20 Things You Didn't Know About The Prestige
1. Jude Law Was In The Running To Star
While it's possible for some movies to go from script to screen within a two-year frame, The Prestige took a lot longer than that to fully come together.
During that five year period when he was writing the script, Nolan also had to think about his actors too, eventually settling on Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman to play the two leads. But those men weren't always locks for their respective roles.
As with any other movie, lots of different actors had their names linked with The Prestige, and one of the most notable of those was none other than Jude Law.
According to Variety, Law was "being whispered as a potential participant" as far back as April 2013, and while no other details were mentioned, you have to imagine that he'd have been in contention for one of the two starring roles.
It's not like he came close to signing on or anything, but it's interesting to imagine how different the finished film would've been if this alternate reality had come to pass.
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