10 A-List Actors Who Rejected Iconic Roles
No excuses for turning down these masterpieces
Sought-after actors (probably) have entire rooms dedicated towards their to-read script stacks - so it's understandable that they might accidentally overlook a few stormers through sheer exhaustion.
But there's no excuses for passing over the greatest films and TV shows of all-time, like these accident-prone A-listers...
WILL SMITH - NEO (THE MATRIX)
Year: 1999
Instead starred in: Wild Wild West (17% Rotten Tomatoes score)
Replaced by: Keanu Reeves
HUGH JACKMAN - JAMES BOND (CASINO ROYALE)
Year: 2006
Instead starred in: The Prestige (76% RT)
Replaced by: Daniel Craig
JACK NICHOLSON - VINCENT CORLEONE (THE GODFATHER)
Year: 1972
Instead starred in: The King of Marvin Gardens (71%)
Replaced by: Al Pacino
TOM CRUISE - REN MCORMACK (FOOTLOOSE)
Year: 1984
Instead starred in: Legend (48% RT)
Replaced by: Kevin Bacon
JOHN TRAVOLTA - FORREST (FORREST GUMP)
Year: 1994
Instead starred in: Pulp Fiction (94% RT)
Replaced by: Tom Hanks
MATTHEW BRODERICK - WALTER WHITE (BREAKING BAD)
Year: 2008
Instead starred in: Diminished Capacity (35% RT)
Replaced by: Bryan Cranston
JOHNNY DEPP - FERRIS (FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF)
Year: 1986
Instead starred in: Platoon (88% RT)
Replaced by: Matthew Broderick
JIM CARREY - EDWARD (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS)
Year: 1990
Instead starred in: High Strung (No review)
Replaced by: Johnny Depp
PAMELA ANDERSON - SCULLY (X-FILES)
Year: 1998
Instead starred in: V.I.P (No review)
Replaced by: Gillian Anderson
Year: 1993
Instead starred in: The Fugitive (96% RT)
Replaced by: Liam Neeson
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