Who did rob reiner, who was initially interested in directing the shawshank redemption originally envision playing the roles of andy and red?

Rob reiner, who at first loved the script and wanted to direct the movie himself, had some ideas about the characters and wanted some special actors to portray it, who were as below;

Explanation:

"Andy" a character inside the story who was arrested and then got jailed, on false charges of killing his wife and her lover. The character Andy was a banker and did not committed such a crime. As the film crew at first approached several actors to portray the role but in the last it was Tim Robbins who did it. But, here are some names who were considered the first to portray the character at first.

The character "Red" was an Irishman, and many of the crew members of the movie wanted it to be a White man to make it more easy to understand and play for the artist, but the producer Liz Glotzer wanted Morgan Freeman to be the only person playing it,as he was a great admirer Morgan Freeman.

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