Why are people assuming Raul passed on the show? Why are you assuming we're assuming? =P
I know someone who has a friend invovled with the show (I know, I know, grapevine talks) and I heard Raúl turned it down; other people have been saying the same thing, so it's not really an assumption. No, the article doesn't say he turned it down, so you can call anything that's not in the article an assumption if you'd like, but for someone so hell-bent on his own inside sources, that seems a bit hypocritical.

Because the article says he
did audition, I read it that he was offered the part after an audition and then turned it down due to scheduling. I dunno the details, but the way I heard it, he turned it down. You could read it either way, I guess. It's totally possible that Stroman wanted him and Brooks wanted a bigger star.
I'm just busting your chops, but people
do know things that are unpublished, y'know.
I really need to see the movie, but I think Jan Maxwell is divine and could do absolutely anything. Not only could she do anything, but she could make anything fantastic.
A work of art is an invitation to love.