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How David Fincher’s Zodiac Cast Was Almost Completely Different

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David Fincher’s Zodiac is one of the best thrillers of the 2000s. With amazing attention to detail, the film chronicles the madness of the Zodiac Killer of the late 1960s to early 1970s, and the lives of the people who are. became obsessed with solving the case and putting the criminal behind bars (which, of course, never happened). ).

Part of what makes the film so special is the all-star cast, full of recognizable stars giving some of the best performances of their careers. Holding the project together is the triple header of Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith, the newspaper designer who has dedicated much of his life to hunting down the killer; Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery, the San Francisco Chronicle reporter who reported on the Zodiac murders; and Mark Ruffalo as David Toschi, chief investigator of the case.

It’s almost impossible to think of anyone else in these roles, but thanks to the new book from the real Robert Graysmith (who also wrote the book the film is based on and helped Fincher with 18 months of new interviews and Zodiac Slayer investigations during pre-production), now we know how different the cast could have been.

Zodiac Robert Downey Jr. Jake Gyllenhaal
Warner Bros.

Released August 31 and titled Shooting zodiac, the new book provides detailed and fascinating accounts of the production. In terms of casting, the author details how Fincher is 100% committed to choosing Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith. Understandably, the role itself was extremely coveted and sparked the interest of many A-listers, including Christian Bale, who himself had just been cast as the new Batman for Batman Begins and was blown away by the Zodiac script.

Book’s extract;

“It’s one of the best scripts I’ve ever read.” Bale said: “As soon as I finished reading it I wrote a note on the cover.”

Bale dropped the heavy script on the table and pointed to the word he had written: “Phenomenal”

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