National Lampoon's Animal House (DVD)

Just a couple of casting notes: Universal originally wanted Chevy Chase to play Otter (Tim Matheson), but director John Landis resisted. Chase went on that year to do "Foul Play," a big-hit picture and a role for which he was probably better suited. And Dan Aykroyd was supposed to play D-Day but couldn't get away. Aykroyd might have been interesting in the part and made even more of it than Bruce McGill. Who knows with these "what if" questions.



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Yeah, and Tom Hulce plays the quiet nice guy in this movie and did a complete reversal in "Amadeus".

Yet another piece of trivia is if John Belushi would have turned down the role of Bluto the studio was prepared to offer it to Meatloaf.