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Could you imagine a world in whichBritney Spears-notRachel McAdams-Jut inRyan GoslingThe arms of a passionate kiss of the pouring rain in beloved romanceNotebook? Or oneMatrix franchise in whichWill Smith-notKeanu Reeves-Slide on these nuances of the 90s style and style leather duds 90 to prevent Smith Agent Balls in Midair? Or what a scenario in whichNicolas Cage (!) to chokeVIGGO MORTENSEN For the role of the Sword-brandir Hero Aragorn inPeter Jackson.The Lord of the Rings trilogy? Believe it or not, all these castingsAlmost arrived in Hollywood. And there are many more emblematic cinema roles that have been almost played by someone else.

Because Hollywood is screwed with crazy casting what-iffs, we decided to compile the most incredible and amazing here here so you can see. So read your mind blown and try to imagine a world inAl Pacino controlled the Millennium Falcon andMatt Damon Played, well, basically, every major role you can remember the last 20 years. And for the most famous people who are almost far from the company entirely, discoverThese huge stars have almost left Hollywood.

A long time ago in a galaxy ... Well, not far away at all, Al Pacino refused the leading role inStars wars. He told MTV, byThe independent, It wasconfused by the script. Obviously,Harrison Fordwas not.

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The fresh prince, not Keanu Reeves, was originally chosen to be the one, but turned the role because he did not see it ". "I would have messed up,"Smith saidCable, looking in the opportunity he has exceeded. "At this point, I was not smart enough as an actor to let the film be."

According toGwyneth Paltrow, the role of potting soil (which finally went toHeather Graham) was too risky to add to his CV. "I just thought I can not be totally naked ... on the screen"Paltrow told Howard Stern, by uproxx. "I'm going to kill my grandfather!"

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How different series would have been different ifThe Cage Nicolas had come on board like Aragorn inThe Lord of the Rings-A role that was then played with an inimitable vigor of Viggo Mortensen. "There were different things in my life at the time that had prevented me from traveling and being far from home for three years," he saidNewsweek, films that have been shot in New Zealand.

The classic modern holidaysElf, featuringVA FERRELL, was published in 2003, but the script first emerged in Hollywood a decade before. At this moment,Jim Carrey was ardent for star In this, but when the film has actually started production, it had moved to other projects. In addition, let's not forget that, a few years earlier, in 2000, Carrey filmed another Christmas comedy withHow does the Grinch stolen Christmas.

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Many films cross jolf during the production process, but whenChicago Lost his director, actor (and dancer formed!)Charly THERON I just do not have enough shaved dazzled the new one,Rob Marshall. "There was another director attached and he brought me"Theron saysHoward Stern. "And then this director has been dismissed and this new director has been brought, and he did not want to make the movie with me."

We have almost never had to experience the perfect pair who isPaul Rudd andAlicia Silverstoneas Casting DirectorCarrie Frazier thought originallyBen Affleck"Would fabulous for that," as she remembersElapse.

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Denzel WashingtonRecountGqthat he regrets to extinguish a leading role inDavid FincherPsychological thriller,Se7en.

Like many other "terrible" movies,ShowgirlsWon a worship after his liberation and found the audience she was looking for. And he almost playedMadonna and notElizabeth Berkley. The reason the first was not hired? She wantedA complete redesign of the script, throughHollywood journalist.

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TheTitanic that we know and that love would have been quite different, had hunky hearttthrobMatthew McConaughey watched next toKate Winslet. During a visit toThe late show with Stephen Colbert, the actor revealed that when hearing on the part of the rose, sheRead your lines alongside McConaughey-notLeonardo DiCaprio. "[He] was completely fantastic," said Winslet. "It simply did not have been" Jack and Rose, Kate and Leo "."

On the 25th anniversary of Rom-Com Classic, DirectorRob Reiner revealed that he considered many actors to the role of Harry Burns. "I talked toAlbert Brooks about that,"Reiner told the daily beast. "I talked toTom Hanks about that. I talked toRichard Dreyfuss andMichael Keaton on this subject. In the end, Reiner decided to hireCrystal Billy As he was the best friend of the director, the more it did not hurt that "Meg [Ryan] And Billy hit him right away, "as Reiner told.

Daniel Day-LewisToLiam Neeson Partly thanking for his winning role in Oscar inLincoln. Obviously, Neeson originally signed to play Lincoln when directorSteven Spielberg First approached him on this subject 10 years before, but once the time coming on the film, his passion for the project had disappeared.

"We started reading [the script], and there was an intro, then I see 'Lincoln:" Where should I start talking, and I come from thunder, "Neeson saidGq Back in 2014. "I thought," I'm not supposed to be here. Let's go. I spent my sales date. I do not want to play this Lincoln. I can not be him. "

Reese WitherspoonLike Dear Horowitz?As if! But that's right - theSweet Home AlabamaThe actor was considered for the role once upon once, according to the directorAmy heckerling.

"I met Reese WitherspoonBut she never read for that, "said Heckerling at Yahoo Entertainment in 2020." And at that time I was already installed on Alicia [Silverstone], who I like. Who, you know, was in my head while I write. "

In 2009,James Cameron's Avatar was released and continued to become thehighest movie of all time.Sam Worthington Led the film, but he would never play in the film that Matt Damon accepted the offer first.

"Have to say no toAvatar was difficult because I particularly wanted to work with James Cameron, and I always do it because it's fantastic, "says DamonPlayboy, by MTV. "When he said," Look, I offer you, but if you say no, the movie does not need you, "I remember thinking," Oh God, not only I must say no because Planning, but he will make a star of some guys who will start taking jobs from me later. '

"We entered any disagreements on who was going to play Annette [Hargrove],Cruel intentions Scriptwriter and DirectorRoger Kumble RecountCosmopolitanIn 2014. "The studio wantedKatie Holmes, who was just starting to doDawson Creek... but it was Katie early, and I thought we needed someone with a little more force of character. "

Kumble finally asked a leading manRyan Phillippe About his girlfriend Reese Witherspoon and if she would be interested in the role. Both took with dinner for dinner and Kumble finished begging it to play the game. Fortunately for him (and all), Witherspoon accepted and the rest is in history.

"I did [a screen test with Britney Spears], yes,"Ryan Gosling said in an interview withEntertainment tonight. It was a meeting, since Gosling and Spears were both on Disney'sMickey Mouse Clubat a time. "I had not really seen him since she was about 12 ... so she's so adult, but she was really good, in fact," the actor added.

But there is not only the history of the cinema that have been changed had spears played the role of Allie HamiltonNotebook. After the production of the film, Co-Stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams continued almost four years.

When the actor who was causing the origin of the director made Albus Dumbledore,Richard HarrisDied afterHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The second entrance of the franchise,Harry Potter Producers have actorSir Ian McKellen in mind to replace it. However, McKellen turned down the role, like Harris had already observed that he was "technically brilliant, but passionless. »

"I could not take care of the part of an actor who I knew did not approve of me," thethe Lord of the Ringsactorsays the bbcHardtalk in 2017.

In his memoirs,I Got This: How I changed ways and lost what weighed me down, Actor and singerJennifer Hudson revealed that it refused the star nominated to Oscars inPreciousAs she did not want to take the weight needed to play.

"I had [gained weight] with effie [inDream girls] ... and as far as I was moved by this movie, I wanted to try a role that had nothing to do with my weight, "She wrote, byHollywood journalist. Instead, Hudson accepted the role of the Carrie Bradshaw assistant in the firstSex and city movie, whileGabourey Sidibetook the role of title inPrecious.

Matt Damon can not catch a break. Once again, the star missed a nice opportunity when he chose not to playHarvey tooth inThe darkness Knightrole -a who ended up being played byAaron Eckhart-due to planning problems. Well: you die, a hero or long enough to see yourself lower the roles of incredible movies.

In an interview 2014 withIn the style,Julia Robert revealed that itrefused the leading role in theNora Ephroncom-rom, Saying, "I had offeredInsomnia in SeattleBut could not do it. However, while some actors could be bitter about renouncing such an emblematic role, Roberts has no regret on his decision.

"[Meg] Ryan and Tom Hanks are such a jewel of an adjustment in," says Roberts. "I guess what they did for this moment in time is a littleRichard [Gere] and I were doing through the city [inA pretty woman], you know?"

Gandalf gray, do you say? There is no way! But it's true:Sean Connery camethis Close to play the role of McKellen in thethe Lord of the Rings franchise,A persistent rumor says.

Steps there are quite few offers that Al Pacinocanrefuse. Apparently, theGodfather star also adopted the lead in 1988 ofDie, At a time when he was offered roles left and right. "I gave this boy a career,"Pacino joked for success thisBruce Willis After noticing the role that rejected Pacino.

Producers ofFastening hadTom Cruise in mindTo play the exuberant principal man of the movie, but the star was already busy filmingAll good initiatives, By the SFI. Fortunately, we still have a taste of cruise dance chops when it comes out his best shots inRisky case (And of course, behind the barCocktail), andKevin Baconwas more at the task of helping a small drop in the romantic city to shake everything start again.

According toStuart Gordon, Who was attached to the project before directorMary Harron,The option for the bookAmerican Psycho Past par-Alike before finally several hands directors and actors install on a house. When is the project was Gordon, he hadJohnny Deppaboard stars but the authorBret Easton Ellis Soon taken the tabloids at the Depp trash, calling it "a light actor who was too old to play the role," as the director recalls.

As the movie continued with switching hands, everyoneEdward NortonToLeonardo DiCaprio was considered, but in the endChristianwas the one who became Patrick Bateman under the director of Harron.

Apparently, Matt Damon missed a lot of roles of a life. The actor was on board Supervisor CityDan White in the OscarMilkBut had to turn down when shooting started a conflict with another project, he was,Green area.

"Steven Soderbergh"S Mantra is" the film gets the right person; The right actor gets the game, "but I told myself, [Devil], no. It was me !, Damon joked in the samePlayboycharacteristic. However, the actor does not have a rancor, as after seeingJosh Brolin Play the role he was formerly planned for, he "knew Soderbergh was right. »

It's pretty much impossible to imagine Nicholas Sparks'A WALK TO REIMBER withoutMandy Moore in the leading role. And we are not the only ones who think so. In an interview withWeekly entertainment,Moore co-starShane Westnoted"There was someone else ... whose name was handled the bat around the role of Mandy," referring toJessica Simpson. "I remember I did not hold this idea and thankfully, he did not take place. The person did not seem fair. »

A few years later towards the space at the star inStars warsHarrison Ford took the completely different and yet equally iconic role of Indiana Jones. But before you can loot the graves, another actor had to first abandon the role that the actor being none other thanTom Selleck. In an interview withDavid Letterman, The actor says he had toturn the role down Due to contractual obligations withMagnum P.I.

In the podcastOrigins: Almost Famous Turns Twenty(By The Loop), screenwriter / directorCameron CroweThe challenges told to make the classic rock film, including losingSarah Polley, Who was put to play Penny Lane. Now, a well-liked independent director, Polley spoke about the role by friends who said that making a studio film would hurt his career. This role would eventually doKate Hudsona star.

BetweenBrave Heart,Patriot, andDeadly weapon,Mel Gibson It has more than proven its ability to assume roles that involve being angry in a historic setting. And yet, the actorrefused the possibility of playing inGladiatorAs he felt he was too old for the role at that time. It would be filled byRussel Crowe.

Hugh Jackman Almost joins the prestigious list of actors to play 007, but finally leaveDaniel Craig portraying the classic character after discovering that it would get nothing to say in the script. In an interview withVariety,says Wolverine: "I felt at the time that the scripts [forJames Bond] Had become so amazing and crazy, and I felt like they need to become gravelly and real. Because a man with retractable claws that can heal is instantly credible? Okay, Hugh.

"The casting of this film over the six years it took to get done by a lot of permutations, and it is true that there was a moment whenEmma Watson andMiles Teller did it, "LA THE EARTHdirectorDamien Chazelle said uproxx.Emma Stonetook the part of Mia and won an Oscar for her.

Nobody wants to be cataloged like the stupid blonde in Hollywood. Or at leastChristina Applegateno, which is why she refused the role of her Woods inThe revenge of a blonde In the early 2000s. "What stupid movement that was, right?"Applegate joked with Etonline. Nevertheless, the actress is happy that Reese Witherspoon ended up taking the role, and said that she "did a much better job than I could, and that of his life. »

Anne Hathaway was the first actor chosen to play the main female role inSilver linings playbookBut she and the film director,David O. Russell, hadToo many creative differences To do this work. The silver lining:Jennifer Lawrence Joined the cast, and continued to win an Oscar. And do not be sad for Hathaway: she also won an Oscar the same year for her heartbreaking interpretation of fundineWretched. literally wins everyone!

John Travolta let happenplaying the role of Forrest Gump. Truly. Fun: at the 1995 Oscars, Travolta went to the head of the best actor againstGumpTom Hanks for his role inpulp Fiction and lost.

After turning to the projector as pinkTitanic,Kate Winslet decided to turn to more independent movies andtransmitted a role inShakespeare in love. Instead of,Gwyneth Paltrow Got the role - and that earned him a better Oscar acting.

Around the time ofMillion baby dollarsliberation of the rumor distributed thatSandra Bullock "Snobé" the movie and his director and his star,Clint Eastwood. However, Bullock denies admirably such rumors, explaining that she had to give up the film because of conflict planning.

"We have hadMillion bucks Babe With someone else for a moment, trying to do it, "Bullock said would say." I could not do it. We tried and tried and tried. I then started to doMiss Conference 2and they hadHilary Swank And they crint. "

Robert Redford can be the only actor in Hollywood who has already missed an opportunity taking into account his beingtoo muchBeautiful. That's right: although the star was eager to play the role of Benjamin Braddock inThe graduation, director (and friend)Mike Nichols I thought he was not fit for an awkward guy who fights with the ladies.

"I said [Robert]," You can not play it. You can never play a loser ",Nichols saidVanity fair. "And Redford said, "What do you mean? Of course, I can play a loser. And I said, "Ok, did you already write a girl?" And he said, "What do you mean?" And he was not joking. "

You can never hearJavier Bardem Talk English today, but in the early the 00s, he did not feel confident enough to watch in English-language films. "At that moment, it was difficult for me to jump intoForeign language performance, "Said Bardem in a master class at the Toronto Film Festival, byHollywood journalist. He refused a role in Steven SpielbergMinority reportDespite the fact that theThere is no country for old men Star said he would have liked a chance to work with the director.

In an alternative universe,Julia Roberts playedLeigh Annanne Tuehy, the adoptive mother of NFL StarMichael OHER, inThe blind side. True Tuhy told Deeret News that the party was originally written for Roberts and confirmed that it was a planning issue that maintained it on the part of which Sandra Bullock would eventually win an Oscar.

In 2017,Henry WinklerrevealedAARP the magazine(via the nearest weekly) that he refused the role of T-Bird Leader Danny Zuko inFatBecause he "did not want to be typed." See as the role that made it famous was that of FonzHappy DaysIt's easy to understand his concern.

ThesilenceofthelambsdirectorJonathan DemmeThe first choice to play Clarice Starling was no other thanMichelle Pfeiffer. The problem, he told Q & A (as indicated by NME), was that theScarface The actor was "preoccupied by the darkness of the room". Begrudgitment, Demme went withJodie FosterFor the role, and she received her second Oscar for that.

Yes, it's Matt Damon again. He was in talks for star inBrokeback mountainwhenGus van Santwould lead. "I just made a gay movie and a cowboy movie. I can not do a gay cowboy movie now," he saysPlayboyHe told the manager, referring to his roles inThe talented Mr. Ripley andAll pretty horses, respectively.

LateHeath Ledgerwould eventually assume the role of ENNIS, under the direction ofAng Lee.

Jack NicholsonHesitance to play a role inThe Godfather was pretty simple: he thought it should go to someone Italian. At least that's what he saidIn a 2004 interview. Al Pacino is really suitable for this bill.

Quentin Tarantino writes the main role ofDjango UnchainedWith Will Smith in the lead, but a commitment toMen at Black IIIGuarded the star never join the cast. And apparently that's not the only reason: in an interview with 2013 withWeekly entertainment, Smith said there wasSome changes he wanted to do with the script.

"Django was not the lead, so it was as if I need to be thecarry on, "he says." The other character was lead! I was like, not quentin, please,INeed to kill the villain! "

However, in 2015,He offered a different reason forHollywood journalist: "I wanted to do this movie so much, but I felt that the only way was that it had to be a love story, not a story of revenge," Smith said. Not much chance of this with Tarantino in the director's chair.Jamie Foxx, During this time, has not been fabulated by the violent tale.

For theThe Angels of Charlieremake, pretty much everyone wantedAngelina Jolie Join the third daughter of Charlie.Pretty told cinematic ink in 1999"The reasons to do it would be to play a hard girl, and I already did that." At the end,Lucy Liutook the part.

BeforeTom Hiddleston Was launched to play Loki, the naughty again of the Marvel Cinematographic Universe, he auditioned to be the god of thunder. You can even look atthe footage of his hearing, although the part is intended forChris Hemsworth.

Repend to the end of the 1950s, and you will be difficult to remember a monumental movie withoutAudrey Hepburn WhereMarilyn Monroe in her. And as the two listers were hot products, it figure that they were often courted for the same roles, as the role of Holly Golightly inBreakfast at Tiffany's.Truman, who wrote the Novella the film was loosely based on,wanted Monroe starBut she turned the game as she did not want to be associated with such a scandalous role.

For a short timeEric Stoltz wasMarty McFly. But after watching Stoltz Incarny - or rather, try to embody the role of a few weeks, directorRobert Zemeckishad enough had enough. "It turned out that his instinct and the type of comedy [of] the movie we were doing was not really gelling"The director stated in the documentaryIn time, throughWeekly entertainment. Zemeckis had wantedJ. by Michael Fox All along, and after a difficult start, he finally got his Marty McFly.

At the anniversary of projection ofThe Raiders of the Lost Ark In 2011 (by Slash film), Steven Spielberg recalled to Harrison Ford that he offered him the role ofDr. Alan Grant in the firstJurassic Park. No revelation about the reason for which Ford ended the party that ends upSam Neill, Nevertheless.

Robin Williamswanted some of the firstHarry Potter movie so bad he held out his hand toJ.K. Orifice About playing the role of Hagrid, according to a HuffPost interview with Casting DirectorJanet Hirshenson. But Rowling was adonstal that all actors are British. It wasRobbie Coltrane which would play memorable the half-giant.