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Roles turned down by Dustin Hoffman:
Dustin Hoffman was reportedly interested in playing Valentin.
Actor who got the part: Jeremy Irons
Dustin Hoffman was considered to play the Penguin in Batman Returns.
Actor who got the part: Danny DeVito
Hoffman was considered to play Rick Deckard.
Actor who got the part: Harrison Ford
Hoffman was once considered for one of the lead roles.
Dustin Hoffman was approached by Spielberg to play the role of Roy Neary.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Dustin Hoffman turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Richard Gere
Dustin Hoffman was considered for the role of John Keating.
Actor who got the part: Robin Williams
Producers were set to offer Hoffman the lead role after Al Pacino had initially passed. Things were eventually smoothed out with Pacino and he went on to star.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Dustin Hoffman was considered for the role of Charles Morse.
Actor who got the part: Anthony Hopkins
Dustin Hoffman was considered to play Rambo.
Dustin Hoffman was considered for the part of Billy Rose opposite Streisand.
Actor who got the part: James Caan
Hoffman expressed interest in the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Ben Kingsley
Hoffman was considered to play Chili Palmer.
Actor who got the part: John Travolta
Offered the part of Michael Corleone.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
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
Dustin Hoffman was attached to the film at one time.
Actor who got the part: Clint Eastwood
Hoffman stated in an interview that Spielberg offered him a part in the film, presumably the Dreyfuss role.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Dustin Hoffman was originally intended for the lead but was unavailable.
Actor who got the part: Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman was originally cast to play Satan.
Actor who got the part: Harvey Keitel
Hoffman was originally cast as Humbert Humbert.
Actor who got the part: Jeremy Irons
Showed interest in the role of Shylock.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Dustin Hoffman turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: James Caan
Writer director Paul Mazursky first approached Hoffman to play a Russian circus musician who defects to the U.S.
Actor who got the part: Robin Williams
Streisand had wanted Dustin Hoffman to play opposite her, as the public defender Aaron Levinsky, but Hoffman left the project.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Dustin Hoffman was considered to play Popeye alongside Lily Tomlin as Olive Oyl.
Actor who got the part: Robin Williams
Had been set to play "Franz Liebkind" but was offered the lead in "The Graduate" instead.
Actor who got the part: Kenneth Mars
Hoffman was originally going to play Charlie (Tom Cruise) but then decided to play Raymond instead.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise
Dustin Hoffman was cast as Herman J. Mankiewicz, but eventually dropped out.
Actor who got the part: John Malkovich
Considered for Kevin Costner role.
Actor who got the part: Kevin Costner
The screenplay was originally written for Dustin Hoffman.
Actor who got the part: Al Pacino
Turned down the role of Lex Luthor.
Actor who got the part: Gene Hackman
Was considered for a part in the movie.
Dustin Hoffman was first choice to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Gene Hackman
Turned down the part of Eddie Valiant.
Actor who got the part: Bob Hoskins
Did you know that Dustin Hoffman was not the only choice for these movies? (click to learn more)
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