Alan Arkin was nearly cast as Albert Einstein, but the producers opted for Walter Matthau instead. A similar thing happened when Matthau and Arkin were cast in the Judge Kovistky role in Il falò delle vanità (1990). The studio went for Matthau at first but when his demanded salary was too high they went after Arkin - who accepted the role for a lot less payment than Matthau. In the end, when the director decided to shift the judge's ethnicity (from Jewish to an African-American) to tone down the racist portrayal of characters of the film, neither of the actors got the role. It instead went to Morgan Freeman, who ended up receiving a higher payment than Arkin was offered but lower than Matthau's salary.

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