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Rejected Roles of 1979
Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1979. 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 1979 Trivia:
Richard Dreyfuss in The China Syndrome?
Originally written as a male character, Richard Dreyfuss was cast as a reporter in the first draft of THE CHINA SYNDROME. the role was rewritten as female and Jane Fonda won the Oscar nominated role as Kimberly Wells.

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