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Displaying all articles tagged:
What Could Have Been
what could have been
June 22, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Was Also Going to Heavily Feature Kate Bush
According to Christian Bale.
By
Bethy Squires
what could have been
July 13, 2021
Amazon Not Moving Forward With Nicolas Cage Joe Exotic Show
Cowards!
By
Charu Sinha
what could have been
Feb. 24, 2021
A Brief History of the Alternate Movie Endings Lost to Time
That is, until a few of them made their way onto DVDs as bonus material.
By
Jason Bailey
what could have been
Sept. 4, 2020
Brie Larson, Former Teen Pop Star, Auditioned for
Pitch Perfect
Never forget that Brie Larson sings.
By
Zoe Haylock
what could have been
Aug. 27, 2020
High Fidelity
Season 2 Was Going To Follow Cherise and Her Top 5 Heartbreaks
“Annoyingly, Season 2 was really gonna be a Cherise-focused season.”
By
Chris Murphy
think of the cgi
June 23, 2019
Game of Thrones’
Battle of Winterfell Could’ve Been Direwolf Vs. Dragon Showdown
We were deprived of 50 direwolves. 50!
By
Devon Ivie
flirtations
June 9, 2019
The One Where Sophie Turner Tried to Seduce Matthew Perry
It involved cigarettes.
By
Devon Ivie
what could have been
Dec. 15, 2017
Annette Bening Explains Why She Was Cut From
American Crime Story: Katrina
Bening, a true professional, says her character being cut is for the good of the narrative.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
what could have been
Dec. 14, 2017
Sufjan Stevens Almost Voiced Older Elio in
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino also originally wanted Sufjan to make a cameo in the film.
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
Dec. 7, 2017
Eminem Planned to Debut His Anti-Trump Freestyle Live at the BET Hip Hop Awards
“We have a president who does not care about everybody in our country.”
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
Oct. 18, 2017
We Could’ve Had Angelina Jolie in
The Craft
Or Scarlett Johansson! Or Alicia Silverstone!
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
Aug. 2, 2017
Of Course Donald Trump Almost Played the President in
Sharknado 3
He reportedly threatened to “shut the entire show down” after they replaced him with Mark Cuban.
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
July 8, 2017
This Is What Season 3 of
The Knick
Would’ve Looked Like
Per Steven Soderbergh, of course.
By
Devon Ivie
what could have been
June 8, 2017
Why Camila Cabello Said No to the Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’
“I had to say no, and then that was the No. 1 song in the world.”
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
May 3, 2017
Radiohead Never Released ‘Lift’ Because It Would’ve Made Them Too Mainstream
“We kind of subconsciously killed it, because if
OK Computer
had been like a
Jagged Little Pill
, like Alanis Morissette, it would have killed us.”
By
Dee Lockett
what could have been
Mar. 28, 2017
Alec Baldwin’s First Reaction to Meeting Tina Fey Was to Ask If She Was Single
“I had the same reaction that I’m sure many men and women have: I fell in love.”
By
Dee Lockett
Mar. 23, 2017
Emma Thompson Once Got Asked Out by Donald Trump
Could the Butterfly Effect of Emma Thompson going to dinner with Trump have averted the electoral crisis of 2016?
By
Jordan Crucchiola
what could have been
Mar. 22, 2017
The Reason Almost–Christian Grey Charlie Hunnam Still Hasn’t Seen
Fifty Shades
It’s too “traumatic,” he says.
By
Hunter Harris
what could have been
Mar. 7, 2017
The
Passengers
Bloopers Look Way Better Than the Actual Movie
Laurence Fishburne says “Uranus.”
By
Hunter Harris
what could have been
Dec. 22, 2016
Michael Fassbender Was Too Busy for a Part in
The Force Awakens
Good luck getting Michael Fassbender to pencil in time to fuss around with some Jedi lightsabers!
By
Hunter Harris
what could have been
Dec. 8, 2016
Prince Was in Talks With Netflix for a Paisley Park Reality Show Before He Died
But he didn’t want to be in it.
By
E. Alex Jung
what could have been
Nov. 30, 2015
Breaking Bad
Would Have Killed Off Hank in S1
There are silver linings!
By
E. Alex Jung
what could have been
Oct. 6, 2015
The CW Originally Pitched Ashley Olsen As Blair for
Gossip Girl
Oh, what could have been!
By
E. Alex Jung
what could have been
Sept. 16, 2015
NBC Originally Wanted Bill Cosby to Play Sam Malone on
Cheers
Huh.
By
E. Alex Jung
what could have been
July 8, 2015
Matt Bomer Was Supposed to Play J.J. Abrams’s Very Dreamy Superman
What could have been.
By
E. Alex Jung
what could have been
May 18, 2015
Mark Consuelos Could Have Been the One Getting Pegged on
Broad City
They were originally “Carly” and “Evelyn.”
By
Marcus Jones
what could have been
Jan. 5, 2015
What Neill Blomkamp’s
Alien
Movie Would’ve Looked Like
The director shared lost concept-art on Instagram.
By
Lindsey Weber
what could have been
June 5, 2014
McConaughey Says He Would Do More
True Detective
Too late now.
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
Feb. 26, 2014
Ghostbusters III
to Be Reworked Following Harold Ramis’s Death
Dr. Spengler will no longer cameo.
By
Halle Kiefer
what could have been
Sept. 4, 2013
My So-Called Life
Almost Cast Alicia Silverstone
Can you even imagine?
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
July 8, 2013
Watch a Clip from a Failed Apatow-Poehler Pilot
Poehler plays a particularly crazy patient trying to get the home phone number of her therapist (David Krumholtz ).
By
Jesse David Fox
what could have been
May 1, 2013
Gyllenhaal and Rudd Almost Starred in
Hangover
Thomas Haden Church as Alan?
By
Jesse David Fox
what could have been
July 16, 2012
AMC Wanted Cusack, Broderick for
Breaking Bad
Sliding doors, etc.
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
June 8, 2012
Angelina Jolie Not in Talks to Direct
50 Shades
Sad, sad, sad.
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
Mar. 15, 2012
Gillian Anderson Turned Down
Downton Abbey
She says she was offered the role of Lady Cora.
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
Sept. 27, 2011
Homer Simpson and Andy Dufresne Were Almost in
Wet Hot American Summer
And other tales from the harrowing, amazing set.
By
Margaret Lyons
what could have been
June 16, 2011
Green Lantern
Almost Featured a Barbara Walters Sex Scene
If only they’d made an earlier draft!
By
Kyle Buchanan