Had the role of the married man suffering a middle-aged crisis and falling for a beautiful young woman, then the director decided on another actor.
Actor who got the part: Dudley Moore
Turned down the leading role again and again, then filmed a cameo that was eventually cut from the film as released.
Actor who got the part: Dudley Moore
Val Kilmer was reportedly offered a leading role in the film, but had previous contractual obligations. Kilmer did fly in to Pittsburgh for a single day to film a cameo instead.
Was considered for the role which eventually went to Jennifer Garner.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Garner
Was considered for the role which eventually went to Jennifer Garner.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Garner
Zelleweger was considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Garner
Walsh was actually cast in the film, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
Actor who got the part: Mary McCormack
Anjelica Huston was breifly considered for the role of Queen Isabella because Weaver had Alien3 scheduling conflicts.
Actor who got the part: Sigourney Weaver
According to IMDB, Bruce Willis originally wanted Ludacris to play the role of Eddie.
Actor who got the part: Mos Def
Dern was offered but turned down the role of Attila.
Actor who got the part: Donald Sutherland
Steven Spielberg says he had Wayne read the script in hopes he would play Gen. Stilwell. Wayne turned down the part saying it was in bad taste to make fun of WWII.
Actor who got the part: Robert Stack
Scofield lost the O'Brien role because of his injury on the set of "the Shooting Party."
Actor who got the part: Richard Burton
Turned down the lead role to this sequel, because he didn't feel like it was a "franchise" film.
Actor who got the part: Tyrese
Recorded the lines of dialogue spoken by HAL, but director Stanley Kubrick replaced them with another recorded track.
Actor who got the part: Douglas Rain
Alicia Keys was considered for the role of Naturelle.
Actor who got the part: Rosario Dawson
Tobey Maguire originally bought the rights to the novel so he could star but he decided to play Spider-Man instead and the PROMOTION of Spider-Man interfered with the filming of 25th Hour.
Actor who got the part: Edward Norton
Brittany Murphy backed out of the role of Mary D'Annunzio.
Actor who got the part: Anna Paquin
Robert Carlyle was offered the role of Major Henry West.
Actor who got the part: Christopher Eccleston
Gosling was reportedly requested for the role of Jim but could not commit to the part.
Actor who got the part: Cillian Murphy
Ewan McGregor was reportedly the original choice to play Jim.
Actor who got the part: Cillian Murphy
Vanessa Middleton wrote the part of Joy with Houston in mind, and for a while, Houston's company, BrownHouse Productions, intended to film the script.
Actor who got the part: Erika Alexander
According to imdb, Sienna Miller and Silvia Colloca were both considered to play Queen Gorgo in 300.
Actor who got the part: Lena Headey
According to imdb, Sienna Miller and Silvia Colloca were both considered to play Queen Gorgo in 300.
Actor who got the part: Lena Headey
Bette had to bow out of a cameo role in the film as she had accepted a starring role in "Dead Ringer" and conflicting dates made it impossible for her to appear in both films.
Actor who got the part: Marjorie Bennett
Scala tried out for the part of Maxine.
Actor who got the part: Ursula Andress
After Robin and Marian she was offered the leading role in this project. She declined it saying she was too old for it.
Actor who got the part: Liv Ulmann
Her name was attached to this project until William Wyler bowed out as director and Milton Katselas took over.
Actor who got the part: Liv Ullmann
Katie Holmes turned down the role of Erica over scheduling conflicts.
Actor who got the part: Shannyn Sossamon
Ashton Kutcher was originally supposed to play Eric in 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Actor who got the part: Josh Hartnett
Eddie Murphy's part was origanlly to be played by Gregory Hines but Hines dropped out to do 'The Cotton Club'.
Actor who got the part: Eddie Murphy
Pryor was the first choice to play Reggie Hammond.
Actor who got the part: Eddie Murphy
Quaid was Turned Down For The Role Of Jack Cates.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
According to The Rough Guide To Cult Movies, Reynolds was considered for the role of Jack Cates.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Mickey Rourke turned down the part of Jack Cates played by Nick Nolte. .
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Stallone was considered for the role of Jack Cates.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Washington was supposedly considered to play Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy).
Actor who got the part: Eddie Murphy
Turned down the role of the Empress because she felt she had played enough similar roles early in her career.
Actor who got the part: Flora Robson
Charlton Heston wanted Mercouri cast as the Baroness in place of Ava Gardner. He believed Gardner to be unconvincing as a Russian.
Actor who got the part: Ava Gardner
John Ford initially offered the role of Dr. Cartwright to Hepburn, but she was unavailable.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
After Hepburn, Jennifer Jones was considered for the role of Dr. Cartwright.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
7 Women was several days into production when Neal suffered three near-fatal strokes.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
For one of his greatest masterworks, maestro Federico Fellinni seriously considered Olivier for the role of the film director suffering a creative crisis.
Actor who got the part: Marcello Mastroianni
The little known at the time Kathy Bates was passed over to repeat her Broadway role as Jessie Cates.
Actor who got the part: Sissy Spacek
Bacon was originally considered for a part in this movie.
Broderick was considered for a part.
Cusack was considered for a part according to VH1's "Behind the Movie" documentary.
Was considered for the part of Lana.
According to a VH1 "Behind the Movie" documentary, Penn was one of the actors who were considered for a role in this movie.
Was considered for the part of Lana.
Davis was to be cast in this movie, but it was felt to be too close a plot (dying young heiress) to her recent movie Dark Victory.
Actor who got the part: Merle Oberon
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