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1	Barbara Cook in The Music Man? Cook was considered to repeat her Tony winning role of Marion the Librarian, but Jones was considered a movie star and Cook had not made any movies. Cook was hurt by this for many years.
2	Ruth Warwick in Carrie (1952)? Warwick was originally cast in this film.
3	Carrie Fisher in Superman? Fresh off of Star Wars, Carrie Fisher was said to be considered to play Lois Lane.
4	Irene Dunne in Valiant Is The Word for Carrie? Dunne turned down the title role.
5	Michael Keaton in Leap of Faith? Steve Martin took over the lead role after Michael Keaton quit.
6	Ann Miller in Singin' in The Rain? In 1950, Miller was announced for the role of Kathy, but it was eventually played by Debbie Reynolds.
7	Sigourney Weaver in Then She Found Me? 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.
8	Johnny Depp in State of Play? Was among the actors considered when Brad Pitt dropped out.
9	Tom Hanks in State of Play? One of the stars considered after Brad Pitt dropped out of the film.
10	Elliott Gould in Deconstructing Harry? Gould was being strongly considered by Woody Allen for the title role. He turned it down due to a scheduling conflict.
11	Elliott Gould in Portnoy's Complaint? Gould turned down the starring role.
12	Elliott Gould in Straw Dogs? Gould turned down the opportunity to play David Sumner.
13	Ginger Rogers in Carrie (1952)? Rogers was the first choice to play this role in the early 1940's, but when it was made in the early 1950's she was no longer age appropriate.
14	Irene Dunne in Carrie (1952)? Dunne was considered for this role when it was to be made by RKO in the early 1940's, but she did not see how it could be made well without censoring the story and so declined it. As it was, it was not made for another 10 years.
15	Katharine Hepburn in Bloomer Girl? This movie was supposed to be made in the 1960's with Shirley MacLaine as Evalina and Hepburn as her Aunt Dolly Bloomer, who designed the famous Bloomer pants. The movie of the Broadway musical was not made.
16	Myrna Loy in Blithe Spirit? Loy was offered the part of Elvira, a part she felt she was "born to play," but MGM would not loan her out.
17	Kathryn Grayson in Because You're Mine? Grayson refused to work with Mario Lanza due to his rude behavior on her two films with him, so MGM brought in Broadway ingenue Doretta Morrow and he was horrible to her too. She refused to make another film after that and never did.
18	Shirley Temple in Barnacle Bill? Temple was thought of for this movie, but her mother thought Wallace Beery was too much of a scene stealer and so Shirley did not make this movie.
19	Janet Gaynor in Banjo on My Knee? This movie was originally intended for Gaynor, but starred the more box office friendly Stanwyck.
20	Gloria Grahame in Bad Men of Tombstone? Gloria Grahame rejected the role of Julie in this B movie.
21	Virginia McKenna in North By Northwest? According to Lewis Gilbert at a National Theatre Interview, Virginia McKenna was asked to play Eve in North By Northwest.
22	Rod Taylor in The French Connection? Eddie Egan, the real-life "Popeye Doyle," wanted Taylor for the role, but director William Friedkin eventually went with Gene Hackman.
23	Alicia Silverstone in The Opposite of Sex? Alicia Silverstone was originally set to play the lead but dropped out to do another film.
24	Chloe Sevigny in Mona Lisa Smile? Chloe Sevigny auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Giselle Levy.
25	Claire Danes in Dazed and Confused? Danes auditioned for the role of Sabrina Davis but was considered "too classy" by the director.

26	Jean Arthur in Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris? Arthur wanted to make this movie in 1962, in the title role as a British charwoman. It was to be directed by George Stevens and Arthur bought the screenrights, but then sold them and the movie was not made at the time. It was made 30 years later as a tv movie.
27	Jean Arthur in Act One? Arthur was offered a part in this movie version of playwright Moss Hart's autobiography. But she declined it.
28	Jean Arthur in Golden Boy? Arthur wanted the role of Lorna Moone and was supposed to play it, but the director wanted another actress in the part.
29	Diana Lynn in Play It as It Lays? Lynn was supposed to make a film comeback in the role of Helene, but tragically died of a stroke at age 45 before the film was made.
30	Jill Haworth in Lolita? Otto Preminger would not release her from her contract to make this film.
31	Leslie Nielsen in The Catered Affair? Nielsen was originally announced for the role of 'Ralph Halloran'.
32	Anna Faris in Brokeback Mountain? She auditioned for the role of "Lureen" but was instead cast in another, smaller role.
33	Jude Law in Brideshead Revisited? Jude Law had been rumored to star as "Sebastian" with Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connolly in a film version of Evelyn Waugh's novel, to have been directed by David Yates.
34	Jennifer Connolly in Brideshead Revisited? Jennifer Connolly was rumored as co-star with Paul Bettany and Jude Law in a big screen version of the masterpiece novel by Evelyn Waugh.
35	Paul Bettany in Brideshead Revisited? Paul Bettany had been rumored to star with wife Jennifer Connolly and Jude Law in a David Yates-directed adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh classic novel.
36	Linda Fiorentino in Top Gun? Linda told Charlie Rose that she turned down the role because it glorified war.
37	Nicol Williamson in The Singing Detective? According to the DVD, Williamson was considered for the role of Phillip E. Marlowe.
38	Bill Murray in Legal Eagles? Originally the character played by Debra Winger was a man and he was to be played by Murray. Before filming he dropped out.
39	Dustin Hoffman in Legal Eagles? Dustin Hoffman was originally intended for the lead but was unavailable.
40	Madonna in Brazil? Madonna was considered for the role of Jill Layton.
41	Rae Dawn Chong in Brazil? Chong was tested for the role of Jill Layton.
42	Rosanna Arquette in Brazil? Arquette tested for the role of Jill Layton.
43	Bruce Willis in Desperately Seeking Susan? Bruce Willis auditioned for the film Desperately Seeking Susan.
44	Brad Pitt in Rock Star? Brad Pitt was originally considered for the part of Chris "Izzy" Cole.
45	Gloria Grahame in Another Part of The Forest? Gloria Grahame was offered and declined the role of Laurette Sincee in this prequel to The Little Foxes.
46	Dorothy McGuire in Anna and the King of Siam? McGuire was very strongly considered for this role, along with many other actreses, but did not win the part of Mrs. Anna.
47	Olivia De Havilland in Anna and the King of Siam? De Havilland wanted to play this role very much, along with many other actresses.
48	Jean Arthur in Anna and the King of Siam? Many fine actresses wanted this role, but only a few were offered it. One was Jean Arthur and she declined it so she could be in the play Born Yesterday.
49	Greer Garson in American Cavalcade? Garson was to be cast in this color film written by Carl Sandburg. It was to be a historical film from Plymouth Rock to WW II, with Garson playing many women. But it was not made. Producers at the time thought it would be her best role.
50	Jane Wyman in Along The Great Divide? Jane Wyman went on suspension rather than play the leading lady in this Kirk Douglas western.