Jon Hamm says he almost starred in Ben Affleck’s Gone Girl

Jon Hamm and Ben Affleck shared the screen in Citybut according to Hamm, he was the first choice to play Affleck in it The girl is gone. In an interview on Watch what’s happening liveHamm said Affleck was not happy wearing a St. Louis Cardinals cap The girl is gone (Affleck is famously a huge Boston Red Sox fan), and that the Oscar winner might have escaped such indignity were it not for Hamm. mad men The filming schedule, which left him no room to accept The girl is gone role and forced director David Fincher to look elsewhere.

Hamm is from St. Louis, and in the clip he seemed very tickled by the entire Cardinals/Red Sox side of the story. Of course, Hamm himself had to go “out of town” for a cap last year Admit it, Fletchin which he donned his Los Angeles Lakers cap in a nod to the 1985 Chevy Chase character.

“I was stuck until the end [Gone Girl]. It was supposed to be me, but we had to portray the continuing adventures of Mr. Draper.”

You can watch the full clip in context below.

For a schedule – mad men It ran from 2007 until 2015, during which time Hamm managed to squeeze in a few more movie offers, including 2010’s Citydirected by Affleck. The girl is gone It was released in 2014.

Miramax still has a sequel to Admit it, Fletch In early development, with writer/director Greg Mottola currently working on a script for Fletch’s fortune, a book focusing on a murder that occurred at a press conference. while Admit it, Fletch It got rave reviews, and the box office was less receptive, so it’s hard to tell if a sequel will actually be made… but it’s a good sign that it’s still in the works at least.

last year, in addition to Fletchan important appearance in Top Gun: Maverick. He was also cast in the upcoming fifth season of Fargowith whom he is reunited corps Producer Noah Hawley.

in The girl is gone, former New York writer Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his glamorous wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) present the audience with a picture of a happy marriage. However, when Amy disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. Police pressure and the resulting media frenzy causes Denise’s image of a happy union to crumble, leading to puzzling questions about who Nick and Amy really are.

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