The Lost Roles of Rick Moranis
by Bradford Evans The only cast member of seminal sketch show SCTV who wasn't a performer at the Second City theater, Rick Moranis joined the show late at the start of its third season in 1980. He...
View ArticleThe Lost Roles of Seth Rogen
by Bradford Evans Lost Roles is a weekly column exploring “what might have been” in movie and TV comedy as we take a different actor, writer, or comedian each week and examine the parts they turned...
View ArticleThe Lost Projects of Michael O'Donoghue
by Bradford Evans Lost Roles is a weekly column taking a different comedian, actor, or writer each week and exploring all of their movie and TV projects that almost happened but didn't. This week, we...
View ArticleThe Lost Projects of Adam McKay
by Bradford Evans Ranking alongside Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips as one of the biggest modern comedy filmmakers, Adam McKay has built two empires with writing/producing partner Will Ferrell – Gary...
View ArticleThe Lost Roles of 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'
by Bradford Evans Steve Carell's magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone hits theaters tomorrow, and like most movies, it took a long time to come together. When the project was originally put...
View ArticleThe Lost Roles of 'Parks and Recreation'
by Bradford Evans Parks and Recreation has one of the strongest and most eclectic comedy ensembles ever assembled, but as with most shows, the network and the producers looked at a lot of different...
View Article10 Actors Who Came Close to Starring in 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
by Bradford Evans Hollywood has been trying to turn John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces into a movie for 33 years ever since it was first published in 1980....
View ArticleThe Lost Roles of Stephen Colbert
by Bradford Evans "Lost Roles" is a weekly column taking a different actor, comedian, or writer each week and examining all of the movies and TV shows they almost made but didn't, for one reason or...
View ArticleThe Lost 'SNL' Cast Members: Part 1 (1975-1995)
by Bradford Evans "Lost Roles" is a weekly column exploring "what might have been" in movie and TV comedy as we examine close casting calls, abandoned projects, and other things that never came to be....
View ArticleThe Lost 'SNL' Cast Members: Part 2 (1995-Now)
by Bradford Evans "Lost Roles" is a weekly column exploring "what might have been" in movie and TV comedy as we examine close casting calls, abandoned projects, and other things that never came to be....
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