Billy: The Early Years Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Casting=== Screenwriter-producer William Paul McKay and producer Lawrence Mortorff originally wanted [[John Hagee]] to portray [[Mordecai Ham]] but director [[Robby Benson]], concerned that Hagee's controversial public persona would cause a distraction, cast Cliff Bemis instead.<ref name="LATimes"/> To find the lead actor, producers held talent searches in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.<ref name="tn.gov">{{cite news |url=http://news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/371 |title='''Billy: The Early Years''' Opens Nationwide Today |date=October 13, 2008 |publisher=tn.gov |access-date=2009-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820045740/http://news.tennesseeanytime.org/node/371 |archive-date=August 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page