Needed a... Leading Man i.e. Real Actor
...in the lead. Loved RP aas the nose-cutting thug in his own Chinatown but as the film's lead he was over his head and just wasn't interesting. So many actors would have died to work for him. Anyhow... Just an opinion. Don't be mad, or mean, back to me.
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