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Actors and Actresses who turned down memorable roles  (By irishgit (152) on 02/26/2006)

Many actors and actresses have turned down a movie role that went on to become legendary or provide a huge breakthrough to someone elses career. The format of the list is Actor who turned down the role/ the role and movie/ and the actor who really played the role. Rate the following decision based on how poor a decision was made. If you have a good one to add, please add it using the Add a new Item button. 5 = Monumentally stupid
 
 
 
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George Raft (Sam Spade, "The Maltese Falcon" Humphrey Bogart) (1)  5.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Hedy Lamarr (Ilsa, "Casablanca" Ingrid Bergman) (1)  5.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Myrna Loy (Ellie Andrews, "It Happened One Night", Claudette Colbert) (1)  4.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Tom Selleck (Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1)  3.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
John Denver (Zach Mayo, "An Officer And A Gentleman", Richard Gere (3)  3.50 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Michael Madsen (Vincent Vega, "Pulp Fiction" John Travolta) (3)  3.50 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Michelle Pfeiffer (Clarice Starling, "Silence of the Lambs" Jodie Foster) (1)  3.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Gene Hackman (Hannibal Lector, "Silence of the Lambs" Anthony Hopkins) (2)  3.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
W.C. Fields (The Wizard, "The Wizard of Oz" Frank Morgan) (2)  3.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Daniel Day-Lewis (Aragorn, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Viggo Mortensen) (2)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Montgomery Clift (the young writer "Sunset Boulevard" WIlliam Holden) (1)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Steve McQueen (Sundance Kid, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" Robert Redford) (0)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Steve McQueen, (Captain Willard, "Apocalypse Now" Martin Sheen) (1)  3.00 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Burt Lancaster (Judah Ben-Hur "Ben Hur" Charlton Heston) (0)  3.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
James Cagney (Alfred P. Doolittle, "My Fair Lady" Stanley Holloway) (0)  3.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Jane Fonda (Bonnie Parker, "Bonnie and Clyde" Faye Dunaway) (0)  3.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Steve McQueen (Popeye Doyle, "the French Connection," Gene Hackman) (3)  2.50 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Gregory Peck (Will Kane, "High Noon" Gary Cooper) (1)  2.50 (2)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Sean Connery (Gandalf, "Lord of the Rings" Ian McKellan) (2)  2.33 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Ewan McGregor (Neo, "The Matrix," Keanu Reeves) (3)  2.00 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Bettte Davis (Scarlett O'Hara, "Gone with the Wind" Vivien Leigh) (2)  2.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Cary Grant (James Bond "Dr. No" Sean Connery) (1)  2.00 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Will Smith (Neo, "The Matrix", Keanu Reeves) (2)  1.75 (4)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Robert Redford (Ben Braddock, "the Graduate" Dustin Hoffman) (2)  1.67 (3)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Marlon Brando (Frankie "The man withe the Golden Arm, Frank Sinatra) (0)  1.00 (1)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Alan Ladd (Jett Rink, "Giant" James Dean) (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Alison Doody (Eowyn, The Lord of the Rings) (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Cary Grant (Linus Larrabee, Sabrina, Humphrey Bogart) (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Eva Marie Saint (Eve, "The Three Faces of Eve" Joanne Woodward) (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
Kirk Douglas (Kid Shelleen"Cat Ballou" Lee Marvin) (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
The Godfather (0)  0.00 (0)   Rate It!Get Rating Widget!
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