10-26-2014, 07:24 AM
The problem never was a disagreement between the producers and Gilliam over the choice of a particular actor. In another interview (around the 46th minute), Terry Gilliam explicits the problem : "We cast the two main characters(...) and one of the deals may be in trouble because another project that actor was going to do, that was not likely to happen has now possibly come to existence". So that was a problem of timing and schedule.
Yet I don't know if O'Connell is first or 2nd choice (AND don't forget we don't know if he's up for the 2nd lead or a smaller part)... The initial report talks about a shoot in autumn 2015 (when before it was said to happen in springtime 2015) so it could be a mistake from the journalist or it could be that filming has been postponed to accomodate O'Connell's schedule. I don't know.
Yet I don't know if O'Connell is first or 2nd choice (AND don't forget we don't know if he's up for the 2nd lead or a smaller part)... The initial report talks about a shoot in autumn 2015 (when before it was said to happen in springtime 2015) so it could be a mistake from the journalist or it could be that filming has been postponed to accomodate O'Connell's schedule. I don't know.