Twelve “Turned Down” Hollywood Trivia: 1. The role of Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean was first offered to Jim Carrey. He also turned down Charlie Chaplin, Buzz of Toy Story, Dr. Evil of Austin Powers, Stu of Phone Booth, Encino Man, Edward Scissorhands, Willy of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, again landed to Johnny Depp. 2. Meg Ryan and Al Pacino was the first choice to lead the role(s) of the blockbuster movie Pretty Woman. 3. Mel Gibson should have been Maximus Decimus Meridius of Gladiator film instead of Russel Crowe. 4. Bruce Willis was the sixth choice for the main character. It originally went to Arnold Schwarzenegger, then Sylvester Stallone, then Burt Reynolds, then Richard Gere, then Harrison Ford, and then Mel Gibson before Willis got it. 5. The character Michael Corleone (portrayed by Al Pacino) of The Godfather trilogy was first offered to Jack Nicholson. 6. Al Pacino on the other hand turned down the role of Han Solo of the Star Wars franchise. 7. Imagine Gwyneth Paltrow as Rose Dewitt (opposite Jack which was portrayed by Leonardo Di Caprio) on the super blockbuster movie Titanic, but she declined the role and simply stated “it wasn’t her cup of tea”. 8. Will Smith should have been Neo of The Matrix trilogy, instead of Keanu Reeves. 9. Brad Pitt turned down the lead role Jason Bourne of the The Bourne Identity series in favor of the film Spy Game. 10. John Travolta should have been the character Forrest Gump, a film of the same title which we all know done by the great Tom Hanks. 11. Russel Crowe turned down two important roles; Wolverine in X-Men and Morpheus in The Matrix. 12. Bruce Willis should have been the husband/partner of Demi Moore in the blockbuster movie “Ghost”, instead of Patrick Swayze.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:57:34 +0000
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