Conscientious objectors from roles

It is now difficult to imagine that the cult cartoons could announce someone other than Mike Myers, but at the very beginning of production the role offered to Nicolas Cage. He politely declined it, arguing that it does not want to sound ugly character. Hmm, Nick ... I do not even know what to say.



In "American Psycho" Christian Bale played his first major adult role, but could take her and other growing actor Leonardo DiCaprio. After Leo warned that this role is totally replace its image after "Titanic" and cost him most of his fan base, he was forced to abdicate. He knew then that will be up through thirteen years of "The Wolf of Wall Street» ...



All we have seen, remember and love the brilliant play of Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump", but imagine - the leading candidate was John Travolta! Not the fact that Forrest by another actor we would not remember, but it's safe to say that the creators did not lose a single drop, stay on the candidacy of Hanks.



Tom Selleck rejected the role of the legendary Indiana Jones because of employment in the series "Private detective Magnum" and a contract with Universal Studios. Selleck long suffered with a choice, but in the end, he decided to pay tribute to the contract, which made him famous in the first place. Feil, because after Indiana Jones, inherited as a result of Harrison Ford, his fame skyrocketed to accurately up to heaven.



Apparently, the role of a "free" Tom Cruise turned down, not to stay in the minds of Hollywood kid who only does that lightly dancing on the big screen - he just played in "Risky Business," which filmed his legendary dance in their underwear . In general, it is a reasonable choice, Tom - gave the audience the opportunity to enjoy dancing Kevin Bacon at this time.



All the words of this rekastinge already been told a million times before me, so that will limit the two phrases: 1) Eric Stoltz spent five weeks in the shoes Marty McFly before Zemeckis replaced him with Michael J. Fox; 2), and rightly so, because no one would have coped with this role better.



On the role of Gandalf the producers of "Lord of the Rings" were trying to lure Sean Connery, but he simply did not understand the role. He later admitted that he had never read the works of Tolkien, and while acquainted with the script, called the Hobbit "bobbitami." So, you know - it is, after all, the best that Connery turned down the role, and she eventually went to Ian McKellen.



It is logical that after playing Mel Gibson in "Braveheart", he was offered a role in "Gladiator." But Gibson rejected the proposal, as considered too old for the role, and she went to Russell Crowe.



Despite the fact that Tom Hanks and rejected a lot of iconic roles - Jerry McGuire, for example, or a major role in "Field of Dreams", his career is still irrevocably failed. But that's what an actor really sorry - this refusal to play in "Shawshank Redemption" in the role of ... yes, of Andy Dufresne. Hanks at that time was already planning to shoot in "Forrest Gump" and schedules simply did not converge. Tom, of course, five years later still has starred in the film adaptation of the novel King, but agree that it would be something - three films in the top of the list of the best films of the planet, and all with Tom Hanks in the lead role.



Molly Ringwald, playing in cult films of John Hughes ("The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink"), unconditionally became one of the brightest stars of the '80s, but since then her career has gone downhill. Fill it a major role in "Pretty Woman", who knows? Her career could easily flourish again, but all the glory went to Julia Roberts, who eventually played Vivian Ward. To reject the proposal actress most likely forced the mother, considering the role of a prostitute unsuitable for her daughter - a similar story has happened before, when David Lynch sent Molly scenario "Blue Velvet," but Mrs. Ringwald did not give his daughter to even look at him.



Matt Damon has missed the opportunity to play Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight" because of employment in other projects, but the actor about it too suffers - in his words, Aaron Eckhart coped brilliantly with the role. Role, of course, would bring Damon even more popularity, but Matt seems itself quite well to cope.



And again we have a list of Nicolas Cage. Let's be honest - we all love this guy, despite the fact that his acting is sometimes doubt ... (hello, the scene with bees!). But we still like the old days of Nick and his kind, unpredictable style of play. Whatever it was, I think we can all agree that the role of a charming asshole John Bender in the eighties classic film "The Breakfast Club" Cage would simply not fit. The creators at the time, obviously, has a different opinion, and he was offered the role, but Cage proved they can not afford, so that the film eventually played by Judd Nelson.



And going back to the beginning of the post where I mentioned Mike Myers - for obvious reasons, the Russian audience it more familiar than a voice actor in Shrek, and as the star of the trilogy of Austin Powers. As you know, in the movie Myers played not only the protagonist, but the main villain. And here is a surprise - was originally conceived differently. Dr. Evil was to play none other than himself, Jim Carrey. Actor dropped out of after the shoot - and again because of employment in another project. Maybe it's for the better - in fact stay Carrey on the set of "Austin Powers", the children of the nineties would be deprived of a favorite comedy "Liar, Liar".