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 Who was considered for Straw Dogs?

Jacqueline Bisset
Bisset was considered for the role of Amy Sumner.
Actor who got the part: Susan George

Elliott Gould
Gould turned down the opportunity to play David Sumner.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman

Helen Mirren
Considered by director Sam Peckinpah to co-star in his violent, graphic movie about a young couple exposed to brutality in rural England.
Actor who got the part: Susan George

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson was considered by director Sam Peckinpah for the role of "David Sumner" in the highly controversial movie.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman

Sidney Poitier
Director Sam Peckinpah considered him for the leading role in his enormously controversial, influential movie.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman

Charlotte Rampling
Was considered by great director Sam Peckinpah to star in his disturbing film about a man of wife subjected to brutal violence in rural England.
Actor who got the part: Susan George

Diana Rigg
Considered by great director Sam Peckinpah to co-star in this violent, controversial work.
Actor who got the part: Susan George

Donald Sutherland
Was in contention for the leading role in Sam Peckinpah's violent, controversial film.
Actor who got the part: Dustin Hoffman



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