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Rejected Roles of 1940

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1940. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1940 Trivia:

Anna May Wong in The Letter?
Originally considered for the role of the Asian blackmailer, the consideration was vetoed by William Wyler who cast Gale Sondergaard in the role instead.

See who turned down these 1940 films:

- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (3)
- All This, and Heaven Too (1)
- All This and Heaven Too (1)
- Chad Hanna (1)
- Down Argentine Way (3)
- Foreign Correspondent (2)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1)
- His Girl Friday (5)
- I Take This Woman (1)
- Johnny Apollo (1)
- The Letter (2)
- The Mark of Zorro (2)
- New Moon (1)
- The Philadelphia Story (2)
- Pride and Prejudice (1940) (1)
- Rebecca (23)
- Saturday's Children (2)
- Susan and God (1)
- 'Til We Meet Again (1)
- Waterloo Bridge (1)

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