That's always been my theory as well.
However, I've always believed that any Alan recast (after Christopher Bernau) needed to be British and/or classically trained. Someone like Jeremy Brett, for example, or Edward Woodward (even though Woodward would've been too old and Brett passed away in '95). He didn't have to have dark features, but he needed an ability to project a quieter sort of menace than Raines was CLEARLY incapable of.
And even if GL had to go the musical theatre actor route, for whatever reason, they still could've done a lot better than Raines, lol
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Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or: The Square
Toronto Film Festival - People's Choice Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gotham Independent Film Awards - Best Picture: Call Me By Your Name
National Board of Review - Best Film: The Post
NYFCC - Best Picture: Lady Bird
National Society of Film Critics Winners - Best Film: Lady Bird
Golden Globes - Best Picture Drama: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Golden Globes - Best Picture Musical or Comedy: Ladybird
Critics Choice Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture: The Shape of Water
Directors Guild Award - Feature Film: The Shape of Water
Writers Guild Award - Best Original Screenplay: Get Out
Writers Guild Award - Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Satellite Awards - Best Film: God's Own Country / Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BAFTA - Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture: Get Out
Academy Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
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Cannes: Full List of Winners:
Palme d'Or: The Square (Ruben Östlund)
Grand Prix: 120 Beats per Minute (Robin Campillo)
Best Director: Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled)
Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos / Efthymis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) & Lynne Ramsay ( You Were Never Really Here) (tie)
Best Actress: Diane Kruger ( In the Fade)
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Jury Prize: Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
70th Anniversary Prize: Nicole Kidman
Honorary Palme d'Or: Jeffrey Katzenberg
TIFF - A full list of winners can be found here
Edited by Bright Eyes