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re: Famous roles nearly played by other actors! I’ll start.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:49 am to mattchewbocca
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:49 am to mattchewbocca
Eminem as Mad Max
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:51 am to mattchewbocca
Meryl Streep was offered the part of Ellen in Alien but declined.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:51 am to dallastiger55
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So crazy to think about the Lord of the Rings. That cast was perfect
I believe Russel Crowe was offered the Aragorn role
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:53 am to TideWarrior
Johnny Depp Ferris in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:53 am to Honest Tune
quote:The singer at the South Seas Club performing Begin the Beguine.
Was she in that? I saw that in theaters when it came out.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:55 am to TideWarrior
Brad Pitt also did a few scenes as Russell Hammond in Almost Famous before leaving the film
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:59 am to hogcard1964
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Gene Hackman auditioned for:
Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs
Pretty sure that they straight up offered him the role, but he declined. Said that after reading the book, he felt the film would be too dark and violent.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:05 am to Fewer Kilometers
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The singer at the South Seas Club performing Begin the Beguine.
Damn sure is. Hard to top prime Connely though.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:05 am to Volvagia
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Will Smith and Sandra Bollock as Neo.
Like they would have taken turns playing Neo in every other scene?
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Travolta as Forrest Gump
Feels like that would've been a completely different movie. Not saying 90s Travolta wasn't good, but man Hanks was just absolutely dialed in.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:34 am to mattchewbocca
Richard Dreyfuss as C-3PO
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:03 am to skrayper
quote:We'd have never gotten this with Leo.
Bale's portrayal is iconic, but I could see Leo also turning in an iconic performance.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:11 am to King George
Kurt Russell as Crash Davis
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:18 am to mattchewbocca
Dana Delany turned down Sex And The City.
Winona Ryder was originally cast as Mary Corleone and withdrew at the last minute due to an illness.
Winona Ryder was originally cast as Mary Corleone and withdrew at the last minute due to an illness.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:36 am to mattchewbocca
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Kevin Costner was supposed to play Andy in Shawshank Redemption. But was caught up in a production nightmare in Waterworld.
Hard to imagine Costner as a guy who would get arse-raped.
The Office casting is pretty interesting.
Bob Odenkirk, Nick Offerman, and Alan Tudyk Auditioned For Michael Scott
Kathryn Hahn Auditioned For Pam Beesly
Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt Auditioned For Dwight Schrute
John Cho and Adam Scott Auditioned For Jim Halpert
Eric Stonestreet Auditioned For Kevin Malone
Also, Annie in Community was originally supposed to be Asian, hence the meta of this image.
Gratuitous Evil Annie.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:39 am to meeple
quote:great decision. I fricking love that movie for some reason
He turned down the role as Neo in The Matrix for Wild Wild West
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:40 am to Locoguan0
This would be a great thing for AI deepfakes.
Generate famous movie or TV scenes with the original actor or the actress who declined the role.
Generate famous movie or TV scenes with the original actor or the actress who declined the role.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:22 pm to JinFL
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Emily Blunt for Black Widow
I'm listening
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:23 pm to Volvagia
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Travolta as Forrest Gump
Holy crap that would've been a disaster, probably of Simple Jack proportions.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:26 pm to Trauma14
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Will Smith
Smith could absolutely play Neo.
He also turned down playing Django
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:27 pm to CocomoLSU
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Will Smith and Sandra Bollock as Neo.
I mean they were both considered at different times. Same as with Bond later in the list.
If memory serves Sandra was actually first choice and who the incipient lesbians had in mind first. She turned it down. As did Will. And they “settled” on keanu
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