Yet, Costner tells EW he almost didn’t do the movie.
For a time though, it looked likeRobin Williamsmight play the role.
“And when I finally asked Phil, I said, ‘Well, why did you wait for me?
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Because I think Robin’s really great.’
And he was like, ‘I do too.
And I thought that was a really insightful thing.
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I get a lot of credit forField of Dreamsand all the credit goes to Phil.
I just played it.”
“It is a personal favorite,” admits Costner.
“I think of it as our generation’sIt’s a Wonderful Life.
Our big action moment is, ‘Do you want to play catch?’
It wasn’t a fist fight; [it] wasn’t a crash.
It was, ‘Do you want to play catch?’
And people’s hearts broke into a thousand pieces.”
