Editing Eyes Wide Shut (section)

===Casting===
When Warner Bros. president [[Terry Semel]] approved production in 1995, he asked Kubrick to cast a movie star as "you haven't done that since [[Jack Nicholson]] [in ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'']".<ref name="time" /> Kubrick considered casting [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Kim Basinger]] as Bill and Alice Harford.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=%22EYES+WIDE+SHUT%22+and+%22alec+baldwin%22&pg=PA82|title = Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|isbn = 9781476609768|last1 = Mell|first1 = Eila|date = 24 January 2015| publisher=McFarland |access-date = June 25, 2021|archive-date = June 25, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210625045908/https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=%22EYES+WIDE+SHUT%22+and+%22alec+baldwin%22&pg=PA82|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60365/20-eye-opening-facts-about-eyes-wide-shut|title = 20 Eye-Opening Facts About Eyes Wide Shut|date = 16 July 2019|website=Mental Floss|access-date = June 23, 2021|archive-date = June 24, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210903/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60365/20-eye-opening-facts-about-eyes-wide-shut|url-status = live}}</ref> Cruise was in England because his wife [[Nicole Kidman]] was there filming ''[[The Portrait of a Lady (film)|The Portrait of a Lady]]'' (1996), and the pair eventually decided to visit Kubrick's estate.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=September 3, 2019|title=Eyes Wide Shut: 20 years on, Stanley Kubrick's most notorious film is still shrouded in mystery|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/eyes-wide-shut-stanley-kubrick-tom-cruise-nicole-kidman-marriage-film-plot-a9083926.html|date=September 1, 2019|work=The Independent|archive-date=March 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304035044/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/eyes-wide-shut-stanley-kubrick-tom-cruise-nicole-kidman-marriage-film-plot-a9083926.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After that meeting, the director awarded them the roles.<ref>{{cite video|title=Interview: Tom Cruise on Stanley Kubrick|work=Eyes Wide Shut Blu-Ray (2007)|date=1999|publisher=Warner Bros Home Entertainment}}</ref> Kubrick also managed to make both not commit to other projects until ''Eyes Wide Shut'' was completed.<ref name=closing/> Kubrick offered [[Eva Herzigová]] a role in the film, but she declined.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1999-03-14 |title=Can a Star of Walk Be a Star Who Talks? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/14/style/can-a-star-of-walk-be-a-star-who-talks.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] and [[Harvey Keitel]] each were cast in supporting roles and filmed by Kubrick. Reportedly due to scheduling conflicts, both had to drop out.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1999/07/23/behind-scenes-eyes-wide-shut|title=Behind the scenes of ''Eyes Wide Shut''|last=Svetkey|first=Benjamin|date=July 23, 1999|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=October 24, 2012|archive-date=June 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606171235/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20471622_272431,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Keitel was first with ''[[Finding Graceland]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-gCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11|title=Keitel's Heartbreak Hotel|date=April 21, 1997|access-date=August 22, 2014|magazine=New York Magazine|last1=Landman Keil|first1=Beth|last2=Mitchell|first2=Deborah|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627194243/http://books.google.com/books?id=M-gCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11|url-status=live}}</ref> then Leigh with ''[[eXistenZ]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/04/27/hyper-existenz/|title=Hyper 'Existenz'|date=April 27, 1999|first=Gary|last=Dretzka|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 25, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602084308/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-04-27/features/9904270063_1_existenz-allegra-geller-virtual-reality|url-status=live}}</ref> They were replaced by Sydney Pollack and Marie Richardson, respectively, in the final cut.<ref name="time" /> Decades later, Keitel said that he had quit after feeling like Kubrick had "disrespected" him; [[Gary Oldman]] added that the breaking point was after Kubrick asked Keitel to do dozens of takes for a scene of his character walking through the door.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Alexander |first=Katherine Jane |date=2019-07-30 |title=Debunking the Myths Around Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick's Final Film |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/11844/debunking-the-myths-of-eyes-wide-shut-stanley-kubricks-final-film |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=AnOther Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Swapnil Dhruv |last=Bose | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/gary-oldman-stanley-kubrick-difficult-director-harvey-keitel/ | title=Gary Oldman explaining why Stanley Kubrick was a difficult director to work for |magazine=Far Out Magazine | date=June 2021}}</ref> Among the other supporting cast, [[Alan Cumming]] later said that he auditioned six times for his small role in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdVy-nF6cs|title=Alan Cumming on "Standing Up" to Stanley Kubrick|date=April 16, 2009|website=Hudson Union Society |via=YouTube|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817055702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdVy-nF6cs|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, it was revealed that [[Cate Blanchett]] had provided the voice of the mysterious masked woman at the orgy party. Actress [[Abigail Good]] could not do a convincing American accent, and Cruise and Kidman ended up suggesting Blanchett for the [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]], which occurred after Kubrick's death.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cate Blanchett Lent Her 'Warm and Sensual Voice' to Eyes Wide Shut |date=27 June 2019 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/cate-blanchett-eyes-wide-shut-cameo.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627171343/https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/cate-blanchett-eyes-wide-shut-cameo.html |url-status=live}}</ref>