Kevin smith could suprise you. There was an alternate ending for clerks that had
Dante Hicks shot and killed in the end by a robber.
That one thing would have changed the entire movie completely.
Every time I saw that, I kept thinking, "he wasn't even supposed to be there today."
I think Smith would do an excellent job, and is to me one of the most underutilized talents in Hollywood today. Most of his stuff he's made he's had to fight tooth and nail for the financing.