Deliverance to play Lewis Medlock. Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Ed, while both Donald Sutherland and Charlton Heston turned down the role of Lewis. Other actors who were attached to the project included Robert Redford, Henry Fonda, George C. Scott and Warren Beatty. The film is infamous for cutting costs by not insuring the production and having the actors perform their own stunts (most notably, Jon Voight climbed the cliff himself). In one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it looked
Ned Beatty "Last Train Home" (1990). He got the fourth major award nomination for a Golden Globe Award in category Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for "Hear My Song" (1990), portraying the Irish tenor Josef Locke and his fifth nomination for a MTV Movie Award in Best Villain category in the voice of antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in "Toy Story 3" (2010). He won a Drama Desk Award for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004) in Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play category, along with Brendan Fraser and Frances O'Connor. Ned Beatty Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is a