 The original Thelma and Louise were to be played by  Michelle Pfeiffer (qv) and Jodie Foster (qv),  Ridley Scott (qv) was going to produce, and Callie Khouri (qv)  (the screenwriter) would be directing. In the end, the pitching took  so long that Pfeiffer and Foster were no longer available, and Scott  had been persuaded to direct it himself.