star Kirsten Dunst (qv) had no chemistry and decided to let him  go. Crowe then pushed his January 2004 start shoot date back to July  2004 for a summer shoot. Many young actors that included  Seann William Scott (qv), James Franco (qv), Colin Hanks (qv)  and Chris Evans (V) (qv) auditioned for the part of Drew. Scott  was seriously considered and nearly nabbed the part but Crowe pushed  to get Bloom instead. When Bloom was able to work the film into his  schedule, Crowe cast him in the part.