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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... choice to play the title role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Moranis turned it down, and Judd Nelson and Alan Rickman were both considered. At one point the producers contemplated changing the role to a female and casting Whoopi ...
... play the King of the Moon. Because of changes in the script Connery was no longer interested in playing the role and ... choice for the role of Maid Marian. But audiences really liked Errol Flynn paired up with Olivia De Havilland.22 The two ...
... play the aging star. The actress Mankiewicz liked was stage star Gertrude Lawrence. She was sent a copy of the ... choice for Eve Harrington. When she became pregnant, Anne Baxter inherited the role.47 Zanuck's first choice for Addison ...
... play Agatha Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot. Mostel was so serious about playing the part, that he left ... choice for the role of angel Hap, but other film commitments made him unavailable. Steven Spielberg decided to change the ...
... choice.74 MGM wanted Maurice Chevalier to play the part of Henri Baurel in An American in Paris. Arthur Freed o›ered Chevalier a great deal of money. Chevalier said that he didn't like the script and turned down the o›er.75 Yves Montand ...
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