Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to OthersMcFarland, 24 sty 2015 - 350 Some acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma Thurman, saying that she acted like someone in a high school play when she auditioned to play opposite him in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Picture Danny Thomas as The Godfather, or Marilyn Monroe as Cleopatra. This reference work lists hundreds of such stories: actors who didn't get cast or who turned down certain parts. Each entry, organized alphabetically by film title, gives the character and actor cast, a list of other actors considered for that role, and the details of the casting decision. Information is drawn from extensive research and interviews. From About Last Night (which John Belushi turned down at his brother's urging) to Zulu (in which Michael Caine was not cast because he didn't look "Cockney" enough), this book lets you imagine how different your favorite films could have been. |
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... (Cary Grant) Cary Grant was asked to star as David Pollock in Arabesque. Grant had recently been criticized for playing opposite the much younger Audrey Hepburn in Charade. He knew that it was likely that his co-star in Arabesque would ...
... Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster (Bob Hope) Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster (Boris Karlo›) Cary Grant was cast in the role of Mortimer after Bob Hope turned it down. Cary Grant accepted, on the condition that the role be made bigger ...
... Cary Grant as Jerry Warriner (Ralph Bellamy) Ralph Bellamy as Daniel Leeson (Cary Grant) Initially Cary Grant was set to play the role of Daniel Leeson, with Ralph Bellamy cast as Jerry Warriner. Later Grant decided he would rather play ...
... (Cary Grant) The Big Broadcast of ¡938 33 An American company wanted to make the film on the condition that Cary Grant play Antonio Ricci. Director Vittorio De Sica rejected that idea, and cast Lamberto Maggiorani instead.¡¡7. Big. (¡988).
... (Cary Grant) Suzanne Pleshette as Annie Hayworth (Anne Bancroft) Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels (Grace Kelly) Director Alfred Hitchcock's first choices for the lead roles in The Birds were Grace Kelly and.
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