Best Movies of the 1980s

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1980s Movie Trivia: Rejected Roles

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of the 1980s. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit fun trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured Trivia:

Chuck Norris in The Karate Kid?
Chuck Norris turned down the part of John Kreese (Cobra Kai Sensei).

See who turned down these 1980s films:

1980...

- The Blue Lagoon (17)
- American Gigolo (14)
- Airplane! (8)
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1981...

- Raiders of the Lost Ark (13)
- Arthur (12)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (7)
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1982...

- Blade Runner (11)
- Frances (11)
- An Officer and a Gentleman (10)
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1983...

- Scarface (45)
- Flashdance (28)
- Risky Business (14)
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1984...

- Splash (24)
- The Terminator (16)
- Amadeus (9)
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1985...

- Prizzi's Honor (7)
- The Breakfast Club (7)
- Back to the Future (7)
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1986...

- Blue Velvet (15)
- Top Gun (10)
- Platoon (7)
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1987...

- Fatal Attraction (31)
- The Princess Bride (11)
- Broadcast News (8)
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1988...

- The Accused (22)
- Working Girl (19)
- Bull Durham (12)
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1989...

- Batman (33)
- UHF (7)
- Dead Poets Society (6)
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Popular Actors in the 1980s Click to see which films they turned down:
- Debra Winger - Tatum O'Neal - Melanie Griffith - Brooke Shields - Kim Basinger - Jennifer Jason Leigh - Jack Nicholson - Jessica Lange - Dustin Hoffman - Mickey Rourke	- Jodie Foster - John Travolta - Sigourney Weaver - Barbra Streisand - Michelle Pfeiffer - Al Pacino - Goldie Hawn - Sylvester Stallone - Kevin Costner - Jamie Lee Curtis