I found this comment from someone from a few years back when searching. It was in response to an article about this very subject regarding Reese. Would need confirmation beyond just someone claiming this though but it certainly ticks a couple of boxes:
cynicat says
October 17, 2017 at 11:15 am
Rene Manzor? Was supposed to direct A Far Off Place (released in 93), but was fired by Disney after 2 weeks due to “creative differences”.
There's also something about how Honeysuckle Weeks was originally supposed to play the role that Reese ended up playing. Following her leads to an article that says the film in question was originally a Spielberg film. There's a bit of wiki on this but conveniently the link to what looks like an interview with Weeks about this...doesn't work. I'll keep looking.
"Every weekend from the age of nine she attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School and she was just 11 when Steven Spielberg cast her in an adventure film called A Far Off Place and flew her out to Hollywood.
The pair worked closely together until Spielberg dropped out of the project and the new director replaced Weeks with Reese Witherspoon."
The only thing with the Spielberg possibility is that her sister, Perdita Weeks, was in Ready Player One a couple of years ago, and I doubt she'd do that if she knew of anything to do with her sister. But then again, she may not have had anything happen to her, or may not have told her. Who knows. Just throwing this out there though
view the rest of the comments →
Yuke ago
I found this comment from someone from a few years back when searching. It was in response to an article about this very subject regarding Reese. Would need confirmation beyond just someone claiming this though but it certainly ticks a couple of boxes:
darkknight111 ago
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0544528/filmotype?ref_=m_nm_flmg
Found him.
Yuke ago
Now to find out if he did indeed initially work as director on 'A Far Off Place' and get shitcanned after two weeks.
Yuke ago
There's also something about how Honeysuckle Weeks was originally supposed to play the role that Reese ended up playing. Following her leads to an article that says the film in question was originally a Spielberg film. There's a bit of wiki on this but conveniently the link to what looks like an interview with Weeks about this...doesn't work. I'll keep looking.
Yuke ago
Found a little more on that:
http://archive.is/khdeJ
The only thing with the Spielberg possibility is that her sister, Perdita Weeks, was in Ready Player One a couple of years ago, and I doubt she'd do that if she knew of anything to do with her sister. But then again, she may not have had anything happen to her, or may not have told her. Who knows. Just throwing this out there though