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12. Looking for an Actor Psychotic Enough for the Role

Jack Nicholson wasn’t the first actor considered for the role of madman Jack Torrance. Kubrick first considered Robert De Niro for the role, but ruled him out after watching Taxi Driver. Kubrick didn’t think De Niro was psychotic enough. Robin Williams was also dismissed after Kubrick deemed him too psychotic for the role.

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