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Zombieland Writers Share Mark Hamill, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Pesci Cameo Script Pages
The writers of Zombieland are continuing to share script pages from their original ideas for cameos in the film before Bill Murray came on board including Mark Hamill, Joe Pesci and Sylvester Stallone. As previously reported, Paul Wernick shared pages for their original planned cameo which was for Patrick Swayze. That scene never happened because Swayze was diagnosed with cancer before they could offer the role to him, so they wrote “a dozen or so” alternate celebrity cameo scenes and Murray was of course the one that was ultimately shot.
The new scenes feature shared by Wernick featured the foursome finding their way into Hamill’s home, and Tallahassee turns out to be a big Luke Skywalker fan. A zombified Hamill eventually appears after a lot of Star Wars jokes, and it leads into a light saber fight.
Wernick noted that “Bill Murray hadn’t yet been mentioned, for we would have never in our wildest imagination thought we could get him. So we used the force. And got a forceful f**k no.”
So we used the force. And got a forceful fuck no. #zombieland
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 21, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 21, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 21, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 21, 2020
— Paul Wernick (@paulwernick) March 21, 2020
In addition, Rhett Reese who co-wrote the film with Wernick shared pages from both the Stallone and Pesci scenes. Again, in both scenes (as in the Murray scene), Tallahassee is a big fan of the actors thanks to either First Blood or Goodfellas. Both scenes feature zombified versions of the stars who must then be put down amidst references to their film resumes.
Sylvester Stallone
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 20, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 20, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 20, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 20, 2020
Joe Pesci
Our search for the 'Zombieland' celebrity cameo (before Bill Murray said yes) next led us to Joe Pesci… or rather to his agent. @paulwernick and @gavinpolone told the agent to explain to Joe, 'It's a small part.' The agent said, 'There are no small parts… only small money.'
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 23, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 23, 2020
Our search for the 'Zombieland' celebrity cameo (before Bill Murray said yes) next led us to Joe Pesci… or rather to his agent. @paulwernick and @gavinpolone told the agent to explain to Joe, 'It's a small part.' The agent said, 'There are no small parts… only small money.'
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 23, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 23, 2020
— Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) March 23, 2020
