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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: 
** Tarantino was originally just going to write and act in the film -- the person he actually wanted to direct was Monte Hellman, who had directed some cult films way back in the '60s and '70s, but was '''way''' past the best of his career by that stage - his last film had been the abysmally poor ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightIIIBetterWatchOut'', for perspective. A Hellman-directed version of ''Reservoir Dogs'' might not have been a total disaster, but it's hard to see it being anywhere near as good as what we ended up with. Fortunately, Tarantino eventually summoned up the courage to direct the film himself.
** SamuelLJackson auditioned for the role of Mr. White -- being cast as [[PulpFiction Jules Winfield]] was a favor for not getting the part. One would expect that the naming scene would have included some objections over a black man getting the name Mr. White.
** Tarantino wanted James Woods to act in the film, but Woods' agent turned it down... without consulting Woods himself, for which he was fired. It's not clear which role Tarantino had in mind, though most fans suspect it was Mr. Orange.
** Timothy Carey was considered for the role of Joe, and evidently liked the script a great deal. Reasons vary as to why he was not cast. On one DVD extra, Tarantino (who dedicated the Dogs script to Carey, among others) claimed that he felt the famously difficult to direct Carey would have been more trouble than he was worth, before admitting that "Timothy Carey at his worst could not possibly have been more difficult than Lawrence Tierney." Another story holds that Carey auditioned, but was vetoed by Keitel, [[http://www.impossiblefunky.com/archives/issue_12/12_carey.asp?IshNum=12&Headline=Timothy%20Carey%3A%20Saint%20of%20the%20Underground acting in his capacity as producer.]] 
** [[JackieBrown Robert Forster]] auditioned for the role of Joe.

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