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In 2008, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe auditioned for the role of Aaron Ginsberg. However, the filming was delayed, so he had to leave to shoot the last two films in the Harry Potter series.
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After Daniel Jacob Radcliffe left, Chris Evans, Jesse Eisenberg, and Ben Weishaw were all considered for the role of Ginsburg. However, when filming started in 2012, Radcliffe still got the role.
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Dane DeHaan said that when filming the scene of suicide in the film, he was "really real" and almost strangled himself to death .
Kill Your Darlings behind the scenes gags
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Allen Ginsberg: [reading his poem] Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strange madness long growing in your soul, in your isolation but you fortunate in your ignorance. You who have suffered find where love hides, give, share, lose, lest we die unbloomed.
Jack Kerouac: Allen, that was beautiful, kid.
Lucien Carr: You wrote that?
Allen Ginsberg: You asked me to.
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Lucien Carr: I was a kid, and you dragged me into your perverted mess.
David Kammerer: How can you say that? You know that's not true. I will never give up on us.
Lucien Carr: You're pathetic.