Judy was suggested for the part of K. C. Higgins but was replaced by Esther Williams.
Actor who got the part: Esther Williams
Writer Woody Allen asked Jerry Lewis to direct this film, but as Jerry was busy, Woody made his directorial debut.
Actor who got the part: Woody Allen
Charles Busch reported that Barbra Streisand had expressed interest in playing the title role in the film version of his Broadway comedy.
Actor who got the part: Film Not Made
Cruise was originally considered for the role of Tom Ripley.
Actor who got the part: Matt Damon
Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for the title role.
Actor who got the part: Matt Damon
Edward Norton sought out the role to fulfill a contractural obligation with the studio. Unfortunately, Matt Damon had already closed his deal.
Actor who got the part: Matt Damon
The episode in which W.C. Fields appeared in this anthology was cut before the film was released by 20th Century Fox.
Actor who got the part: Part Cut
Columbia records show that Claire was originally set to star as a second female lead in this film.
Actor who got the part: Unknown
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Will Ferrell offered Steve Carell a role, but Carell turned down due to scheduling conflicts.
Lloyd was originally cast as the title character, but dropped out after refusing to shave her head for the role.
Actor who got the part: Lori Petty
The second lead role had initially been intended for her.
Actor who got the part: Sally Blane
In a STARLOG magazine interview, Eve Brent said Barbara Eden was considered for the role.
Actor who got the part: Eve Brent
Was seriously considered for MGM's 1932 movie version that spawned a series of hugely popular films.
Actor who got the part: Johnny Weissmuller
Hollywood producers told british director Tony Richardson to cast Hepburn for the leading role, otherwise they wouldn't finance it. He chose an unknown actress anyway. Pity!.
Actor who got the part: Rita Tushingham
Bridges was considered for the role of Travis Bickle.
Actor who got the part: Robert De Niro
Producer Julia Phillips preferred Fawcett over Cybill Shepherd; she wrote in her autobiography that Shepherd's shapely bottom appealed to director Martin Scorsese.
Actor who got the part: Cybill Shepherd
Rock Hudson declined the role of presidential candidate U.S. Senator Charles Palantine.
Actor who got the part: Leonard Harris
Martin Scorsese wanted Keitel to play Travis Bickle.
Actor who got the part: Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino turned down the role of Travis Bickle.
Actor who got the part: Robert DeNiro
Angela Lansbury was cast in this film but had to withdraw when her husband became ill.
Actor who got the part: Joan Plowright
Calhern was cast as Col. Wainwright Purdy III in the film adaptation of the Broadway hit, but died while it was in production.
Actor who got the part: Paul Ford
MGM had promised him the role and cast Brando instead. This was the last straw for Kelly who left MGM soon after.
Actor who got the part: Marlon Brando
Gielgud was going to play his favorite role of Prospero in a film of Shakespeare's play directed by Orson Welles, but the funding fell through after the financial failure of their first film partnership "Chimes at Midnight."
Welles was going to direct a film of Shakespeare's play and also play the role of Caliban, but the funding fell through after the financial failure of "Chimes at Midnight."
Cecil B. de Mille wanted Audrey Hepburn for the role of Queen Nefretiri, but she lacked the figure to fill silk gowns the role strongly required.
Actor who got the part: Anne Baxter
According to the book, 'Memo from David O'Selznick...', Fonda was very keen on playing Rosemary Hoyt, in the film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name.
Actor who got the part: Jill St. John
Janet Jackson was supposed to play the lead role in film, but production was delayed and she couldn't delay work on her 20 album.
Actor who got the part: Mariah Carey
Val Kilmer was offered an unspecified part in this film but later declined.
Pat Riley (then head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers) turned down the role of Nick.
Actor who got the part: Kurt Russell
Wood turned down the opportunity to co-star opposite Laurence Olivier.
Actor who got the part: Sarah Miles
Reportedly turned down for the part of the Terminator.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Henriksen was reportedly director James Cameron's original choice for the Terminator, even including early sketches drawn by the director himself.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
According to director James Cameron, Jennifer Jason Leigh narrowly missed out on the role of Sarah Connor to Linda Hamilton.
Actor who got the part: Linda Hamilton
Edward James Olmos was considered for the role of Lieutenant Traxler.
Actor who got the part: Paul Winfield
Director James Cameron originally had Arnold in mind to play Kyle Reese, but decided he was better suited to play the Terminator after their first meeting.
Actor who got the part: Michael Biehn
Passed over for the role of the terminator because producers feared he wouldn't be taken seriously as a killer.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Biehn was reportedly considered to play the T-1000 but Cameron thought that would be too confusing for viewers to switch roles like that.
Actor who got the part: Robert Patrick
Sohphia Bush was originally cast as Kate Brewster but was replaced when James Cameron thought that she was too young.
Actor who got the part: Claire Danes
James Cameron turned down the chance to direct because he felt the story ended with the second movie.
Actor who got the part: Jonathan Mostow
Auditioned to play "Kate Brewster."
Actor who got the part: Claire Danes
The T2 actor was originally set to reprise his role as John Conner in the sequel, but producers terminated him.
Actor who got the part: Nick Stahl
Ms. Janssen was reportedly cast as the TX early on in production but she left.
Actor who got the part: Kristanna Loken
Auditioned for the role of "John Connor."
Actor who got the part: Nick Stahl
The brilliant director turned down this movie to instead work on "The Hulk."
Actor who got the part: Jonathan Mostow
Auditoned to play T-X.
Actor who got the part: Kristanna Loken
Auditioned to play "John Connor."
Actor who got the part: Nick Stahl
Auditioned to play T-X.
Actor who got the part: Kristanna Loken
Anne Bancroft was considered for the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Basinger turned down the supporting role of Debra Winger's best friend, and chose intead to do a larger role in "The Man Who Loved Women."
Actor who got the part: Lisa Hart Carroll
Louise Fletcher was considered to play the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Harrison Ford turned down the role of Garrett Breedlove.
Actor who got the part: Jack Nicholson
Jennifer Jones originally owned the book rights and had planned to play Aurora in the mid '70s.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Newman turned down the role of Garrett Breedlove.
Actor who got the part: Jack Nicholson
The character of Garrett Breedlove was created for Reynolds by writer/director James L. Brooks. Reynolds was already committed to star in "Stroker Ace."
Actor who got the part: Jack Nicholson
Spacek was considered for the role of Emma.
Actor who got the part: Debra Winger
Dolph Lundgren was considered to play Leatherface, but he turned down the role.
Actor who got the part: Andrew Bryniarski
Allyson was thought of for the leading lady role in this Bob Hope comedy.
Actor who got the part: Eva Marie Saint
Billy Baldwin was considered for the role of the sexy hitchhiker.
Actor who got the part: Brad Pitt
Cher turned down an offer to star in Thelma & Louise.
Before he was a super-star, George Clooney auditioned five times for the part of J.D.
Actor who got the part: Brad Pitt
Johhny Depp turned down the role of the hitchhiker.
Actor who got the part: Brad Pitt
Foster agreed to do the movie but preproduction took so long that she had to drop out.
Actor who got the part: Susan Sarandon
Melanie Griffith turned down an offer to play Thelma.
Actor who got the part: Geena Davis
Goldie & Meryl Streep considered doing the movie together, but decided to do "Death Becomes Her" instead.
She, along with Frances McDormand, were screenwriter Callie Khouri's choices to play Thelma and Louise.
Actor who got the part: Geena Davis
Catherine Keener had a small role as Investigator Hal Slocumb's wife which was cut from the final film.
McDormand was considered for the role of Louise.
Actor who got the part: Susan Sarandon
Pfeiffer and Jodie Foster were originally chosen for the leads, but preproduction took to long and both actresses had to drop out.
Actor who got the part: Geena Davis
Meryl & Goldie Hawn considered doing the movie together, but decided to do "Death Becomes Her" instead.
Tina Turner turned down a role in Thelma & Louise.
Weaver originally optioned the rights to this book in 1989 and wanted to star in it but the project was never made and Weaver became to old for the lead character.
Actor who got the part: Helen Hunt
In keeping with their tradition of giving New England sports figures parts in their films, the Farrelly brothers intended Drew Bledsoe to play the part that eventually went to Brett Favre. Bledsoe passed.
Actor who got the part: Brett Favre
Cuba Gooding Jr. was considered for the role of Pat Healy.
Actor who got the part: Matt Dillon
Bill was seriously considered for the role of Pat Healy, but they decided he was too old.
Actor who got the part: Matt Dillon
Vaughn was considered to for the role of Pat Healy.
Actor who got the part: Matt Dillon
Initially, the studio was reluctant to cast Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers were said to have chosen Wilson instead. The studio was even more reluctant about this choice, so they went back to Stiller.
Actor who got the part: Ben Stiller
O'Neill filmed a number of scenes as the young preacher opposite Daniel Day Lewis. Director Paul Thomas Anderson re-shot the scenes with a new actor.
Actor who got the part: Paul Dano
Joan Crawford stepped in after Lombard was killed in a plane crash. She then donated her entire salary to the American Red Cross, which had found Lombard's body.
Actor who got the part: Joan Crawford
Lombard was cast as Margaret Drew but died before filming and was replaced by Joan Crawford.
Actor who got the part: Joan Crawford
Miss Fontaine turned down the role and her sister Olivia de Havilland was able to team with Errol Flynn one last time as a result.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Turned down the role of the embittered dance marathon contestant for which Jane Fonda earned an Oscar nomination.
Actor who got the part: Jane Fonda
Barbara Parkins admitted at a conference, that she turned down the role of "Alice," eventually played by Susannah York.
Actor who got the part: Susannah York
Streisand turned down a chance to star in "They Shoot Horses Don't They."
Actor who got the part: Jane Fonda
Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Gordon Tall.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Kevin Costner was turned down for the role of Gordon Tall.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Depp was reportedly considered for a role.
Actor who got the part: James Caviezel
Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly considered for a role.
Actor who got the part: James Caviezel
Hanks reportedly declined the role because he had chosen to do Saving Private Ryan.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte
Brad Pitt was auditioned for the role of Pvt Witt.
Actor who got the part: James Caviezel
Mickey Rourke shot a segment of the film that was deleted in the final cut. He was in the credits with a special thanks. Also cut were Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman, Bill Pullman and Lukas Haas.
Lost out to Gabrielle Anwar for her part in "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead"
Coward was producer David Selznick's first choice to play the role of Harry Reed.
Actor who got the part: Orsen Wells
Grant was Director Carol Reed's first choice to play Holly Martins. After he passed, the role was rewritten as an American.
Actor who got the part: Joseph Cotten
Barbara Stanwyck turned down the lead.
Actor who got the part: Dorothy McGuire
Kim Novak declined the chance to star as the Southern charmer dominated by her mother in the film based on a Tennessee Williams play.
Actor who got the part: Natalie Wood
Johnny Carson turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Sean Connery
Offered the role of Thomas Crown but declined. Connery later regretted his decision.
Actor who got the part: Steve McQueen
Director Norman Jewison replaced his original choice, Saint, when Faye Dunaway became an overnight sensation on screen.
Actor who got the part: Faye Dunaway
Joan was originally planned to star as Pat Hollmann, the tubercular rich girl in the film directed by Frank Borzage, with a screenplay by F Scott Fitzgerald.
Actor who got the part: Margaret Sullavan
Was offered the role of Eve but her husband (Dick Powell) did not think she was right for the part.
Actor who got the part: Joanne Woodward
According to an interview with Blyth, she was considered for the lead.
Actor who got the part: Joanne Woodward
Director Nunnally Johnson wanted the great Garland for the true-life story of a woman with multiple personalities. The studio feared Garland's personal problems would impact upon her reliability.
Actor who got the part: Joanne Woodward
Turned down the true-life role of a young woman beset by multiple personality disorder.
Actor who got the part: Joanne Woodward
Child actress Hallie Kate Eisenberg wrote a script called "Three Generations," and Jamie Lee Curtis wanted a part in the movie, however the movie was never made.
Joan turned down the title role in this MGM romantic comedy.
Actor who got the part: Ann Sothern
Alfred Hitchcock wanted to re-team "Marnie" stars Sean Connery and 'Tippi' Hedren as a married couple who go on a hunt to track and trap a brilliant, seductive international kidnapper in this big spy thriller. The project never got made.
Alfred Hitchcock considered casting chic Hedren and Sean Connery in a big, globe-hopping thriller about an adventurous retired spy and his wife trapping and unmasking a dangerous international kidnapper.
Actor who got the part: Film Was Never Made
Turned down the then-bold role of the sexually forthright young hitchiker who comes between a rich British sales executive and his beautiful wife. Instead, Judy Geeson played the role wonderfully.
Actor who got the part: Judy Geeson
Director David O. Russell wanted either Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood in the part that eventually went to George Clooney.
Actor who got the part: George Clooney
Director David O. Russell wanted either Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood in the part that eventually went to George Clooney.
Actor who got the part: George Clooney
Lansbury begged MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer to let her play the Lady DeWinter part. He refused, insisting that she was better suited for the Queen Anne role--which Lansbury hated.
Actor who got the part: Lana Turner
A remake of Elinor Glyn's novel (with Clark Gable co-starring) was one of the projects MGM considered during Swanson's brief period as a contract players with the studio.
Johansson was cast as Rebecca, but left the project before filming began.
Actor who got the part: Kelli Garner
Wood was originally cast as the titular Thumbsucker, but by the time funding was found he was 21 years old, and thus too old for the part.
Actor who got the part: Lou Taylor Pucci
MGM wanted Barbara Stanwyck for the part of Susan Thorson but she was not available.
Actor who got the part: Virginia Grey
Robert Mithcum tried to talk Elvis into a part. Colonel Parker vetoed due to salary.
Turned down the role of "Dominique Derval."
Actor who got the part: Claudine Auger
Turned down the "Dominique Derval" role.
Actor who got the part: Claudine Auger
Turned down the role of "Domique Derval."
Actor who got the part: Claudine Auger
Director George Lucas chose stage actor James Wheaton over Welles for the voice of OMM.
Actor who got the part: James Wheaton
In 1928, MGM announced Garbo would play a woman who hypnotizes men in a screenplay written by Elinor Glyn, who had written it for Clara Bow. Garbo rejected it and the film was not made.
Actor who got the part: Film Not Made
The studio had wanted Sally to star in Time After Time.
Actor who got the part: Mary Steenburgen
Shelly Hack was director Nicholas Meyer's first choice. They were dating at the time. She claimed she didn't want to take the lead in a film directed by her boyfriend.
Actor who got the part: Mary Steenburgen
Originally cast as Mrs. Ogre, Gordon was injured before filming began.
Actor who got the part: Katherine Helmond
Seriously considered for the lead role of Jake Brigance (Matt McConaughey).
Actor who got the part: Matt McConaughey
Seriously considered for the lead role of Jake Brigance (Matt McConaughey).
Seriously considered for the lead role of Jake Brigance (Matt McConaughey).
Paul Newman was offered the role of Lucien Wilbanks.
Actor who got the part: Donald Sutherland
Seriously considered for the lead role of Jake Brigance (Matt McConaughey).
Seriously considered for the lead role of Jake Brigance (Matt McConaughey).
Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Jack, but James Cameron didn't want two British actors playing the lead roles of two Americans.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Cal
Actor who got the part: Billy Zane
Marguerite Chapman was asked to audition for the part of Rose, but was too ill to work.
Actor who got the part: Gloria Stuart
Supposedly turned down an audition because he didn't want to accept the super-stardom that would come with such a high profile project.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Macaulay Culkin was apparently one of many actors considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Claire Danes auditioned for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet
Was considered for the role of Jack.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo Dicaprio
In a phone interview on the Howard Stern show, Johnny Depp would not say which films he has turned down, but Howard Stern reportedly got him to admit that he "labored" through the Titanic script.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Dorff was considered for the role of Jack.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Linda Hamilton was rumoured to play the part of Molly Brown, as James Cameron was dating her at the time.
Actor who got the part: Kathy Bates
Lowe lost out to Billy Zane for the role in Titanic.
Actor who got the part: Billy Zane
The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey for the role of Jack, but director James Cameron insisted on having Leonardo DiCaprio.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo Dicaprio
Reba McEntire actually accepted but then backed out of the role of the unsinkable Molly Brown due to schedule conflicts.
Considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
The part of Rose was originally offered to Gwyneth Paltrow.
Cameron admitted in an interview in 1998 that he 'always admired Phoenix' and would have condsiered him for the role.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Supposedly considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Kristen Scott Thomas was scheduled to play the Queen in "Titus," but pulled out. The role was eventually offered to Jessica Lange.
Actor who got the part: Jessica Lange
John Woo was said to be attatched to direct an all CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film at one point.
Actor who got the part: Kevin Munroe
Streisand as Lee Krasner to Robert De Niro's Jackson Pollock. the film was proposed before Ed Harris' Pollock biopic, but never got off the ground, though De Niro and Streisand did later co-star in Meet the Fockers.
Actor who got the part: Film Never Made
Auditioned for the key role of " Jimmy Emmett" in director Gus Van Sant's dark comedy.
Actor who got the part: Joaquin Phoenix
Jodie Foster was reportedly considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Nicole Kidman
Ryan was attatched to star, but dropped out.
Actor who got the part: Nicole Kidman
Rogers was offered the role of Josephine Norris.
Actor who got the part: Olivia De Havilland
Was set for the lead role opposite Bogart but her part was shrunk to nothing, the better to build up a new young beauty's career. Moran's career stalled.
Actor who got the part: Lauren Bacall
The popular, earthy, and gifted star publicized as "the Oomph Girl" was director Howard Hawks' first choice to star opposite Bogart, but she declined the role.
Actor who got the part: Lauren Bacall
Hudson was Universal's first choice to play the politically progressive Southern lawyer, widower and father "Atticus Finch."
Actor who got the part: Gregory Peck
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Dafoe screen tested for the part of Vida Boheme.
Actor who got the part: Patrick Swayze
Dorff screentested in drag.
Actor who got the part: John Leguizamo
Once auditioned for the role of Noxeema Jackson.
Actor who got the part: Wesley Snipes
In a 2006 True West magazine interview, Kurt Russell said Willem Dafoe was considered to play Doc Holiday.
Actor who got the part: Val Kilmer
In a documentary on the special edition DVD of Tombstone, Michael Biehn (who played Johnny Ringo) mentions that the role of Ringo was first offered to Rourke.
Actor who got the part: Michael Biehn
David Bowie was a candidate for the role of the "Acid Queen" in the Who's Rock Opera "Tommy".
Actor who got the part: Tina Turner
Monica Bellucci screen tested for the role of Paris Carver but did not receive the role.
Actor who got the part: Teri Hatcher
Rikki Lee Travolta was the first celebrity guest star (as Tony) in the stage version of Tony n' Tina's Wedding and was considered to star in the film, but the role went to former New Kids on the Block singer Joey (Joesph) McIntyre.
Actor who got the part: Joesph McIntyre
After developing the film for years with Dustin Hoffman, he ended up not directing.
Actor who got the part: Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack wanted Dabney Coleman to play the agent, but Dustin Hoffman insisted that Pollack play the role himself; Coleman was cast as the chauvanistic soap opera director Ron instead.
Actor who got the part: Sydney Pollack
Buddy Hackett wanted to play the role of the agent and it was he who brought the screenplay (an early version of it) to the attention of executive producer Charles Evans.
Actor who got the part: Sydney Pollack
George Hamilton was to play the lead in an early version of the screenplay when producer Bob Kaufman was attached.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman
Polly Holliday was Dustin Hoffman's choice for Rita, the seasoned soap opera producer; Sydney Pollack prevailed in casting Doris Belack.
Actor who got the part: Doris Belack
Scott Baio confirmed on E! that he actually turned down the part of Maverick.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise
Linda told Charlie Rose that she turned down the role because it glorified war.
Actor who got the part: Kelly McGillis
Modine was considered for the role of Maverick.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise
Mickey Rourke was offered a role, but turned it down.
Ally Sheedy turned down the role of Charlie Blackwood because she didn't think that anyone would want to see a movie about fighter pilots.
Actor who got the part: Kelly McGillis
Sheen was considered for the role of Maverick but was determined to be too young.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise
John Travolta was considered for the lead role, but producers were reportedly worried that he would not draw a big box office at that time.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise
Alfred Hitchcock offered the role of spy and family man "Andre Devereaux" to his "Marnie" star.
Actor who got the part: Frederick Stafford
Considered for Hitchcock's movie based on the Leon Uris non-fiction bestseller. He would have played "Andre Devereaux," the father and unfaithful husband who is actually a high-ranking spy.
Actor who got the part: Frederick Stafford
Fields was not available when producer Hal Roach had him in mind to play the wealthy, carefree madcap who becomes a ghost.
Actor who got the part: Cary Grant
Producer Hal Roach wanted Harlow to play "Marion Kirby," the sophisticated, sexy socialite who becomes a ghost. Harlow was unavailable at the time of production.
Actor who got the part: Constance Bennett
Betty Hutton walked out on her Paramount contract in 1952 after they refused to allow her husband choreographer Charles O'Curran to direct this film, which was never made.
Actor who got the part: Film Not Made
American studio bosses lured the Japanese master director to the epic about Pearl Harbor by telling him that British master director David Lean would direct the American section of the film. Kurosawa, learning this was a lie, did all he could to get himself fired. And succeeded.
Actor who got the part: Richard Fleischer
Ann Sheridan was reported to replace Lana Turner as temperamental Broadway star Jenny Stewart.
Actor who got the part: Joan Crawford
Lana Turner was originally cast in the film as temperamental Broadway star Jenny Stewart.
Actor who got the part: Joan Crawford
Cary Grant was committed to doing another movie and was intent on retiring from films (again) when director Alfred Hitchcock offered him the chance to play an American scientist who appears to be defecting to the Soviets.
Actor who got the part: Paul Newman
Alfred Hitchcock wanted to cast his "North by Northwest" star as the female lead of his 50th film.
Actor who got the part: Julie Andrews
Norma Shearer was involved with the director Monta Bell, and according to the Garbo biography by Barry Paris, had turned down the part of Leonora that became Garbo's American film debut.
Actor who got the part: Greta Garbo
John Malkovich was reportedly attached at one time to play Verlaine.
Actor who got the part: David Thewlis
Phoenix was set to star before his death.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeff Bridges was considered for the role of Quaid.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Broderick was considered for the part of Quaid.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dreyfuss was considered for the role of Quaid.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Christopher Reeve was considered to play Quaid.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Swayze was considered for the role of Quaid.
Actor who got the part: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Diana Ross and Gene Hackman were to have starred in TOUGH CUSTOMERS in the '70's but the project never got off the ground. Ross went on to make THE WIZ.
Actor who got the part: Project Never Got Made
Diana Ross and Gene Hackman were to have starred in TOUGH CUSTOMERS in the '70's but the project never got off the ground. Ross went on to make THE WIZ.
Actor who got the part: Project Never Got Made
The Grand Duchess Tatiana in Jacques Deval's play was another role that Francis lost because of her decline at the box office.
Actor who got the part: Claudette Colbert
Eager to give light comedy a try, Garbo supposedly asked MGM's top brass to purchase the rights to this Broadway hit. Warner Brothers snapped up the property before MGM got their hands on it.
Actor who got the part: Claudette Colbert
Olivia de Havilland turned down the role of Lisollette Mueller.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Jones
Turned down a big role in the box-office bonanza disaster movie.
Actor who got the part: Jennifer Jones
Not only did Natalie Wood turn down the lead role as Paul Newman's girlfriend because she was pregnant with her second child, she also found the script "mediocre."
Actor who got the part: Faye Dunaway
The great French actor was cast but replaced because of an auto accident.
Actor who got the part: Garry Shandling
Torgl turned down the chance to return as Melvin.
Pixar originally wanted Jim Carrey to play Buzz Lightyear but couldn't due to their low budget.
Actor who got the part: Tim Allen
Billy Crystal was offered the part but refused. Later admitted he kicked himself for refusing it.
Actor who got the part: Tim Allen
Bill Murray was reportedly considered for the role of Buzz Lightyear.
Actor who got the part: Tim Allen
Pizar originally wanted Paul Newman to voice Woody but couldn't due to their low budget.
Actor who got the part: Tom Hanks
Considered for the role of Carrie Berniers.
Actor who got the part: Geraldine Page
Considered for the part of Carrie Berniers.
Actor who got the part: Geraldine Page
Kevin Costner was reportedly offered the role of Judge Wakefield.
Actor who got the part: MIchael Douglas
Douglas originally declined the role of Judge Wakefield but came back later to accept.
Actor who got the part: MIchael Douglas
Ford accepted but then dropped out of the role of Judge Wakefield.
One of many actors to turn down the role of Judge Wakefield.
Actor who got the part: Michael Douglas
Pacino turned down the role of Judge Wakefield.
Actor who got the part: Michael Douglas
Matt Damon was attached to the project at one time as rookie Jake Hoyt.
Actor who got the part: Ethan Hawke
Samuel Jackson was attached to the project at one time as the star Alonzo Harris.
Actor who got the part: Denzel Washington
Maguire was set to play rookie Jake Hoyt but was replaced by Ethan Hawke - who was apparently the director's first choice.
Actor who got the part: Ethan Hawke
Gary Sinise was Consiodered for the role of Alonzo Harris.
Actor who got the part: Denzel Washington
Sizemore was considered to play Alonzo Harris.
Actor who got the part: Denzel Washington
Bruce Willis turned down the lead role of Alonzo Harris.
Actor who got the part: Denzel Washington
Christopher Eccleston was reportedly considered for key role in the British classic.
Actor who got the part: Robert Carlyle
Was to star for her longtime director collaborator George Cukor as the elderly eccentric world traveler. She walked off the project when Cukor refused to cast actress Joy Bang as the hippie "Tooley."
Actor who got the part: Maggie Smith
Kerr was thought of for the role of Augusta Bertram but was not cast.
Actor who got the part: Maggie Smith
According to her autobiography, Shepherd did so poorly in a reading with George Cukor that Cukor advised her, "You can't play comedy; don't try it again."
Actor who got the part: Cindy Williams
Ronald Reagan was offered the part of Curtin by director John Huston, but Warner Brothers refused to let the actor get out of The Voice of the Turtle, which was scheduled to be made at the same time.
Actor who got the part: Tim Holt
Faye was considered for the part of Katie Nolan in this film.
Actor who got the part: Dorothy McGuire
Glamorous Tierney was somehow cast as careworn mother Katie Nolan in this film of Betty Smith's novel. But she was replaced when she became pregnant.
Actor who got the part: Dorothy McGuire
Set in New York in 1911, this period disaster movie was proposed to co-star Streisand with Jane Fonda. A Made for TV movie was made instead on the subject.
Actor who got the part: Tovah Feldshuh
Grant was considered for the role of Gaston Monescu aka 'La Valle' but was thought of as too young for the role.
Actor who got the part: Herbert Marshall
The producer offered Greta Garbo $1 million to play the Mother Superior.
Actor who got the part: Rosalind Russell
Director Alfred Hitchcock considered the young French actress Auber, who appeared in his "To Catch a Thief", as a possibility to play the offbeat young mother and ex-wife of "Harry."
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Alfred Hitchcock wanted Holden to star as painter "Sam Marlowe" in his comedy thriller set in rural Vermont.
Actor who got the part: John Forsythe
Director Alfred Hitchcock wanted to pair his new favorite leading lady with William Holden in the dark comedy about a corpse that won't stay buried.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Alfred Hitchcock considered the beautiful, sultry Novak as a co-star for William Holden in his dark comedy set in small town New Hampshire.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Keira Knightley got so far as to film screentests with Brad Pitt, but ultimately lost out to Rose Byrne.
Actor who got the part: Rose Byrne
Aishwarya Rai turned down the role of Helen in the film Troy.
John Wayne met the singer and championed her for the role of gutsy "Mattie Ross."
Actor who got the part: Kim Darby
Turned down the gutsy role of "Mattie Ross."
Actor who got the part: Kim Darby
According to an interview with Hussey, she turned down the opportunity to star as Mattie Ross, informing the producer Hal Wallis that she didn't think much of John Wayne's acting.
Actor who got the part: Kim Darby
Turned down the role of gutsy "Mattie Ross."
Actor who got the part: Kim Darby
Forster was writer Quentin Tarantino's choice for Concotti.
Actor who got the part: Christopher Walken
Terry Gilliam was given the script by Tarantino. Gilliam found it to be a great script, but it was too much for his taste, and politely declined.
Actor who got the part: Tony Scott
Val Kilmer wanted to play Clarence, according to director Tony Scott.
Actor who got the part: Christian Slater
Brad Pitt states in the DVD commentary that he was originally offered a "much bigger part" (presumably Clarence) but decided to take the role of the stoner Floyd instead.
Actor who got the part: Christian Slater
Dennis Hopper was originally cast as Christof.
Actor who got the part: Ed Harris
Screenwriter Andrew Niccol was originally set to direct the film, but backed out when Peter Weir became available.
Actor who got the part: Peter Weir
Smith was considered to play Joshua Peters but turned it down beca | 
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