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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 9:27 am to Wooly
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roll
dude...
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 Wooly
They might be on a diet? 
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 9:58 am to Wooly
Dougray Scott walking away from Wolverine, he doesn't do that, you probably never hear the name Hugh Jackman.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 10:10 am to Wooly
Smith wouldn't have been good as Django.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 10:24 am to Wooly
. Jack Nicholson (The Godfather)
This might be the most intriguing off all of the possibilities on this list. The Godfather is considered by many to be the greatest film of all time, and though Al Pacino’s portrayal of Michael Corleone can hardly be questioned, we have to admit, we’d love to see just a short clip of Nicholson in his shoes as the heir to the New York mafia. After all, Nicholson did a terrific job in a similar role much later in his career as Frank Costello in The Departed.
This might be the most intriguing off all of the possibilities on this list. The Godfather is considered by many to be the greatest film of all time, and though Al Pacino’s portrayal of Michael Corleone can hardly be questioned, we have to admit, we’d love to see just a short clip of Nicholson in his shoes as the heir to the New York mafia. After all, Nicholson did a terrific job in a similar role much later in his career as Frank Costello in The Departed.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 10:29 am to Wooly
Bela Lugosi turned down the role of Frankenstein which then went to an unknown named Boris Karloff.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 10:34 am to Wooly
Tom Selleck could have been Indiana Jones
Keanu Reeves was about the 5th or 6th choice to play Neo in the Matrix. Will Smith and several others all turned it down
Burt Reynolds turned down Die Hard and James Bond
Liam Neeson turned Bond in the 90's b/c he didn't want to do action films.
Keanu Reeves was about the 5th or 6th choice to play Neo in the Matrix. Will Smith and several others all turned it down
Burt Reynolds turned down Die Hard and James Bond
Liam Neeson turned Bond in the 90's b/c he didn't want to do action films.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 11:09 am to Wooly
quote:I don't know if anyone else has pointed it out, but he would have never seen 1 penny of that money. Hollywood movies don't make 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.
Posted on 10/3/13 at 1:07 pm to Wooly
I can't remember exactly, but didn't Burt Reynolds turn down the part of Han Solo?
This post was edited on 10/3/13 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 10/3/13 at 2:09 pm to Wooly
me turning down a role
a buddy of mine was casting for a role as "random inmate showering" in some movie that i dont know the name of that was being filmed in New Orleans
he told me it would be me, naked, showering, showing only my arse
i told him i wasnt interested because i had law school finals the week he wanted me there
that wouldve launched my career
now im just a stupid attorney
a buddy of mine was casting for a role as "random inmate showering" in some movie that i dont know the name of that was being filmed in New Orleans
he told me it would be me, naked, showering, showing only my arse
i told him i wasnt interested because i had law school finals the week he wanted me there
that wouldve launched my career
now im just a stupid attorney
This post was edited on 10/3/13 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 10/3/13 at 2:17 pm to Wooly
Lacey Chabert dropping the role of Meg Griffin after season 1 of Family Guy
Will Smith is a below par actor and would have been terrible as Django
Will Smith is a below par actor and would have been terrible as Django
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