knew the kid who was ALMOST cast as Danny
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SealedCargo — 4 months ago(November 09, 2025 07:02 AM)
I'm thankful he wasn't, because this kid (initials LW) wouldn't have been as good… he had the same round face, but had narrower, more cunning blue eyes than Danny Lloyd… it's as if they went for the more innocent looking kid to contrast Jack's menace…
but me and a friend actually chased him around the block… we were total wimps pretending to be bullies… like stupid puppies chasing a cat only because the cat ran away…
when we caught up, hanging out on his driveway with the open garage, he and his mom told us all about "Uncle Jack" and all the time he spent auditioning… he said Jack Nicholson was the coolest guy in the world…
I wrote to the kid (now old like me) recently and he said, "It sucks because my mom remembers that experience with Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick, and I have almost no memory at all.."
Weird since I remembered more than he did, and I wasn't even there…
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Steve Lake — 4 months ago(November 09, 2025 07:20 AM)
Very cool. My Nephew finsihed runner up to the kid who won the role of the Young sheldon. Thank goodness too.
If My nephew had become a big Tv star he would have been insufferable
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