Steve Martin was considered to play Willy Wonka.
John Travolta's virtual replacement for a cancelled movie by Roman Polanski in 1996. When Travolta left the set, Polanski was ready to shoot the movie with Steve Martin instead. However, co-star Isabelle Adjani stated she was only prepared to work with Travolta and left the movie too, bringing it to cancellation.
Kubrick considered Steve Martin to play Bill Harford.
Had been set to play the seductive Wolf who helps Red Riding Hood grow up in a movie version of the Stephen Sondheim musical, which was to have been directed by Rob Reiner.
Some sources say that Steve Martin was intended for the role of Del Griffiths (John Candy) but that he lobbied for the role of Neil Page.
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