Created: 09/26/2022, 1:35 p.m
Many actors have become indispensable in certain film roles. But often they were not the first choice. We show who was actually intended for these roles.
1 / 24 Audrey Hepburn in her most famous role as Holly Golightly in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. © Mary Evans/imago
2 / 24 Truman Capote, the author of the novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s, wanted Marilyn Monroe in the film adaptation, but Paramount cast Audrey Hepburn. © Everett Collection/imago
3/24 Tom Hanks as “Forrest Gump”. He received the Oscar for best actor for the role. © imago
4 / 24 According to his own statement, John Travolta turned down the role of “Forrest Gump” because he thought the film would flop. © Mary Evans/imago
5 / 24 Angelina Jolie im Film „Mr. & Mrs. Smith“. © Stephen Vaughn/imago
6 / 24 Gwen Stefani had also auditioned for the role of Mrs. Smith. © imago
7/24 Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson alongside Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater in the blockbuster Titanic. © Mary Evans/imago
8 / 24 Matthew McConaughey was also at the “Titanic” casting but did not expect to get the role of Jack Dawson. © Everett Collection/imago
9/24 Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa alongside Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the film “Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope”. © imago
10/24 Jodie Foster had to turn down the role of Leia Organa due to scheduling conflicts. But she doesn’t regret the cancellation. © Mary Evans/imago
11/24 Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry Walton Jones Jr. in the movie Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark. © imago
12 / 24 Stephen Spielberg cast Tom Selleck in the lead role as Indiana Jones, but Selleck had to turn it down because he had just signed for the TV series Magnum. © Mary Evans/imago
13 / 24 Michelle Pfeiffer als Catwoman im Film „Batman Returns“. © Mary Evans/imago
14 / 24 Madonna told The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that she regrets turning down the role of Catwoman in Batman Begins. © Ralph Dominguez/imago
15/24 Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward alongside Richard Gere as Edward Lewis in the film Pretty Woman. © imago
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17 / 24 Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller (rl) alongside Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson and Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye in the comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. © Mary Evans/imago
18 / 24 Johnny Depp was John Hughes’ first choice for the role of Ferris Bueller. However, he had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict. © imago
19 / 24 Keanu Reeves als Thomas A. „Neo“ Anderson neben Carrie-Anne Moss als Trinity im Hollywood-Blockbuster „Matrix“. © Mary Evans/imago
20/24 Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to direct the movie Wild Wild West. A decision that he says he regrets to this day. © Everett Collection/imago
21/24 Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany alongside Bradley Cooper as Pat Solitano Jr. in the tragic comedy Silver Linings. © Weinstein Company/Everett Collection/imago
22 / 24 Anne Hathaway was set to play the role of Tiffany in the movie Silver Linings, but she and the director had “creative differences.” © Tammie Arroyo/imago
23 / 24 Sam Worthington as Jake Sully in the hit film Avatar. © Mary Evans/imago
24 / 24 Matt Damon now regrets that he turned down the lead role and 10 percent of the earnings in the film “Avatar”. © Armando Gallo/imago
