According to Variety, Clint Eastwood was at one time interested in this project.
Clint Eastwood was reportedly considered for the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face.
Actor who got the part: Tommy Lee Jones
Eastwood was offered the role of the obnoxious multi-millionaire who faces a terminal illness but is determined to check out in style.
Actor who got the part: Jack Nicholson
Eastwood was considered to play Rambo.
Writer-director Paul Haggis said he had written the role of the retired career Army officer for Eastwood.
Actor who got the part: Tommy Lee Jones
Clint Eastwood turned down the role of K.
Actor who got the part: Tommy Lee Jones
Leone wanted Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef to play the three killers at the beginning of the movie, but Eastwood turned down the role.
Actor who got the part: Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Al Muloch (in No Particular Order)
Clint Eastwood was considered for the role of Graham Hess.
Actor who got the part: Mel Gibson
Clint Eastwood turned down the part of Superman.
Actor who got the part: Christopher Reeve
Director David O. Russell wanted either Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood in the part that eventually went to George Clooney.
Actor who got the part: George Clooney
Late in his career, director Alfred Hitchcock flirted with the idea of casting Eastwood as a flawed hero up to his neck in criminals and trying to help a sad blonde in distress in a movie version of Elmore Leonard's great novel.
Actor who got the part: Film Was Never Made
Reportedly auditioned for the lead role of Daniel. (yes, he's Clint's son)
Actor who got the part: Ralph Macchio
The British starlet was deemed too old for the role of a female vampire.
Actor who got the part: Ingrid Pitt
Ebsen was signed on to play the Tin Man but was replaced because he was allergic to the makeup.
Actor who got the part: Jack Haley
Eccleston was reportedly close to signing on as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow.
Actor who got the part: Cillian Murphy
Considered for the role of Silas.
Actor who got the part: Paul Bettany
Christopher Eccleston was reportedly considered for key role in the British classic.
Actor who got the part: Robert Carlyle
Passed on doing the movie.
Actor who got the part: David Morrisey
Was the first choice of director Darren Aronofky to play James Gordon in the doomed project. (film was never made)
Actor who got the part: Project Never Made
He was originally announced to play Everett.
Actor who got the part: Dermot Mulroney
Considered for the role of Wolverine.
The plan was to cast Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy as the lovers. However, production was postponed and the roles were reassigned to Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel.
Actor who got the part: Howard Keel
Screentested for the juicy role of "Selena Cross."
Actor who got the part: Hope Lange
In a STARLOG magazine interview, Eve Brent said Barbara Eden was considered for the role.
Actor who got the part: Eve Brent
The director had been set to helm a film version of the Broadway musical, with Julie Andrews and Daniel Massey as co-stars.
Actor who got the part: Film Was Never Made
The filmmakers didn't believe he could connect with the romantic lead or play a hero archetype.
Actor who got the part: Emile Hirsch
The beautiful Oscar-nominated redhead was considered to star in the film after the first choice, Audrey Hepburn, declined.
Actor who got the part: Petula Clark
Lisa Eichhorn was "unceremoniously dropped from the film". The role of Cheryl Gibbons went to Barbra Streisand.
Actor who got the part: Barbra Streisand
Ron Eldard was cast as the sniper who terrorizes Colin Farrell. After completion of filming, the studio recast and reshot his role with Kiefer Sutherland.
Actor who got the part: Kiefer Sutherland
Famed composer Danny Elfman did not return to provide the musical score for Spider-Man 3, reportedly due to creative differences with director Sam Raimi.
Actor who got the part: Christopher Young
Elfman turned down the role of Agatha.
Actor who got the part: Samantha Morton
Chris Elliott (Get a Life, Something About Mary) was signed, sealed and delivered for the Jeff Daniels role, but he had to bow out due to contractural commitments to Frito Lay (which required him to film a series of commercials at the same time Dumb and Dumber was shooting).
Elliott was offered the role of John Ryder.
Actor who got the part: Rutger Hauer
Ethan Embry lost out on the role of Nightcrawler.
Actor who got the part: Alan Cumming
The rapper reportedly turned down an $8 million offer to star for director Doug Liman in the science fiction movie, Jumper, in which he and Samuel L. Jackson would have co-starred.
Actor who got the part: Hayden Christensen
The rapper turned down the villainous role in the movie version of Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter's thriller novel, "Point of Impact."
Actor who got the part: Michael Pena
Robert Englund was considered for the role of the scarecrow.
According to imdb.com, Robert Englund auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker. He didn't get the role, but he talked Mark Hamill into auditioning.
Actor who got the part: Mark Hamill
The singer actor was considered by the producers to play Fletcher Christian.
Actor who got the part: Mel Gibson
Before going to Madonna, Gloria Estefan was invited to play the role but did not accept because of political connotations the character might have.
Actor who got the part: Madonna
Before taking the role of Andrew Clark, Emilio Estevez was going to play John Bender.
Actor who got the part: Judd Nelson
On the DVD commentary, director Joe Dante said that Estevez was up against Zach Galligan for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Zach Galligan
Estevez was considered for the role of Chris.
Actor who got the part: Charlie Sheen
Entertainment Weekly reported that a disappointing screentest lost the singer the chance to play rock legend Janis Joplin on screen.
Evans auditioned for the lead role of Drew.
Actor who got the part: Orlando Bloom
Screentested for the role of the errant monk in this lavish romantic epic.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
In the early 80's, screenwriter Robert Towne was supposed to direct his sequel to Chinatown as a middle part of a trilogy. Producer Robert Evans planned to also act and got the second Jake part. Due to conflicts between the two Roberts, the shooting was cancelled.
Actor who got the part: Harvey Keitel
The producers were not convinced that Everett would be convincing opposite Sharon Stone.
Actor who got the part: David Morrisey
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