Trivia / The Presidio

• What Could Have Been:
  • The film as set to go into production in 1986 with Lee Marvin and Jeff Bridges starring, but Marvin fell ill and died the following year. Gene Hackman was approached to replace Marvin, but turned it down. When Bridges left the project, it was put on hold.
  • Marlon Brando turned down the role of Sergeant Major Ross Maclure.
  • Kevin Costner was contracted to play Ray Austin but dropped out. Don Johnson was cast, but he had to drop out due to his commitment to Miami Vice. Alec Baldwin, Michael Biehn, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Michael Keaton, Dolph Lundgren, Bill Pullman, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Patrick Swayze, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bruce Willis were also considered.
  • Tony Scott was originally set to direct before he was replaced with Peter Hyams.

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