Considering Bill Murray’s Zombieland cameo is one of the century’s most memorable, it’s something of a shock to learn the actor wasn’t the writers’ first choice.
With the cameo still to be cast mere days away from filming, they looked to the film’s star Woody Harrelson for help.
We were like, ‘Yes and yes’.” Hoffman was unable to sign on at such short notice but Murray (thankfully) accepted.
Reese said: “We walked up to Woody Harrelson on set and said, ‘Woody, anyone else.