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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... Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, and Dudley Jones all played the part in movies throughout the ¡970s and 80s. Always. (¡989). Richard Dreyfuss as Pete Sandich (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Audrey Hepburn as Hap (Sean Connery) Director Steven ...
... Peter Riegert as Donald “Boone” Schoen- stein (Bill Murray, Harold Ramis) Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson “D-Day” Day (Dan Aykroyd) James Widdoes as Robert Hoover (Brian Doyle-Murray) Director John Landis wanted Chevy Chase for the role ...
... Peter Muncie (Gary Cooper) Gary Cooper was producer/director Wesley Ruggles first choice to star as Peter Muncie in Arizona. When Cooper turned the part down, Columbia chief Harry Cohn told Ruggles to cast William Holden. Ruggles was ...
... Peter Fallow after both John Cleese and Jack Nicholson turned it down. Walter Matthau was the first choice to play Judge Myron Kovitsky. His ask- ing price of $¡ million took him out of the running. Real life judge Burton Bennett ...
... Peter Falk) Isela Vega as Elita (Aurora Clavel) Gig Young as Quill (Mort Sahl) Director Sam Peckinpah sought James Coburn to play the part of Bennie in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Coburn disliked it so much that he even ...
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