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1. Al Pacino was actually the first choice to play Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise. But he said he turned down the role because he didn't understand the script.
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«"At that point in my career, I was offered everything," he told MTV. "I was doing The Godfather. They didn't care whether I was right for the role or not, whether I could act or not." Of course, Harrison Ford ended up landing the iconic role.
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2. Gal Gadot was originally offered the lead role in Greta Gerwig's long-awaited film "Barbie" », but she declined due to scheduling issues.
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3. Amy Schumer was also briefly considered for the Barbie movie, but left the project due to "creative differences.".
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«"The studio definitely didn't want to do it the way I wanted to do it, the only way I was interested in doing it," she told The Hollywood Reporter. "The idea that this is what every woman should want made me say, 'You picked the wrong girl.'".
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4. Jackie Chan turned down the lead role in the film Everything, Everything, and Everywhere at Once ». The director duo, the Danielses, even traveled to China to persuade him to star in the film, but he refused.
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The role was ultimately rewritten for Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for her performance in the film, and she jokes that Chan still teases her about being offered the role first. "Jackie texted me," she said. "He said, 'Wow, I heard amazing things about your movie. Did you know these guys came to see me in China?' And I was like, 'Yeah, you missed it, bro!'"«
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5. Kate McKinnon was originally offered the role of Elizabeth Holmes in the series Dropped Out, but she ended up leaving the project after landing the role of Carole Baskin in the Peacock miniseries Joe vs. Carol ».
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Amanda Seyfried later played Elizabeth Holmes and won an Emmy Award for her performance in the miniseries.
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6. Matt Damon was originally cast as the lead in Avatar, and James Cameron offered him $101,000,000 of the film's profits, which would have been around $250 million.
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The role was eventually played by Sam Worthington.
He turned down the film and now, more than a decade later, admits it was "the stupidest thing any actor has ever done in the history of acting.".
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7. Henry Winkler was originally offered the role of Danny Zuko in Grease, but turned it down, fearing he would be seen as a one-trick pony after playing the similar role of Fonzie on Happy Days. ».
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«"I'm a complete idiot," he told CNN's Chris Wallace. "I only realized it years later. I thought, 'I've already played Fonzie, I don't want to do it again.'".
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8. Michael Keaton was invited to star in the film Groundhog Day, but he turned it down because he "didn't understand what it was all about.".
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Bill Murray went on to reprise the role, and even Keaton agreed that no one could have played it better. He told EW, "This guy sounds like the same wry, sarcastic, spunky young man I played—and it turned out just great. But you couldn't do it better than Bill Murray did.".
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9. Cate Blanchett was originally supposed to play Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos, but she dropped out of the project and the role was played by Nicole Kidman.
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Kidman even received an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film.
«"The film turned out the way it was supposed to," Blanchett said. "These things happen at the right time and in the right order. At its best, you don't always imagine the same thing, and then it turns into something completely different.".
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10. Initially, the role of Sandra Bullock in the film "Speed" was offered to Halle Berry, which ultimately brought Sandra stardom.
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Berry told ET: "I stupidly said 'no.' But in my defense, when I read the script, the bus wouldn't leave the parking lot. I was like, 'No, no, no, no.'".
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11. Madonna revealed that she was offered a role in The Matrix but turned it down, and part of her still "regrets" that decision.
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«"Can you believe it? It's one of the best movies of all time," she told Jimmy Fallon. "There's only one tiny part of me that regrets that one moment in my life.".
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12. Jessica Simpson was cast as the lead in The Notebook, but turned it down because she didn't want to star in a porn film with Ryan Gosling.
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«"I knew exactly what the movie was about because I'd read the script," she wrote in her book, adding that when she asked to cut the scene with the ***, studio executives "didn't budge.".
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She revealed that her relationship with Nick Lachey at the time also influenced her decision. She wrote: "["« The Notebook" — "The most romantic movie in the world, and I was leaving Nick. The movie was playing on every screen, and I was completely absorbed in it, dreaming of that great love that would last forever.".
13. Jennifer Hudson was offered the lead role in the film "Precious," but she turned it down, not wanting to take on another role that emphasized her weight.
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Gabourey Sidibe starred in the film and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
In her book, she wrote: "I'd done that before with Effie [in Dreamgirls]... and although that film moved me deeply, I wanted to try a role that had nothing to do with my weight.".
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14. Matthew Modine was originally offered the role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun, but Tom Cruise ended up getting the role, which launched his career.
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Last year, Cruise also starred in the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel to this film.
Regarding his reasons for turning down the role, Modin explained that he did not want to support militarism and does not regret giving in.
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In an interview with Salon, he said, "Cruise said he thought Top Gun was a film about individualism and personal strength. I just thought it was chauvinistic.".
15. Christina Applegate was offered the lead role in Legally Blonde, but declined due to concerns that she would be seen as a one-trick pony or that she would be "repeating" a familiar role.
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«"I came across this script right after I finished filming Married [with Children], and it was about a blonde woman who didn't win the first draft but ended up getting into Yale or Harvard, I can't remember which," she told ET. "I was afraid I'd repeat myself. What a stupid idea, right?"«
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16. Emma Watson was rumored to star in La La Land alongside Miles Teller, but Emma Stone ended up starring in the film alongside Ryan Gosling.
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Emma Stone even won an Oscar for Best Actress for this film.
Watson confirmed she was supposed to star in La La Land, but has already agreed to star in Beauty and the Beast. ». « "It wasn't the kind of film I could just jump into," she said. "I knew I had horse training, dancing, three months of singing, and I knew I had to be in London for that. It wasn't the kind of film I could just parachute into. I knew I had to do the work and be where I needed to be. So, you know, because of scheduling conflicts, it just didn't work out.".
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By coincidence, Emma Stone almost starred in Little Women, but was unable to due to a busy schedule, and the role went to Emma Watson.
17. Will Smith was offered the role of Jamie Foxx in the film Django Unchained, but he turned it down due to creative differences with the film's director, Quentin Tarantino.
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In an interview with Vanity Fair, he said, "It was about the creative direction of the story. To me, it's the perfect story you could ever want: a guy learns to kill to get his wife back from slavery. It's a perfect idea. Quentin and I just couldn't agree on it. I wanted to create the greatest love story African-Americans had ever seen..."«
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18. Julia Roberts ultimately turned down the role in Sleepless in Seattle due to scheduling conflicts, and the role was played by Meg Ryan.
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«"I was offered a role in Sleepless in Seattle, but I couldn't do it," Roberts said. "[Meg] and Tom Hanks were perfect for that role. I think what they did at that moment was kind of like what Richard [Gere] and I were doing across town, you know?"„
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