If they want to make it interesting, they should have Dr. Ken reading for the Shirley character.

Anderson Cooper must have been so confused when he woke up the next morning, checked his email and saw that he had been tweeted at a dozen times by Billy Baldwin.

Dion Bartolo is a MAJOR character in the Live By Night book - it's a great opportunity for him, it could be a breakthrough role. Depending on when they started filming, we might not see Danny for a while.

Then why on Earth would he choose to make this movie in the first place? Seems like he conflicted himself out of it, then bought it anyway. I don't think it's about him avoiding being self-referential; it's almost like he scooped this up just to prevent anyone else from remaking his old scenes.