Originally written as a star vehicle for Jodie Foster, THE GAME changed direction and the female lead became male. Sean Penn was cast instead.
Actor who got the part: Sean Penn
The part of Lisa Schlinder was written for Marlene, but by 1967 she was not thought to be good box office.
Actor who got the part: Simone Signoret
Director Richard Attenborough approached the actor about playing the title role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Originally considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Hoffman expressed interest in the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Originally considered to play the title role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Richard Attenborough approached him about playing the title role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Linda was cast as Vivian Potter in this Busby Berkeley Twentieth Century-Fox musical, but sprained her ankle in dance rehearsals, then was fired after she recovered then eloped with Peverell Marley.
Actor who got the part: Sheila Ryan
Willem Dafoe was considered for the role of Bill Cutting.
Actor who got the part: Daniel Day-Lewis
De Niro was considered for the role of Bill Cutting.
Actor who got the part: Daniel Day-Lewis
Graham was considered for the role of Jenny Everdeane.
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Lynskey was considered for the role of Jenny Everdeane.
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Maguire was considered for a role in the film.
Had the role of Jenny but lost it to Cameron Diaz when Scorsese was forced to go with a more bankable star.
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Potter was considered for the role of Jenny Everdeane.
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Christina Ricci auditioned for the role of "Jenny."
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Vinessa Shaw was considered to play the part of Jenny Everdeane.
Mena Suvari auditioned for the role of Jenny Everdeane.
Actor who got the part: Cameron Diaz
Considered for the romantic leading role of the renegade monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Considered and screentested by producer David O. Selznick to play the role of the errant monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Crawford was in line to star in the film when it was to be directed by George Cukor. Neither made the film.
Actor who got the part: Marlene Dietrich
Considered and screentested for the role of the monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Screentested for the role of the errant monk in this lavish romantic epic.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
The great French film star was considered for the role of the renegade monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Considered to play the monk who falls in love with the sheltered heiress.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
The handsome British heartthrob of stage, film and theater was considered and tested for the role of the monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
The exotic star was originally in line to play the sheltered heiress who falls in love with a monk who is hiding his past. Producer David O. Selznick paid off Oberon.
Actor who got the part: Marlene Dietrich
Producer David O. Selznick considered him for the role of the renegade monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Screentested and considered by mighty producer David O. Selznick for the role of the handsome monk.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Rathbone screentested for the role of the renegade monk in producer David O. Selznick's romantic desert epic.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Originally cast as the renegade monk who falls in love with a cloistered heiress.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Considered for the role of the monk in this lush romantic epic.
Actor who got the part: Charles Boyer
Bette Davis refused to play secretary Toni Blake in this Busby Berkeley musical.
Actor who got the part: Margaret Lindsay
Jim Carrey turned down the role of Jon.
Actor who got the part: Breckin Meyer
The brilliant, versatile Dunne turned down the role of "Paula."
Actor who got the part: Ingrid Bergman
Turned down the role of "Paula."
Actor who got the part: Ingrid Bergman
Mary Astor was proposed to play Bette Davis' younger sister Evelyn. Davis thought Astor too old, though Astor was only 2 years older in real life.
Actor who got the part: Geraldine Fitgerald
This property was originally purchased as a vehicle for Bette Davis.
Actor who got the part: Barbara Stanwyck
Cusack was considered for the lead role.
Michael Douglas turned down the lead role of Paul Brenner.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Willis was considered to play Paul Brenner.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Baxter was considered for the role of Lorelei Lee.
Actor who got the part: Marilyn Monroe
20th Century Fox bought the rights to the Broadway musical hit especially for Grable but when her movies began to lose money, the executives decided instead to replace her with the fast-rising Monroe.
Actor who got the part: Marilyn Monroe
Holliday was offered and declined the role of Lorelei Lee, as she felt original Broadway Lorelei Carol Channing should have played the role.
Actor who got the part: Marilyn Monroe
At the last minute, the great actress and beauty backed out playing a homely girl who is pursued by her father's boss.
Actor who got the part: Lynn Redgrave
In 1993 Anjelica Huston was attached to star in Jim Sheridan's "The Gerry Conlon Story."
Actor who got the part: NEVER MADE
Danny DeVito's production company, Jersey Films, wanted to star Houston in a remake of the 1974 TV movie that starred Teresa Graves as an undercover police woman.
Aaliyah was considered for the part of Maggie but it conflicted with scheduling for Romeo Must Die.
Actor who got the part: Zoe Saldana
Kim Smith auditioned for the part of Kelly Woods in Get Over It.
Actor who got the part: Kirsten Dunst
Robert De Niro was considered for the role of Chili Palmer.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
DeVito was the first choice to play Chili Palmer, but took the part of Martin instead because of scheduling problems.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Hoffman was considered to play Chili Palmer.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Keaton was Considered To Play Chili Palmer
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Al Pacino was considered to play Chili Palmer.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Stallone was reportedly considered to play Chili Palmer.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Tarantino was the studio's first choice to direct the film.
Actor who got the part: Barry Sonnenfeld
Willis was considered to play Chili Palmer (Travolta).
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
An Elle magazine story reports that the actress turned down the role of the sexy female spy in the movie version of the TV series.
Actor who got the part: Anne Hathaway
Michael Keaton turned down the lead role of Doc McCoy.
Actor who got the part: Alec Baldwin
Shepherd was to play "Carol Ainsley McCoy" when her then-boyfriend Peter Bogdanovich had been set to direct the heist thriller.
Actor who got the part: Ali MacGraw
Director Sam Peckinpah wanted the gifted Stevens to play "Carol Ainsley McÇoy," but Stevens was unavailable because she was filming "The Poseidon Adventure."
Actor who got the part: Ali MacGraw
Was Considered For The Role Of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Was Considered For The Role Of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Was Considered For The Role Of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Was considered for the role of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Was Considered For The Role Of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Paul Hogan turned down the lead role of Sam.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Kidman auditioned for the role of Molly.
Actor who got the part: Demi Moore
Patti LaBelle auditioned for the part of Oda Mae Brown but the part went to Whoopi.
Actor who got the part: Whoopi Goldberg
Olin was considered for the role of Carl Bruner but committment to his TV show "Thirty Something" prevented him from accepting the part.
Actor who got the part: Tony Goldwyn
Ringwald auditioned for, but turned down the lead role in GHOST (1990). The role went to Demi Moore.
Actor who got the part: Demi Moore
Meg Ryan was supposedly considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Demi Moore
Bruce Willis turned down the lead role of Sam Wheat.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
The role of Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) was originally written for John Belushi.
Actor who got the part: Bill Murray
Comedian Sandra Bernhard was originally offered the role of Janine, played by Annie Potts.
Actor who got the part: Annie Potts
The role of Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) was originally written for John Candy.
Actor who got the part: Rick Moranis
Anne Carlisle was offered but declined the role of Zuul.
Huey Lewis and the News turned down the chance to record a theme song for Ghostbusters.
The role of Winston Zeddemore was originally written for Eddie Murphy.
Actor who got the part: Ernie Hudson
Paul Reubens (PeeWee Herman) was going to play the part of Gozer, but then turned it down.
Actor who got the part: Slavitza Jovan
Johnny Depp was an early contender for the role of Johnny Blaze.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage
Jon Voight was attached at one time.
Christina Ricci was reportedly attached to play the lead in Ghost World, but had moved on to other projects by the time it actually filmed.
Actor who got the part: Thora Birch
Love was forced to drop out when her boyfriend's ex-wife ran over her foot with a Volvo.
Actor who got the part: Natasha Henstridge
Statham was originally hired to play James "Desolation" Williams.
Actor who got the part: Ice Cube
According to Pier Angeli: A Fragile Life, by Jane Allen, Angeli had been mentioned as a possibility for the role of Dennis Hopper's wife Juana.
Actor who got the part: Elsa Cárdenas
Director George Stevens thought of Audrey, before casting Taylor. the idea was dismissed since she was considered "too sophisticated"
Actor who got the part: Elizabeth Taylor
Before Elizabeth Taylor accepted it, the role of Leslie was offered to Grace Kelly.
Actor who got the part: Elizabeth Taylor
For George Stevens' great American epic, the director favored Alan Ladd, his star of "Shane" who was in the midst of a career decline, to play oilman Jett Rink.
Actor who got the part: James Dean
Dirk Bogarde was first choice to play Gaston in "Gigi", but couldn't get out of his British Rank Organization contract in order to go to Hollywood.
Actor who got the part: Louis Jourdan
The five-time Oscar nominee declined Vincente Minnelli's invitation to play Aunt Alicia, preferring her retirement from acting and a new career as a special U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
Actor who got the part: Isabel Jeans
She declined the movie version after exhausting from a long season acting the same piece on Broadway.
Actor who got the part: Leslie Caron
Halle Berry dropped out after originally accepting the lead role played by Jennifer Lopez.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Lopez
Bogart declined the role of Johnny Farrell in what was to become a classic film noir and huge box-office hit. He reasoned that, with gorgeous Rita Hayworth playing Gilda, audiences wouldn't look at anyone else.
Actor who got the part: Glenn Ford
According to an article in the Los Angeles Examiner in 1945, Goulding was initially attached to direct.
Actor who got the part: Charles Vidor
Claire Danes auditioned for the role of Lisa Rowe.
Actor who got the part: Angelina Jolie
Auditioned for the role of "Lisa."
Actor who got the part: Angelina Jolie
Susan Sarandon was originally cast in The Girl in The Park but dropped out.
Actor who got the part: Sigourney Weaver
Dillon was originally set to play a part in the film.
Actor who got the part: Timothy Olyphant
Jay Mohr auditioned, but didn't get the part.
Actor who got the part: Timothy Olyphant
Kate Hudson was originally cast as Griet, but pulled out during preproduction.
Actor who got the part: Scarlet Johansson
The great star was sought as one of four major attractions in Stanley Donen's MGM musical after "Singin' In the Rain."
Actor who got the part: Gower Champion
Garland was sought as one of four major stars for Stanley Donen's MGM musical that followed "Singin' In the Rain."
Actor who got the part: Marge Champion
Kelly was envisioned as one of four stars of this MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen after "Singin' In the Rain."
Actor who got the part: Bob Fosse
Ferrigno was replaced by Sven-Ole Thorsen after being the original choice for Tigris of Gaul.
Actor who got the part: Sven-Ole Thorsenoriginal
Mel Gibson was offered, but turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Russell Crowe
Thorsten Kaye auditioned for the role of Maximus.
Actor who got the part: Russell Crowe
Jennifer Lopez was turned down for the role of Lucilla.
Actor who got the part: Connie Nielson
Reed died during filming and his scenes as Proximo were completed with the use of a double and re-editing.
Actor who got the part: Oliver Reed
The director offered the part of Amanda Wingfield to Bette Davis who accepted the role. But as Miss Davis went out of her contract with Warner Bros., the head of the studio, Jack Warner, who also was the produecer of Glass Menagerie vetoed Davis.
Actor who got the part: Gertrude Lawrence
Gould's erratic on-set behavior forced Warner Brothers to cancel the project, though elements of Herman Raucher's novel were later used in "What's Up, Doc?"
Reynolds was offered the lead role in this film but declined it.
Actor who got the part: Margaret O'Brien
Affleck was orginaly set to play Coach Don Haskins but turned it down.
Actor who got the part: Josh Lucas
Christina Ricci turned down the roll of Ronna due to scheduling conflicts.
Actor who got the part: Sarah Polley
Her refusal to act in this Warner Brothers movie catapulted Bette Davis into (for its time) the most publicized legal battle between a star and a studio. Davis lost the case but wasn't required to do the movie.
Actor who got the part: Beverly Roberts
John Aprea auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone. He was later cast as Tessio in the Godfather II.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Frankie Avalon was considered to play the role of Johnny Fontane.
Actor who got the part: Al Martino
Anne Bancroft refused Francis Ford Coppola's offer to star as the Corleone family matriarch.
Actor who got the part: Morgana King
Warren Beatty was considered to play the part of Michael Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Robert Blake was reportedly turned down for a role in The Godfather.
Peter Marshall said (on Hollywood Squares) that Borgnine auditioned for the lead role of Vito Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Jill Clayburgh was the first actress to test for the role of Michael Corleone's wife. At the time she was Al Pacino's girlfriend.
Actor who got the part: Diane Keaton
DeNero read for the parts of both Sonny and Michael Corleone, but he would not be cast until Godfather II as Vito.
Actor who got the part: James Caan
Turned down a chance to write the screenplay, because he didn't want to glamorise the Mafia. Goldman did in fact love the novel.
Actor who got the part: Francis Ford Coppola And Mario Puzo
Offered the part of Michael Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Lancaster lost the role of Vito Corleone to Marlon Brando.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Director Sergio Leone was offered the chance to direct but he did not care for the story.
Director Francis Ford Coppola considered casting Ali MacGraw in the role of Kay Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Diane Keaton
Steve McQueen auditioned for the role of Tom Hagen.
Actor who got the part: Robert Duvall
Paul Newman auditioned for the role of Tom Hagen.
Actor who got the part: Robert Duvall
Offered the part of Michael Corleone but declined.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Ryan O'Neal was considered for the role of Michael Corleone.
Considered for the role of Vito Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Anthony Perkins auditioned for the roles of Tom Hagen and Sonny Corleone.
Elvis Presley was a fan of Mario Puzo's novel and wanted to play the part of Tom Hagen.
Actor who got the part: Robert Duvall
Quinn was among several actors cosidered for the role of Vito Corleone before they settled on Brando
Actor who got the part: Marlin Brando
The studio wanted Redford for the role of Michael Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Reynolds was considered to play Michael Corleone. Some people say he was actually cast but Marlon Brando wouldn't act along side him.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Sheen auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone. Sheen was in Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Sinatra lobbied hard for the role of Don Vito Corleone but Coppola & company wanted an actor with a "bigger" screen presence to fill the larger-than-life role.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Rod Steiger campaigned for the role of Michael Corleone, even though he was too old for the part.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
The studio was pressuring Coppolla to use a name actor for the role of Vito Corleone, and Danny Thomas was reportedly the first choice.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Orson Welles was considered for the role of Vito Corleone.
Francis Ford Coppola's original choice to play ganster Hyman Roth was James Cagney. He begged Cagney to take the role even visiting him at his home, but Cagney turned him down.
Actor who got the part: Lee Strasberg
Castellano wanted too much money and creative control to reprise his role. His role was rewritten as a character named Frankie Pentangeli played by Michael V. Gazzo.
Actor who got the part: Michael V. Gazzo
Some say that Elia Kazan was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice for the role of Hyman Roth. Other reports say that Paramount was considering Kazan to replace Copolla as director.
Actor who got the part: Lee Strasberg
Joe Pesci was reportedly considered for the role of Clemenza.
Actor who got the part: Bruno Kirby
Baldwin was considered for the role of Vincent.
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Vincent. (Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola)
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Niro was considered for the role of Vincent.
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Dillon was considered for the role of Vincent.
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Apparently wanted too much money to reprise his role as Tom Hagen. The role was rewritten as B.J.
Actor who got the part: George Hamilton
Madonna was considered for the role of Mary Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Sofia Coppola
Julia Roberts turned down the role of Mary Corleone due to scheduling conflicts.
Actor who got the part: Sofia Coppola
Winona had orginally been cast as Mary Corleone, Michaels' daughter, but had to drop out due to illness[nevous exhaustion].
Actor who got the part: Sofia Coppola
Rebecca Schaeffer (My Sister Sam) was scheduled to audition for the role of Mary on the day she was murdered.
Actor who got the part: Sofia Coppola
Sheen was considered for the role of Vincent.
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Frank Sinatra turned down the role of Don Altobello.
Actor who got the part: Eli Wallach
Paramount was supposedly considering Sly to direct & star in the film at one point.
Billy Zane was considered for the role of Vincent.
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia
Crowe was first choice for the role of Stonewall Jackson.
Actor who got the part: Stephen Lang
Could not reprise the role of Robert E. Lee because of his commitment to The West Wing.
Actor who got the part: Robert Duvall
Renee Zellweger turned down the role of Audrey Timmonds.
Actor who got the part: Maria Pitillo
Jessica Lange was considered for the role of Julia Tate.
Actor who got the part: Mary Steenburgen
Arthur wanted the role of Lorna Moone and was supposed to play it, but the director wanted another actress in the part.
Actor who got the part: Barbara Stanwyck
The young actor had been set to star opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the movie version of the Clifford Odets work, but was tied-up with a stageplay and could not get free. Stanwyck championed the young William Holden to replace Carlson.
Actor who got the part: William Holden
Although the play was written by his friend, Clifford Odets, expressly for him, the role was given to another member of the Group Theatre. Garfield was considered for the film, but the role went to William Holden.
Actor who got the part: William Holden
Tyrone Power was offered many roles during his career - and while he was at Fox, Darryl Zanuck turned them all down. This includes the lead in "Golden Boy" that went to William Holden.
Actor who got the part: William Holden
John Carpenter was the first choice to direct the film.
Actor who got the part: Michael Ritchie
Mel Gibson turned down the lead role of Chandler.
Actor who got the part: Eddie Murphy
Gibson was considered to become James Bond.
Liam Neeson was the first choice to become James Bond.
Actor who got the part: Pierce Brosnan
Sam Neill was reportedly considered for the role of James Bond.
Actor who got the part: Pierce Brosnan
Paulina Porizkova turned down the role of Natalya.
Actor who got the part: Izabella Scorupco
Alan Rickman turned down the role of Alec because he was tired of playing villains.
Actor who got the part: Sean Bean
Bikel screen tested for Auric Goldfinger before the producers found the villain's perfect embodiment in German actor Gert Froebe.
Actor who got the part: Gert Froebe
Affleck originally considered playing the role of Patrick Kenzie but decided to focus all of his energies on directing the film instead.
Actor who got the part: Casey Affleck
The film was reportedly intended for Rick Moranis and John Candy, but Candy died before the two could make it. Later, Moranis dropped out all together since his friend had passed away.
The brilliant star screen-tested for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
One of many actresses considered for the part of Scarlett.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Bankhead was considered to play Scarlette but the producers were reluctant to hire her.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Diana Barrymore was tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Was considered to play Dr. Meade.
Actor who got the part: Harry Davenport
Tested for the role of Mammy.
Actor who got the part: Hattie McDaniel
The popular and vivacious star screen-tested for "Scarlett."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Bryan was considered for the role of Melanie Hamilton.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Was the first choice for Aunt Pittypat Hamilton, but was considered to be too thin and would have had to be padded even in her face. Instead she played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz that year.
Actor who got the part: Laura Hope Crews
Marguerite Churchill was another actress considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Claudette Colbert was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
A favorite contender for the role of "Rhett Butler."
Actor who got the part: Clark Gable
Gary Cooper was seriously considered for the part of Rhett Butler.
Actor who got the part: Clark Gable
One of many actresses considered for the part of Scarlett.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
George Cukor left the production as director. There are numerous versions as to why, including Cukor's friction with producer David O. Selznick, and star Clark Gable.
Actor who got the part: Victor Fleming
Bette Davis was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara but Warners would not allow it.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Tested for "Scarlett."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
The star nicknamed the "The American Beauty" reportedly declined an offer to play Belle Watling.
Actor who got the part: Ona Munson
Ellen Drew was another actress considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Irene Dunne was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
The great star was a prime contender to play "Rhett Butler." Bette Davis refused to play "Scarlett" if Flynn were cast.
Actor who got the part: Clark Gable
According to her 1978 autobiography, Miss Fontaine was offered the role of Melanie but turned it down, suggesting her sister, Olivia De Havilland who played the role and was Oscar nominated for her performance.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Judy Garland was briefly considered for the role of Scarlet O'Hara's youngest sister Careen. the role would eventually be played by Garland's co-star from the Andy Hardy films, Ann Rutherford.
Actor who got the part: Ann Rutherford
Gaynor was considered for the part of Melanie Hamilton, but she would not reduce her salary requirements.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Lillian Gish was one of a few actresses considered for the role of Ellen O'Hara, Scarlet's mother.
Actor who got the part: Barabara O'Neil
The smart, sexy Goddard tested for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Jean Harlow was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Julie Haydon tested for the role of Melanie Hamilton.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
The fiery redhead tested for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Katharine Hepburn was considered to play Scarlett but producers felt that she didn't fit the role at that time.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Miriam Hopkins was an early contender to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Hunt was one of the many actresses considered for Melanie Hamilton. However, de Havilland was always the first choice.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Priscilla Lane was considered for the part of Melanie Wilkes.
Actor who got the part: Olivia de Havilland
The Oscar nominated actress tested for the role of Melanie Hamilton.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Carole Lombard was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
The beautiful and elegant Louise screen-tested to play "Scarlett O'Hara."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Boots Mallory was another actress considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Margeret Mitchell, the author of the book, felt that Groucho would be perfect as Rhett Butler. She was ignored.
Actor who got the part: Clark Gable
Victor Mature auditioned for the roles of Brent and Stuart Tarleton at a time when it appeared likely that the twins would be played by a single actor, using trick photography. Eventually this was deemed impractical and the producers sought a pair of actors who could believably play brothers.
Actor who got the part: George Reeves & Fred Crane
20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck foolishly and selfishly denied the makers of this Civil War classic epic the chance to borrow Power from Fox so that he could play Ashley Wilkes.
Actor who got the part: Leslie Howard
Margret Mitchell was quoted as saying Basil Rathbone was her ideal choice for the role of Rhett Butler.
Actor who got the part: Clark Gable
Jo Ann Sayers was another actress considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
Several fan polls chose Randolph Scott as the favorite to play Ashley Wilkes, but producer David O. Selznick was concerned that Scott had recently appeared in another Civil War film, "So Red the Rose," which had flopped.
Actor who got the part: Leslie Howard
Norma Shearer turned down the role of Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
One of the numerous actresses screen-tested for the part of Melanie.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Margaret Sullavan was considered to play Scarlett O'Hara.
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
The major MGM star screentested for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara."
Actor who got the part: Vivien Leigh
According to her daughter's biography, the one role Young most wanted and did not get was that of Melanie Hamilton.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Although Charles Bronson wanted to accept director Sergio Leone's offer of the role of The Ugly in the film with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef, Bronson had to turn it down because he had already signed to do The Dirty Dozen.
Actor who got the part: Eli Wallach
Composer David Holmes had recorded an entire score that did not get used in the film.
Unhappy about the roles she was getting at MGM, Singer Gloria De Haven refused the part of "Pat" the glamour gal of the campus.
Actor who got the part: Patricia Marshall
Arthur Freed at MGM originally considered this musical re-make as a vehicle for re-uniting Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney but, by the time it came to pre-production, they were establishing themselves in more "adult" roles and too mature to appear in a Student College setting.
Actor who got the part: June Allyson
Arthur Freed at MGM originally considered this musical re-make as a vehicle for re-uniting Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney but, by the time it came to pre-production, they were establishing themselves in more "adult" roles and too mature to appear in a Student College setting.
Actor who got the part: Peter Lawford
The star, director and co-writer of the film about crusading, truth-telling TV news legend Edward R. Murrow found that he was too busy to play the leading role and so cast instead the great David Strathairn.
Actor who got the part: David Strathairn
DiCaprio was supposed to star in the film about the privileged and idealistic young American who helped found the CIA. Robert DeNiro directed the film.
Actor who got the part: Matt Damon
John Travolta reportedly turned down the part that eventually went to Robin Williams.
Turned down the role of "Lord Darlington" opposite Scarlett Johansson to take another film role.
Actor who got the part: Stephen Campbell Moore
Lesley Ann Warren was cast as Brenda Patimkin. After Warren became pregnant Ali MacGraw replaced her. It was her breakthrough role.
Actor who got the part: Ali MacGraw
Audrey Hepburn was first announced to co-star with Richard Burton in a screen musical adaptation of the classic 1939 film.
Actor who got the part: Peter O'Toole
The beautiful Oscar-nominated redhead was considered to star in the film after the first choice, Audrey Hepburn, declined.
Actor who got the part: Petula Clark
She was initially considered for the role, particularly because of chemistry working with O'Toole (How to steal a million), and success in a musical such as My Fair Lady. Herbert Ross, director, and herself, turned the idea down.
Actor who got the part: Petula Clark
Remick was cast to star opposite Richard Burton, who was eventually replaced by Peter O'Toole. MGM, after deciding that this musical remake needed am accomplished singer, dropped Remick in favor of Petula Clark.
Actor who got the part: Petula Clark
Turned down the leading role in the Vincente Minnelli-directed comedy in which a gangster dies and gets reincarnated as a woman.
Actor who got the part: Debbie Reynolds
Fearing that her husband would be offended, Gray turned down the role of Brenda.
Actor who got the part: Ali MacGraw
The role of the egocentric, pretentious NY actor was offered to Caan, a legend for turning down big roles in hit movies.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
THE GOODBYE GIRL was originally titled BOGART SLEPT HERE. Neil Simon took the story in a more comical direction and Richard Dreyfuss eventually replaced De Niro. Burt Reynolds was also attached at one point.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Hoffman was turned down for the role of the neurotic, egocentric struggling NY actor, reportedly based by writer Neil Simon on Hoffman himself.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Was considered to play the obnoxious, self-centered New York actor.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
THE GOODBYE GIRL was originally titled BOGART SLEPT HERE. Neil Simon took the story in a more comical direction and Richard Dreyfuss eventually replaced De Niro. Burt Reynolds was also attached at one point.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
William Baldwin was Turned Down For The Role Of Henry Hill.
Actor who got the part: Ray Liotta
Garcia was Turned Down For The Role Of Henry Hill.
Actor who got the part: Ray Liotta
William Petersen was reportedly considered for the role of Henry Hill.
Actor who got the part: Ray Liotta
Was considered for the role of Henry Hill.
Actor who got the part: Ray Liotta
Frank Vincent (who played Billy Batts in the film) is said to have originally wanted the role of Paulie Cicero.
Actor who got the part: Paul Sorvino
Before MGM obtained the rights, RKO planned to make this film with Katharine Hepburn as the innkeeper's daughter Margaret O'Neal.
Actor who got the part: Joan Crawford
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Gorillas in The Mist is said to have been written with Jessica Lange in mind, but she turned down the role due to her pregnancy.
Actor who got the part: Sigourney Weaver
Beatty was a leading contender for the role of "Benjamin Braddock."
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman
Bergen auditioned for the role of Elaine in The Graduate.
Actor who got the part: Katharine Ross
Mike Nicoles offered the part of Mrs. Robinson to Doris Day. She refused due to the nude scene.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
Turned down the role of "Elaine" because she did not wish to work at the time.
Actor who got the part: Katharine Ross
Turned down for role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduate.
Actor who got the part: Katherine Ross
Was considered by Mike Nichols for the role of "Mrs. Robinson."
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
William Goldman turned down a chance to write the screenplay, because he reportedly didn't understand the book.
Actor who got the part: Calder Willingham And Buck Henry
Charles Grodin turned down the role of Benjamin Braddock because the money wasn't right.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman
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