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Rejected Roles of 1981

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1981. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1981 Trivia:

Mickey Rourke in Body Heat?
Was considered for the role of shady Florida lawyer "Ned Racine," but instead seemed better suited to the role of arsonist "Teddy Lewis."

See who turned down these 1981 films:

- All Night Long (1)
- An American Werewolf in London (1)
- Arthur (12)
- Blow Out (6)
- Body Heat (6)
- The Cannonball Run (2)
- Endless Love (2)
- Escape From New York (2)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (2)
- The Hand (1)
- Heaven's Gate (5)
- History of the World: Part I (2)
- Looker (2)
- Mommie Dearest (1)
- On Golden Pond (2)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (7)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (2)
- Quartet (1)
- Ragtime (4)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (13)
- Reds (2)
- Shock Treatment (1)
- Time Bandits (1)
- Wolfen (1)

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