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Roles turned down by Burt Lancaster:
Production on this film was held up for 3 years starting in 1961, waiting for Burt Lancaster to play the role of Michelangelo but he was not eventually cast.
Actor who got the part: Charlton Heston
Clark Gable was reportedly considered for the Travis role and Burt Lancaster for the Bowie role.
Burt Lancaster turned down the part of Judah Ben-Hur played by Charlton Heston.
Actor who got the part: Charlton Heston
Lancaster lost the role of Vito Corleone to Marlon Brando.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Turned down the leading role of Major General Charles Gordon.
Actor who got the part: Charlton Heston
Lancaster had suffered a heart attack and undergone a quadruple bypass, which forced him to withdraw from the film.
Actor who got the part: Robert Mitchum
Burt Lancaster was cast as Ambrose Bierce, but couldn't get coverage because of his medical history, so was replaced by Gregory Peck.
Actor who got the part: Gregory Peck
Turned down the leading role because of lifelong adherence to progressive politics.
Actor who got the part: George C. Scott
Burt Lancaster admitted on the "Larry King" show, that he didn't think the part of Reverend Scott was right for him, even though the film was very entertaining.
Actor who got the part: Gene Hackman
Director Elia Kazan had Lancaster in mind to play brutish Stanley Kowalski, his second choice after John Garfield.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Alfred Hitchcock wanted to pair Ingrid Bergman with Lancaster as a violent, former Irish stablehand. Lancaster proved too expensive.
Actor who got the part: Joseph Cotten
Turned down the role of "Pike Bishop."
Actor who got the part: William Holden
Did you know that Burt Lancaster was not the only choice for these movies? (click to learn more)
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