The Fugitive almost missed its mark.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Had The Fugitive been made with its original villain plan in place, not only would it have been a mistake for the narrative, it would have likely cost the movie its Oscar. The 1993 thriller directed by Andrew Davis starred Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble, a doctor falsely convicted of his wife's murder, and Tommy Lee Jones as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, who doggedly pursues him after he sets out to prove his innocence.
Tommy Lee Jones's Character Was Almost The Fugitive's Main Villain An early draft of The Fugitive had Tommy Lee Jones's character, Deputy Gerard, behind the murder of Kimble's wife, having hired Sykes, the One-Armed Man to carry it out, and thus have an extra motivation for wanting to catch Kimble before he connected the dots. Not only would this have been confusing, it would have forced the writers to come up with a plausible reason why a U.S.
How Tommy Lee Jones's Career Would Be Different If Gerard Was The Villain Had Gerard been made the villain, it's entirely possible that Jones wouldn't have scored the Oscar in 1994. His big win helped his career take off in the '90s with roles in biopics like Cobb, huge blockbusters like Batman Forever, Men in Black, and indie projects like Natural Born Killers. Had he been just another villain like in Under Siege, he probably wouldn't have gotten his own sequel spin-off U.S.
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