Roles turned down by Jon Voight:
Jon Voight read for the role of Joe Gideon but Bob Fosse had already recommended Roy Scheider for the part.
Actor who got the part: Roy Scheider
Jon Voight turned down the role of Sherman McCoy.
Actor who got the part: Tom Hanks
Jon Voight was considered for the role of Father Lamont.
Actor who got the part: Richard Burton
Jon Voight was considered for the role of Sam Gerard.
Actor who got the part: Tommy Lee Jones
Jon Voight was attached at one time.
Oliver Stone originally wanted Jon Voight to play Jonathan, but he declined the role.
Actor who got the part: Michael Caine
Jon Voight originally turned down his part as Nate, but director Michael Mann talked him into taking the role.
Actor who got the part: Jon Voight
Jon Voight turned down the role of Hooper.
Actor who got the part: Richard Dreyfuss
Jon Voight turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman
Voight was the first choice for the role of Logan.
Actor who got the part: Michael York
Jon Voight turned down the role of Oliver.
Actor who got the part: Ryan O'Neil
John Cassavetes wanted Jon Voight to play the lead role. After Voight turned it down, Cassavetes decided to play the part.
Actor who got the part: John Cassavetes
The producers' favorite candidate to play Charlie Cappa, he turned down the role.
Actor who got the part: Harvey Keitel
Stephen King tried to talk director Stanley Kubrick into casting a more normal-looking actor as Jack Torrence to better dramatize a man's gradual descent into insanity.
Actor who got the part: Jack Nicholson
Jon Voight was actually cast as Superman but was let go by producers.
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