Stanley Kubrick originally wanted Woody Allen, Steve Martin or Bill Murray for the leading role in Eyes Wide Shut, a new book has revealed.
In Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker, a new biography on the late director by David Mikics, it is revealed that Cruise was not what Kubrick originally had in mind for the starring role.
“Significantly, when Kubrick finally made his version of Dream Story, he cast an actor without a comic bone in his body, the earnest, highly deliberate Tom Cruise.
Stanley Kubrick: An American Filmmaker will be released on 13 October by Yale University Press.