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BEST STUNT-CASTING DEBACLE: Jeremy Piven
The idea of having Jeremy Piven in Speed-the-Plow on Broadway could have worked, but the actor ate way too much sushi and nearly OD’d on mercury. After the news hit, peeved playwright David Mamet told Variety: “My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”