15 Actors Who Were Almost Cast In Iconic Roles

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15 Actors Who Were Almost Cast In Iconic Roles

Sometimes, it turns out that super-famous roles very nearly ended up being played by someone else, and the only reason they didn’t is because of a scheduling conflict, a last-minute change of plans, or something of that kind - in other words, an oddball event happening at the right time changed how a pop culture icon turned out. Here are 15 stories of that very thing happening:

Eddie Murphy almost starred in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He was supposed to play Eddie Valiant, but he thought What? Animation and people? That sounds like bulls* to me. He says, Now every time !I see it I feel like an idiot. CRACKED.COM

Source: NME

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lan McKellen turned down the opportunity to play mbledore. They wanted to give him the role after Richard Harris died, but Harris called him technically brilliant, but passionless,' and McKellen said he couldn't take over the part from an actor who I'd known didn't approve of me. CRACKED.COM

Source: Variety

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