Tony nominee Toni Collette and Josh Charles have joined the cast of Prime Video's timely 10-part global thriller The Power, based on the international bestselling novel of the same name. The pair will replace Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins in the new series, which has been severly impacted by productions delays due to the pandemic.
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Kate Winslet was another name thrown in the ring, but producers reportedly thought she was too young to play the lead.
2. Hugh Grant only came on board when Richard Curtis signed up as the writer.
Speaking about casting, Hugh Grant didn t sign up for the film until writer Richard Curtis was called in to work on the script. The only reason [I was a hard sell] was because I didn t feel they had the script quite right for a long time. And I kept saying, it s not working. Just get Richard Curtis to come in and help rewrite it, he told