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Paul Wernick Releases Patrick Swayze Cameo Pages From Original Zombieland Script
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Zombieland was originally intended to feature a Patrick Swayze cameo, and co-writer Paul Wernick has released the pages of that scene online. Wernick, who co-wrote the film with Rhett Reese, posted the pages to Twitter as you can see below.
Swayze was the first choice for the team’s celebrity cameo, but Wernick noted on Twitter that before they were able to offer it to him, Swayze was diagnosed with cancer. He added that they wrote “a dozen or so” alternate celebrity cameo scenes including The Rock, Kevin Bacon, Mark Hamill, Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Pesci, and Matthew McConaughey. Murray eventually became the cameo in question.
Wernick and Reese will be releasing the cameo scenes over the next several days; you can see the Swayze pages below. As Wernick notes, the main characters’ names were changed, so keep that in mind.
Since we’re all currently living in #zombieland, @rhettreese & I thought it’d be fun to take you behind the curtain, back to the early days. The role Bill Murray played started in the original draft as Patrick Swayze. Patrick tragically got sick and we never had the opp (1)
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
to offer him the part. But we did WRITE IT. Along with a dozen or so, including for @therock @kevinbacon @HamillHimself @theslystallone, JCVD, Pesci, McConaughey among others. @rhettreese and I are going to post a new scene every day, as written, just, well, just because… (2)
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
A few things to note. Tallahassee was originally named Albuquerque. Columbus, Flagstaff. And Little Rock was Stillwater. Hope you guys enjoy: (3)
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 19, 2020
