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15 Major Movie Roles That Were Almost Played By Someone Else

Occasionally, it turns out that an actor that feels totally perfect for a role might have been the studio’s, say, 2nd or 3rd or 4th choice (after all, Bruce Willis was the 9th choice for Die Hard). Like for any of these 15 roles, for example:

15

Shazam's Zachary Levi was being considered for Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy. Although he didn't make the cut, he was so good that James Gunn stron

Source: ComicBook.com

14

Leonardo DiCaprio turned down playing Spider-Man in the 2002 movie. The filmmakers contacted him, but he didn't feel ready to put on that suit yet.

Source: ShortList

13

The first choice to play T-1000 in Terminators 2 was Billy ldol. The T-1000 even looked like Billy ldol in James Cameron's sketches he didn't do the m

Source: MTV

12

To AlI the Boys I've Loved Before star Lana Condor nearly played Rose TICO. She even did a read with John Boyega so the filmmakers could see what thei

Source: StyleCaster

11

Cameron Diaz was almost Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat. She even started training martial arts for the movie, but broke her wrist just before filming wa

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

10

Ryan Gosling auditioned (unsuccessfully) for a Gilmore Girls role. Gilmore girls It was a minor football role, and his audition didn't work out it w

Source: Glamour Magazine

9

Amanda Seyfried could have been Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy. They offered her the role but she turned it down, thinking that nobody would want t

Source: The Independent

8

Scarlett Johansson had a great audition' for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. 1600 According to David Fincher, she just didn't get cast as Salander b

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

7

Michael Jackson totally wanted to play Jar Jar Binks. But he wanted to use prosthetics and makeup, not CGI, and George Lucas was apparently totally no

Source: 5 Actors That Were Almost (Unbelievably) In Star Wars

6

Tupac Shakur could have been Mace Windu. Death Row Records engineer Rick Clifford says that, at one point in 1996, Tupac said he was going to read for

Source: 5 Actors That Were Almost (Unbelievably) In Star Wars

5

The first pick for Winston in Ghostbusters was Eddie Murphy. EDDEMORE They changed the script at the last minute when Ernie Hudson was cast-- original

Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

4

Bruce Willis' character in What Just Happened was designed for (and based on) Alec Baldwin. Willis, who plays himself, shows up on-screen on a movie s

Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

3

The original plan was to have Peter Graves play the villain in Mission: Impossible. The villain is a character from the old TV show (then a good guy),

Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

2

Kincade in Skyfall was written for Sean Connery. But director Sam Mendes decided to get someone else, because seeing Connery would feel too jarring an

Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

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George Clooney was supposed to play the lead in Jack Frost. They even made the snowman puppet to look like him and just touched it up very slightly wh

Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

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