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Rejected Roles of 1980

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1980. 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 1980 Trivia:

Marilu Henner in The Blue Lagoon?
According to Brooke's autobiography, Marilu Henner was considered for the lead role if she would drop out from the film due to her youth.

See who turned down these 1980 films:

- Airplane! (8)
- American Gigolo (14)
- Atlantic City (2)
- Bad Timing (1)
- The Blue Lagoon (17)
- Caddyshack (1)
- Coal Miners Daught'er (1)
- Cruising (1)
- Dressed to Kill (5)
- Foxes (2)
- Friday the 13th (1)
- Gloria (1)
- La Legion Saute Sur Kolwezi (1)
- Midnight Madness (1)
- The Mirror Crack'd (1)
- Ordinary People (8)
- Playing for Time (1)
- Popeye (2)
- Raging Bull (3)
- Richard's Things (1)
- The Shining (4)
- Shogun (1)
- Urban Cowboy (6)
- Used Cars (1)

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