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Roles turned down by Clint Eastwood:
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
Did you know that Clint Eastwood was not the only choice for these movies? (click to learn more)
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