Though a movie based on Roald Dahl's novel The BFG is being released this summer with Mark Rylance starring as the Big Friendly Giant, Robin Williams was originally considered for the role when plans for an adaptation began in the early '90s.
According to Entertainment Weekly, producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall wanted Williams for the part, but due to technological limitations at the time, they couldn't find a way to make the interactivity between his character and a little orphan girl work. "Robin spent a lot of time with us actually doing cast readings and he was hilarious," Kennedy told the outlet. "He would have been a great BFG."
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According to Entertainment Weekly, producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall wanted Williams for the part, but due to technological limitations at the time, they couldn't find a way to make the interactivity between his character and a little orphan girl work. "Robin spent a lot of time with us actually doing cast readings and he was hilarious," Kennedy told the outlet. "He would have been a great BFG."
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