The Green Mile - "What Could Have Been"

Test your knowledge of The Green Mile (Movie)
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Which actor was the first choice for the role of "Warden Paul Edgecomb?"
  • Tom Hanks
  • Bruce Willis
  • Ethan Hawke
  • John Travolta
    • 2
    Which actor was first offered the supporting role of "Wild Bill Wharton?"
  • Nicholas Cage
  • Josh Brolin
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Brad Pitt
    • 3
    Bruce Willis helped Michael Clarke Duncan obtain the role of "John Coffee."
  • True
  • False
    • 4
    Why couldn't Tom Hanks play the older "Paul Edgecomb"?
  • Tom Hanks refused to play his older self.
  • The director wanted Michael Caine for the role.
  • The makeup team could not make a believable, elderly Tom Hanks.
  • The director would quit if the role went to Robert Duvall.
    • 5
    Between 15 and 30 trained mice were used as "Mr. Jingles".
  • True
  • False
    • 6
    Michael Clarke Duncan's stand-in, Rodney Barnes, got his job by sneaking onto the set in the back of a prop police car.
  • True
  • False
    • 7
    Bonnie Hunt gained 45 pounds for her role as Jan Edgecomb, Tom Hank's onscreen wife.
  • True
  • False
    • 8
    Which two chronological errors were made by film's creators when they shifted the year of the story from 1932 to 1935?
  • The guard's uniform were different and the electric chair was not in use.
  • The prop cars and fashions weren't correct for the period.
  • The electric chair wasn't in use, and the prop cars werent' old enough.
  • The guard's uniforms and fashions weren't correct for the period.
    • 9
    Which was the highest grossing Stephen King film at the time The Green Mile was released?
  • The Shining
  • The Green Mile
  • Stand By Me
  • Misery
    • 10
    Director Spike Lee was very critical of Michael Clarke Duncan's role of John Coffee, stating that the role was one of a "Magical Negro", a term for a black character that exists only to better the lives of the white people around him.
  • True
  • False
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