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Worst decision an actor/actress has made by turning down a role?
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:22 am
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:22 am
from a financial standpoint, or a cultural impact standpoint.
im going to have to go with the financial standpoint.
Sean Connery turning down the roll of Gandalf, and as a result missing out on $450 million dollars.
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what do yall think was a roll that someone turned down that was a huge mistake.
also I think Will Smith turning down Django was a mistake on his part, but not that big of one, he is a solid actor with more money than he knows what to do, but I think that roll could have put him in another catagory
ETA: sorry its been a while, forgot about how harsh yall are on mess ups
im going to have to go with the financial standpoint.
Sean Connery turning down the roll of Gandalf, and as a result missing out on $450 million dollars.
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Talk about hindsight being 20/20. Sean Connery, as we all have known, was the first actor offered the role of Gandalf in THE LORD OF THE RINGS. He was offered $10 million per movie and yet he turned it down because he "didn't understand the script". For $10 million, I would recite dialogue in Swahili. That is a ton of money.
But, apparently the $10 million was not the final offer. Celebrity NetWorth reports that Connery was also offered 15% of the gross for all three LORD OF THE RINGS movies. Those films have grossed three billion dollars to date. That means in total, Sean Connery could have made $450 million dollars! That doesn't even include if he had returned for THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the upcoming sequels.
$450 million!
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what do yall think was a roll that someone turned down that was a huge mistake.
also I think Will Smith turning down Django was a mistake on his part, but not that big of one, he is a solid actor with more money than he knows what to do, but I think that roll could have put him in another catagory
ETA: sorry its been a while, forgot about how harsh yall are on mess ups
This post was edited on 10/3/13 at 9:50 am
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Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:23 am to Wooly
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also I think Will Smith turning down Django was a mistake on his part,
Thank god he did
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:24 am to Wooly
He would have made a shitty Gandalf.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:24 am to Wooly
Katie Holmes turning down TDK to star in "Mad Money" 
Though I'm glad she didn't return, liked Maggie G better.
Though I'm glad she didn't return, liked Maggie G better.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:24 am to Wooly
I think I saw a Tarantino interview saying that Will Smith didn't turn it down but that QT didn't think Smith fit the role very well.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:24 am to Wooly
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For $10 million, I would recite dialogue in Swahili.
connery would have been a terrible gandalf. magneto was perfect
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:24 am to WillHarsha
Will would have been great as Django
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:27 am to Wooly
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roll
dude...
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:27 am to Byron Bojangles III
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...turning down a roll?
well we all know Rebel Wilson doesn't turn down rolls, amirite??!!!
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:27 am to Wooly
Tim Roth turned down the role of Snape so he could be in Burton's Planet of the Apes.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:28 am to Wooly
It's..... "role".
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:28 am to craigbiggio
tim roth, while a great actor, could not touch rickman's snape. he was better than my imagination snape
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:28 am to TDTGodfather
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well we all know Rebel Wilson doesn't turn down rolls, amirite??!!!
Dammit i was going to make a joke like this
And the execution was gonna be way better!
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:28 am to Wooly
They might be on a diet? 
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:29 am to Carson123987
Agreed, Rickman was perfect casting for that role. Can't even begin to imagine anyone else playing Snape.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:36 am to Byron Bojangles III
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Will would have been great as Django
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:39 am to Dav
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Though I'm glad she didn't return, liked Maggie G better.
The most unrealistic thing in that movie is that there were two guys that could nail any chick on the planet, but were both hung up on a frumpy chick with a face that aged at twice the normal rate.
This post was edited on 10/3/13 at 9:40 am
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:41 am to Wooly
I dont hate Connery for it. Dude has made his money, and is ready to hang it up. Theres a lot to be said for walking away.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:42 am to ProjectP2294
I think Gene Hackman turned down every good male role (appropriate to his age) during the 80's.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 9:45 am to Dav
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Katie Holmes turning down TDK to star in "Mad Money"
Though I'm glad she didn't return, liked Maggie G better.
What was Katie Holmes thinking?
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