no crying in baseball page 21

 no crying in baseball page 21 by ric gustafson

Penny began to work on casting. To play Dottie Hinson, Penny first looked at Demi Moore. She was not chosen because she was expecting her first daughter with Bruce Willis. Penny also looked at Kyra Sedgwick, Robin Wright and Elizabeth McGovern. In March 1991, Penny chose actress Debra Winger.

Penny's first choice for Dottie's kid sister Kit was actress Moira Kelly. Then Penny found out she had broken a leg wrapping up her current movie. Other actresses Penny looked at were Sandra Bullock, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Heaton and Teri Hatcher. After six months of auditions, Lori Petty won the role.

Tom Hanks called his friend Penny. He really wanted to play the role of Jimmie Dugan. The studio was reluctant because Hanks had had five movie flops in a row. But Penny and Tom were good friends. She went to bat to get him the role.

As far as the studio was concerned, Hanks was an expensive risk. Hanks knew that this secondary character role would either greatly help get his career back on track or destroy it. Hanks had just left William Morris and signed with CAA. He was hoping this role would save his career.

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