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‘Independence Day’ Execs Recall Fighting With 20th Century Fox To Cast Will Smith

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If 20th Century Fox had it their way, “Independence Day” could have looked a lot different. While celebrating the hit film’s 25th anniversary this year, director Roland Emmerich and producer-writer Dean Devlin joined The Hollywood Reporter for an oral history of the movie, revealing they fought hard with the studios to cast Will Smith alongside Jeff Goldblum.

But despite the constant pushback from Fox, Emmerich and Devlin ultimately got Smith in the film. RELATED: Will Smith Opening Up, Releasing Memoir ‘Will’ In November “Ethan Hawke was on our list too, but I thought at that time he was too young,” Emmerich said. “It was pretty clear it had to be Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.

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