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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Austin O'Brien (born May 11, 1981) is an American actor from Eugene, Oregon. He may be best known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-movie Last Action Hero, followed by his turn into romance as Nick Zsigmond in My Girl 2, and a part in both The Lawnmower Man and its sequel. O'Brien is the son of Valerian O'Brien and the older brother of actor Trever O'Brien. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin O'Brien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
For those who don't know, Alex Proyas, the director of The Crow (1994) was approached to direct the 1990s live action Casper movie. And described it as being more darker, less comedic and more deconstructism than the final product. He described his version to be inspired by his childhood favorite, The Wizard of Oz (1939) as a timeless, fantasy story that's also compelling and emotional for kids. But with a darker tone? So basically Return to Oz? Awesome!!!!! However he left as the last minute due to creative differences. But the new director had stated he already had concept art and models sent to him for the movie so it's possible Whipstaff and the ghosts were already based on Alex Proyas's vision. The house's strange design looks seamlessly if it was in The Crow. Although he didn't direct the movie, he claimed he saw the final product but felt the emotions came off forced and was a wasted opportunity for the studio to tell a more subtle and mature story like his movies are. And he went on to make Dark City instead. Shame. :( Side note: Casper was never intended to turn into a human at the end until the last minute by the new director on set. So this means there's no human Casper nor a red angel since that was also his idea.
