# Actors would have been good as Holden Caufield when they were younger

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**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-would-have-been-good-as-holden-caufield-when-they-were-younger/528048/41 "2010-02-12T11:45:32Z")

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I thought River Phoenix too.

But how about Christian Slater? He was pretty whiny in Robin Hood.

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