Kindergarten cop cast full#

Elijah Wood unsuccessfully auditioned for a role. ĭirector Ivan Reitman and casting director Michael Chinich auditioned more than 2,000 children for the roles of the students. Danny DeVito was also considered for the role, but Ivan Reitman nixed the idea due to the actor's height.

Christian and Joseph Cousins as Dominic Palmieri / Cullen Crisp, Jr.īill Murray and Patrick Swayze were approached to play the role of Kimble.

Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Palmieri / Rachel Myatt Crisp.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble.

Joyce joins him and the two share a kiss while everyone cheers. O'Hara returns to the police force in Los Angeles while Kimble decides to resign, staying in Astoria to become a kindergarten teacher at the school full-time.

Kindergarten cop cast full#

Eleanor is then arrested and the unconscious Kimble is hospitalized with O'Hara, with both of them making a full recovery. She shoots Kimble in the shoulder and demands he tell her where Dominic is, but O'Hara appears and knocks Eleanor unconscious with a baseball bat. Outside, Eleanor injures O'Hara with her car before going inside and discovering Crisp dead. In pain, Crisp wildly shoots at Kimble, hitting him in the leg Kimble then fatally shoots Crisp. Just as Crisp declares his intention to take his son away and prepares to shoot Kimble, Kimble's ferret, which was hiding in Dominic's sweater, bites Crisp in the neck, allowing Dominic to escape. Crisp's real reason for searching for her was to find his son, as he was irritated that Rachel disappeared with him.Ĭrisp starts a fire in the library as a distraction to kidnap his son, then uses the boy as a hostage when Kimble arrives. She is outraged that he misled her, but she tells him that Crisp lied about her stealing money from him, to convince drug dealers to help him find her. When Kimble learns Crisp has been released, he confronts Rachel about her identity, saying he can protect her if she cooperates. Crisp is subsequently released from prison, and quickly travels to Astoria with Eleanor to search for Dominic. Back in California, the case holding Crisp in jail is closed after the witness dies from using tainted cocaine provided by Crisp's mother, Eleanor. Conversing with the gradually more trusting Joyce, Kimble deduces that she is Rachel and that Dominic is Cullen, Jr. She is estranged from her husband and will not speak of him, telling Dominic that he lives in France. Kimble also becomes fond of Joyce, a fellow teacher whose son Dominic is one of his students. She assures him that even though she does not agree with his methods, she can see that he is a good teacher. At one point, he deals with a case of child abuse by assaulting and threatening the father of the abused child, winning Miss Schlowski's favor. Kimble begins to enjoy his undercover role. With the use of his pet ferret as a class mascot, positive reinforcement, his police training as a model for structure in class, and his experience as a father, he becomes a much admired and cherished figure to the students. Though initially overwhelmed, he adapts to his new status quickly, despite not having any formal teaching experience. The suspicious school principal, Miss Schlowski, is convinced Kimble will not last long before quitting. However, she is incapacitated by a severe stomach flu, so Kimble takes her place. O'Hara is tasked with finding Rachel through her son by acting as a substitute teacher in a kindergarten class at Astoria Elementary School. Partnered with former teacher-turned-detective Phoebe O'Hara, Kimble goes undercover in Astoria, Oregon to find Rachel and offer her immunity in exchange for testifying against Crisp in court. After years of pursuing Cullen Crisp, an infamous drug dealer, LAPD detective John Kimble arrests him for murder a witness saw Crisp murder an informant after getting information regarding the whereabouts of his former wife, Rachel, who he claims stole millions of dollars from him before fleeing with his son, Cullen, Jr.