Sheen in the jungle. The actor was far from the first choice for the role, with Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford, James Caan, Tommy Lee Jones, Keith Carradine, Nick Nolte and Clint Eastwood all considered, with many turning the part down because they didn’t want to be out of the US for 17 weeks (the original scheduled shoot time). Harvey Keitel was finally cast but Coppola was unhappy with the actor’s interpretation and replaced him with Sheen.