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Who originally was cast to play Steven in SJ?


Does anyone know who was originally cast to play Steven? I guess that whoever it was had too many (personal?) problems at the time, so two weeks into shooting he had to be replaced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas took over the role of Steven, after Balthazar Getty was fired from the movie.

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Balthazar was probably fired because of his addictions at that time.
It was a known fact that he was a "drunk" at 15 and was a full blown
heroin addict from the ages 17 - 23. He has definitely been through
HELL and back. I think if he wasn't an addict in his younger years, his
career would have been a little different. He probably lost a lot of
roles because of drugs back then.

, ChocolateKiss

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Wow, had no idea Balthazar was set for this movie originally!!



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