>25:07 - Bill Murray in Garfield: The Movie (2004)</p><p>28:33 - Mike Myers in The Cat in the Hat (2003)</p><p>57:58 - Bruce Willis in three movies for Disney</p><p>01:04:15 - Keanu Reeves in The Watcher (2000)</p><p>01:14:38 - Follow Ups!</p><br><p>Sources:</p><ul><li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116443&page=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ABC News</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cat-in-the-hat-is-phat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBS News</a></li><li><a href="https://ew.com/article/2000/11/24/cat-hat-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Entertainment Weekly</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/11/news" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></li><li><a href="http://y2u.be/QYepmFsi5jE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Howard Stern Show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.howardstern.com/news/2015/06/23/channing-tatum-makes-his-stern-show-debut/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Howard Stern Show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/david-cross-calls-chip-wrecked-the-most-unpleasant-experience-of-his-career-113957/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IndieWire</a></li><li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-13-ca-37642-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LA Times</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/magazine/brad-pitt-interview.html?searchResultPosition=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New York Times</a></li><li><a href="https://observer.com/2002/09/ed-norton-to-lansing-burn-this/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Observer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vhjag/comment/cesbw0o/?context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reddit</a></li><li><a href="https://www.syfy.com/the-cat-in-the-hat-director-bo-welch-20th-anniversary-retrospective" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SyFy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vulture.com/2016/10/mike-myers-was-a-diva-in-the-cat-in-the-hat.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vulture</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Music:</p><ul><li>Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme</li></ul><p><br></p><p>#itwasashtshow #mikemyers #keanureeves</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
