17 Actors Who Almost Played a Different Character
There's no business like switcheroo business.

Some characters are so tightly associated with the actor who plays them, we can’t imagine anyone else in the role (which frankly, might be more a failure of our imagination than anything else). And yet, it often happens that the actor was originally considered for a different character in the same movie (or show, or franchise). These are but a few cases of that happening.

Source: The Daily Beast
Rainn Wilson in 'The Office'

Source: NPR
Gal Gadot in the DCEU

Source: Cinema Blend
Drew Barrymore

Source: People
Stephanie Beatriz in 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

Source: Screen Rant
Lucy Lawless in 'Battlestar Galactica'

Source: Toronto Star
Kumail Nanjiani in the MCU

Source: We Got This Covered
Cillian Murphy in 'The Dark Knight' Trilogy

Source: Heroic Hollywood
January Jones in 'Mad Men'

Source: Showbiz CheatSheet
Bruce Willis in 'Ocean's Eleven'

Sources: Time Magazine, Hollywood.com
James Caan in 'The Godfather'

Source: Vanity Fair
Jada Pinkett Smith in 'The Matrix'

Source: Showbiz CheatSheet
Joe Manganiello in the DCEU

Source: Screen Rant
Kim Cattrall in 'Star Trek'

Source: CBR
Lorraine Bracco in 'The Sopranos'

Source: ABC News
Richard Burgi in '24'

Source: 24 Spoilers
Alexander Siddig in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'

Source: FanSided