All the right actors ended up in the right roles.

Selleck wanted to play Indy, but he was under contract to be in "Magnum", and the producers wouldn't let him have the time off to make the movie. So Lucas (producer) and Spielberg (director) went back to their original pick, Harrison Ford. Lucas didn't want him in the role, because he was already Han Solo, and was afraid he was getting too dependent on Ford in his movies.

@helenheeney2284

Жыл бұрын

Well Harrison Ford perfect just perfect for the role

Tom Selleck did not turn down Indiana Jones. The whole saga of him not being allowed to play the part because of his Magnum contract has been widely discussed and documented.

@kateclemons5921

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@greglapointe1311

2 жыл бұрын

I remember a similar situation in the '80's when James Bond producers wanted Pierce Bronson to play Bond, (eventually he did in the '90's yes). The producers wouldn't let him out of his Remington Steele tv show contract. The role went to Timothy Dalton who played Bond for only 2 films and Remington Steele ended production of the show after only a handful of episodes in that final year.

@richardmark9161

2 жыл бұрын

@@greglapointe1311 yup. Almost exactly the same situation but my point is that we’ve known about this for many years. This KZread video thinks we’re all stupid. There are dozens and dozens and dozens of videos that regurgitate the same continent but this video gets it all wrong.

@MarcG7424

2 жыл бұрын

They said due to his contractual obligations to Magnum P.I

@richardmark9161

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarcG7424 The video claims that “he turned it down” Tom Selleck did not himself “turn it down“ Tom Selleck even did a screen test as Indiana Jones that is available on the Internet to be seen. He wanted the part. The title of this very video is “Actors Who Turned Down Massive Roles…etc” There is a big difference between actually turning down a role and being contractually forbidden from taking a role. Facts Verse did a bad job researching and writing this video.

I think Jack Nicholson in Silence of the Lambs would have been awesome!

@debrahouston2884

2 жыл бұрын

I think Hopkins was PERFECT. Besides, JN did "The Shining" + "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." Hence, needed someone else for "Silence of the Lambs."

@nhmooytis7058

2 жыл бұрын

Heeeere’s Hanni!

@nicoleknight9412

2 жыл бұрын

He also has three Oscars under his belt: Best Actor ,"One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest"; Best Sopprting Actor, " Terms of Endearment "; and finally, Best Actor, " As Good As It Gets".

@kevinshaughnessy6396

2 жыл бұрын

Nicholson would be type casting himself after the Shining

@nhmooytis7058

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinshaughnessy6396 he’s great at crazy guys!

Burt Reynolds also turned down the role in terms of endearment which went to Jack Nicholson who won the Oscar.

@jsull6430

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. I was going to mention this but you got here b4 me. 😁

@lamontbradford4630

Жыл бұрын

He also turned down Rocky

I'm so happy Hanks was Forrest instead of Travolta.

@SUGAR_XYLER

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 I couldn't even imagine that

@cantsay8894

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Travola revolta

@sunflowerhumbridge8737

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I could see Travolta doing it like Vinnie Barbarino from Kotter. Hanks did it to perfection

@carolynking5470

2 жыл бұрын

@@cantsay8894 I'm not fond of John Travolta. He was perfect as the mean high school bully in Carrie.

I think the best movie Christopher Walken stared in was The Prophecy, he absolutely scared the shit out of me in that movie.

@budahbaba7856

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! :)

Sean Connery also turned down the part of Morpheus in the Matrix, because he didn’t understand it.

@FactsVerse

2 жыл бұрын

That's great info, thank you for sharing! 😊

Billy Crystal turned down the role of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story and he regretted it. He made of for it when he took on the role of Mike Wazowski in Monsters Inc. another Pixar film.

I could see Rod Steiger as Vito Corleone.

I can DEFINITELY imagine Jack Nicholson being perfect for Bad Santa, LOL.

@PainInTheS

Жыл бұрын

Maybe.....but I'm SO glad it went to Billy Bob Thornton!

*Of all the people mentioned...I think it's Burt Reynolds who made the most mistakes. He didn't have much of an eye for picking the winners! I can see him in a lot of the roles he passed up like 007 Die Hard, and Pretty Woman.*

@banx757

8 ай бұрын

I agree with you on Burt Reynolds making bad choices in turning down roles. But I think he made the right call to turn down the role of James Bond. I think he was right when he said that audiences would have found it difficult to see an American playing the British secret agent. He would have stepped into the role right after Sean Connery stopped playing it and 7 films into the franchise.

Christopher Walken could of taken any role and made it interesting.

Harrison Ford was perfect in the role of Han Solo as you always felt bit of humor in this role.

An older movie but still an important one was Stalag 17. The lead part of J.J. Sefton was not originally offered to William Holden. Charlton Heston turned it down first. The right guy got the part. Holden won the Oscar for it.

You forgot to mention Christopher Walken's movie role in The Dead Zone. Very believable performance in a far out story.

Seems to me, Harrison Ford is the big winner in getting iconic roles other actors turned down. And in the reverse, Burt Reynolds seems to have turned down a lot of iconic roles that would've worked out well for him.

@douglasturner6153

2 жыл бұрын

Comes down to ego and being hungry. Burt had a bad attiude problem and thought much of himself. Some say jerk. Ford was a nobody basically and glad to get what roles he could.

@ccefc_families297

2 жыл бұрын

I would say the roles of Han Solo and Indiana Jones were best suited for Harrison Ford, as they really showed his range in acting as a gritty, impatient, and sometimes exasperating action hero (who fears snakes). I could not see anyone better for those roles than him.

@douglasturner6153

2 жыл бұрын

@@ccefc_families297 He was.the best one. But his inexperience and gratitude and loyalty for Lucas's and Spielberg's help getting started led to choices that now appear very shrewd in hindsight.

@IJLook

2 жыл бұрын

@@douglasturner6153 Harrison Ford was the guy who could play any role like James Stewart could .

@SUGAR_XYLER

2 жыл бұрын

I always found Burt sickening...his laugh especially!

They were all terrific actors, & were cast perfect for the rolls they played. Thank you for all your great performances.

I thought Christopher Lee would make a good Darth Vader

@markant9534

2 жыл бұрын

His voice? Earl Jones voice made that character.

I think the movies were just fine the way they turned out. I can't see them any other way now.

13 likes and two views, *sounds about right*

I pick actor, Al Pachino who played a roll in "The God Father". Then actor Jack Nicholson for *Who Flew Over The CoKoos Nest* and "As Good As It Gets". Finally, actor John Travolta in " Saturday Night Feaver" All the actors whom I cannot even recall were just the right actors who played these rolls. And they plated them beautifly.They convinced and enticed me thars for sure.

The role that should have been played by one specific actress but was, sadly, played by another was the role of Holly Golightly in the movie Breakfast At Tiffany's. The role was absolutely perfect for Marilyn Monroe. Unfortunately at that time Monroe was incapable of participating in the movie so the role went to Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn was good in the part but the character of Holly Golightly was almost custom-made for Monroe.

@budahbaba7856

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I had never heard of this.

@AttRandyReynolds

2 жыл бұрын

@@budahbaba7856 Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast At Tiffany's, wanted the part to go to Monroe. When Bob Osborne, the late, long-time host of Turner Classic Movies, was told this tidbit of trivia decades ago, he said he could never watch the movie again with the same appreciation because he could see how good the movie could have been. But there is certainly nothing wrong with Audrey Hepburn and the movie is somewhere in the top 25 of my favorite movies.

All Walker’s roles could use more cowbell.

Before he died Burt Reynolds was offered the role of George Spahn in the film "Once Upon a time in Hollywood" he did show up for rehearsals but his death opened up the role to Bruce Dern

@FactsVerse

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for sharing this info about BUrt. May he find peace 😭

@JamesHerington

Жыл бұрын

@@FactsVerse Amen to that

No other actor could do "Indiana Jones" like Harison Ford. He was the best fit for the role

Jack Nicholson as Indiana Jones?? NoWay, doesn’t have the looks!!

@markant9534

2 жыл бұрын

Nicholson looked great in Fedora hat in Chinatown, but that was a different kind of character to Jones, Nicholson doen`t look like an action hero, Foed was more tall and hunky, his build was more athletic too.

Burt Reynolds did turn down, rightly so, James Bond. He said Bond should remain British. Again, Walken was considered NEVER offered the part of Han Solo.

@stephengiallombardo9894

2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the first actor to play James Bond was an American. Barry Nelson, the Overlook manager in The Shining, played James Bond ( called Jimmy) in a 1954; television presentation of Casino Royale. You can find it on KZread.

I couldn't imagine Burt Reynolds as Bond,maybe Matt Helm or are man Flint.

@milescoburn1845

2 жыл бұрын

James Coburn (no relation) is the perfect Derek Flint.

Tom Selleck aged like stupendously fine wine I hope to age this graceful

I think it’s okay to ask the what if question especially when it comes to actors and their roles. All the actors mentioned in this video did just fine. Yeah, Jack Nicholson in Silence of the Lambs would have been awesome. Interesting question to ask, would a movie come out differently if another actor played in a movie other than the one who would be associated with said movie which is what this video covers.

Another fascinating cast change was that of Peter Ustinov as Inspector Clouseau in director Blake Edward's original "Pink Panther' film who, apparently, stepped down at the last moment leading to a scramble to find a replacement - Peter Sellers, The rest is history (whether Ustinov regretted his decision is unknown).

@kevinshaughnessy6396

2 жыл бұрын

Peter Sellers had more of a believable sarcastic witt I thought you said that your dog doesn't bite .. That is not my dog..

Sean Connery was also offered the role of Morpheus in "The Matrix", but turned it down because he "didn't get it". Very sad and unfortunate. I can't help but watch it and imagine all of his scenes with Connery, and am overly saddened that we did not get to see that. Nothing against Lawrence Fishburne, but Sean Connery would have been fantastic and more enjoyable.

@CaptainSpalding72

2 жыл бұрын

And turned down, Lord of the Rings.

@speedracer1945

2 жыл бұрын

He wanted t be in one last great film series before he retired. LOEG wasn't a bad film as a early Avengers film bad reviews sunk it .

@eddiemcgrath8536

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSpalding72 I love Sean Connery but Im glad he didn't do Gandalf, it would have become a Sean Connery movie rather than the Lord of the Rings, if that makes sense.

@peterpaszczak4013

2 жыл бұрын

Shur Shawn would shertainly have been a shite for shore eyezz in that film, Take thish shubmarine to Vladivoshtokk.

@joe-vz6hx

2 жыл бұрын

I am quite happy Connery wisely turned down Matrix, which had some cool special effect and nothing else...him taking the role would have been sad, and he had his share of crap films as it was (basically all the fantasy garbage)

Russell Crowe was offered Wolverine but turned it down and recommended Hugh Jackman.

@budahbaba7856

2 жыл бұрын

That is interesting because now it seems so hard to think of any one but Hugh Jackman as Wolverine :)

Molly ringwald turn down the role of pretty woman and Julia Roberts became a superstar

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

Molly ringwald was great in the breakfast club. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Nicholson would make a great Hannibal

Burt Reynolds was the worst... turning down TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. He hated Boogie Nights.

Charleston Heston turned down the omen.

Tom selleck could done indy just fine he knew how to work the 4th wall.

Travolta would have flopped as Gump.

Alec Baldwin turned down the opportunity to reprise his role as Jack Ryan in the Tom Clancy series due the issue of script approval. It went to Harrison Ford in "Patriot Games". Interestingly , Tom Clancy wanted Tom Selleck in "The Hunt for Red October".

Warner Bros. originally wanted James Cagney to play Robin Hood in 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood" which eventually stared Errol Flynn. Can you just imagine Robin calling Prince John "You Dirty Rat! You Double-Crossed your Brother King Richard and now you're gonna get it! "

Burt Reynolds turned down the part of Dallas in ALIEN, he later said that was the worst mistake of his career.

A little known factoid as well is Peewee Herman also turned down the role of Indiana Jones. Rumor has it he regrets it to this very day.

Burt Reynolds was offered Jack Nicholson's role in Terms of Endearment but said no. Nicholson won the Oscar. Reynolds buddy Clint Eastwood called him an idiot for not doing it. Eastwood knew it was a great role of a playboy astronaut.

@carolynking5470

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. That role would have made him look like an idiot. It fit Nicholson.

@drewknight7126

2 жыл бұрын

@@carolynking5470 Disagree all you want but Reynolds would have had the arrogant-comedic edge to do well with the part.

Although I know of most of the newer movies and/or TV shows, I remember these actors from their earlier roles.

Love This Video!

They won’t make the money that they used to. We the people hate them now. I would never pay to see any of their work again. I hope no one else will.

Yes 🙌

BURT REYNOLDS would have been a GREAT Han Solo but I think he might have overshdowed MARK HAMILL as Luke Skywalker and that would have defeated purpose of the Han character...to complement, not bury! Don't forget, Smokey And The Bandit knocked Star Wars out of the number one spot!

Tom Selleck Jesse Stone👍. His western are some of the best of the modern era.

I need for you all to do a special on Sidney Poitier

Tom Selleck did not turn down Raiders of the Lost Ark. He saw set and ready to go, as the producers of the Magnum pilot had told him it was not going to series. CBS decided out of blue to out it on their fall schedule and Harrison Ford was brought in at the last minute to play Indiana Jones.

It's hard since the wrong film role could also pull down your career.

Still thinkin bout McQueen as Sundance OR Butch!!

Wow, Burt has to be the winner here for turning down roles in some of the most icon roles! It doesn’t take anything away from his career though which was still prolific. For the record, he would have also been a great Han Solo though HF’s depiction was unsurpassable. Actually I could easily see him being an outstanding Bond as well. He could have done the suave martini drinking (shaken not stirred), “lady killer,” as well as the physical fighting stuff probably more realistically than any of the Bonds until Daniel Craig. As far. As “one flew over...” no one could’ve done what JN did.

Loved Tom Selleck in "Quigley down under" with Alan Rickman and Laura San Giacomo. Christopher Walken in "The King of New York" great flick. Travolta in 'Urban Cowboy" should have never beaten Scott Glen in a fist fight. He was not nearly the bad ass as portrayed by Glenn in that movie. Loved Burt Reynolds in the movie "Stick". I loved the line when the albino hit man was hanging on a ledge about 30 storied up and the swimming pool down below, real small from that height and Reynolds said "if you push off real hard you might hit the water".

Christopher Walken stars in my two most favorite movies: "The Dead Zone" and "Brainstorm," Natalie Wood's last movie because her jealous, egotistical husband decided to kill her and make it look like an accident.

@FactsVerse

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! What other types of videos would you like to see?

@13megagreek

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly Walken was on the yacht that fateful night.

1:98 .....excuse me, what the HELL did you say??? Tom Sellecks’ most substantive role was the on the wildly popular Magnum PI!! SEVEN seasons in the 80’s. Remember, most households only had THREE TV Networks to choose from, and Magnum PI was kicking ass in his time slot!! You must be a millennial or younger.....

Tom Selleck in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Jesus. Unable to take a role due to prior contract obligations IS NOT THE SAME as "turning down a role".

1959 Sean Connery played in a movie called w Gill in the little people it was but Walt Disney it was before he become 007

Sean's alive, the hurricane had ppl believe he died

Poor Sean. Expected to fly to New Zealand. First class I assume.

Some movies would not have been as good . Had those actors accepted the roles.

I heard that John Wayne was considered for Patton.

@nicoleknight9412

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been interesting.

@mdunawaym

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicoleknight9412 I love John Wayne, but George C. Scott can't be beat in that role!

@shawnmichaelduncan5951

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't hear that. Heard Lee Marvin turned it down.

@guynicoletti5811

2 жыл бұрын

John Wayne only played John Wayne.

@Melinda8162

2 жыл бұрын

John Wayne was also considered for……’Dirty Harry’. Imagine that!!

And the flip side where the duds that actors turned down - and the ways one acts @ present. And the actors go on as they do.

Marlon Brando was excellent as the godfather but I wonder if Anthony Quinn would have been a more natural choice in the role ?

@Mrm_Mario

2 жыл бұрын

I think he would have made a great Luca Brazzi

Read that Cubby Brocoli thought Reynolds was too short. Loads of actors have claimed to have turned down Bond.

Selleck did not turn down IJ. He was under a binding pilot contract. Lucas and Spielberg could not get him released either. They both tried hard. Ford got the part by default at the last minute because they had waited too long for Selleck thinking his Magnum series would not be picked up.

From an earlier era in Hollywood history, we have one about acting greats, Charles Laughton and Alec Guinness. Laughton revealed that he was offered the role of the colonel, in "The Bridge on the River Kwai"; but repeatedly turned it down. Alec Guinness inherited the role and won an Oscar for it. Much later, Laughton was quoted as saying he never could understand the character, so he kept turning down the part. He added, only when he saw the performance of Alec Guinness, did he finally understand. Alec Guinness said that Laughton's words meant more to him, than winning the Academy Award for the part.

Travolta turned down American Gigolo & An Officer & a Gentlemen.

Read that Robert Redford turned down Superman.

Burt Reynolds was never offered the James Bond role. According to Tom Mankiewicz’s autobiography, producer Cubby Broccoli thought. Reynolds was too short and dismissed the idea outright.

I can't imagine Jack playing Indiana Jones!

@carolynking5470

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. It wouldn't have worked at all.

They wanted Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play Snake Plissken.

Robin Williams was considered for the role of thexjojer in the Batman movie but turned it down and the role went to Jack nicholson. Williams was offered the role of the riddler in the movie Batman forever and it went to Jim carrey.

Would Clint Eastwood have been so successful if Charles Bronson hadn't turned down not one, but all three movies in the 'Dollars'trilogy. Or if John Wayne, Robert Mirchum, William Holden and even Frank Sinatra had accepted the role of Dirty Harry Callahan when it was offered to each of them in turn. Clint was way down the list when it came to choosing actors for what became his most iconic role.But of course nearly every great actor owes their career to a twist of fate when lady luck smiled on them.

Only possible answer to that question is yes they were the right characters for that role. Possibly somebody else might have been the right one. But they were there they did it they excelled and they were remembered for it. And people probably want more.

Gene Hackman got the role in Hoosier after Jackie boy turned it down , love Gene in that film 🎥

Tom Selleck starred in more than three Jesse Stone TV movie series. You can rent them on prime.

@milescoburn1845

2 жыл бұрын

The narrator mentions three more Jesse Stone TV movies a bit further in the video. The narration was badly written. Should have just said six movies in one sentence instead of breaking it up into three and three.

Saying an actor 'turned down' a role doesn't always mean he would have for certain gotten the role if he had wanted it. Rather it often just means they were offered the opportunity to audition along with several other actors, and turned the audition down. I'm pretty certain Burt Reynolds never had a lock on James Bond - he was offered the chance to audition and declined because he didn't think he would get the part since he wasn't British.

@nicoleknight9412

2 жыл бұрын

For a reversal of rejected parts, MGM rejected W.C. Fields for "The Wizard of Oz", because he wanted too much money for the title role.

At least all of them were successful in their career even turning down mega movies hits.

Will Smith was offered thexlead role in the matrix which would Go to Keanu Reeves.

Sean Connery in Still Game you are having a laugh

There really is no point in contra-puntual history .What if Adolf Hitler stuck to Art? What if Sterling Hayden accepted the Robert Shaw role in "Jaws"? What if Burt Lancaster said "yes" to playing Ben-Hur? What if Cary Grant accepted the Bond offer? What if Jeff Bridges said "okay" to Indiana? What if Mae West said "yes" to "Sunset Boulevard"? What if Rod Steiger accepted George C.'s role in "Patton"? The kist goes on and ob. The fact is, we cannot turn back the clock .What if Jane Fonda took the Dunaway role in "Chinatown"? The lucjy ones got the roles and cried all the way to the bank .

Burt Reynolds turn down Terms of Endearment the role went to Jack Nicholson who went on to win an Academy Award which you fail to mention.

Not a big role, but Al Pacino's biggest regret was turning down the role of Agent Kujan in The Usual Suspects. He had just finished filming Heat and didn't want to play another cop so soon after.

@FactsVerse

2 жыл бұрын

Great information, thank you for sharing!

Imagine if Jack Hamill took the role of the Joker in the 1989 Batman movie or that in the 1989 Batman movie Robert Englund takes the role of Harvey Dent and he becomes Two Face?

it only seems perfect because you haven't seen anyone else.think about a jock like Tom Selleck playing Indiana Jones,and it doesn't sound that crazy.

Yes I can totally imagine Kurt Russell being Han Solo. Totally wish he had played the character. I was alive when the first original Star Wars films were out and I still think to this day Russell should have been Han.

@nhmooytis7058

2 жыл бұрын

Snake Plissken!

as for reynolds something that seems to keep careers going is either finding someone who can pick good roles or being able to do it oneself

@speedracer1945

2 жыл бұрын

When he was king of the box office , films available at that time was only comedy films but he would get a good semi action film like the Longest yard , Deliverance and my favorite of his , Sharkys Machine .

@milescoburn1845

2 жыл бұрын

@@speedracer1945 My god! Hardly anybody discusses, "Sharkey's Machine"! Great film!

@speedracer1945

2 жыл бұрын

@@milescoburn1845 I just watched it two days ago on bluray.

Matt Damon turned down the lead role of Avatar and 10 percent of the profits from Avatar. That part went to Sam Worthington, who i'll be honest, there were so many times in Avator i couldn't understand what he was saying cause he has a bad accent. Matt Damon would have been much better in the movie.

@jaengen

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. Matt is too puny and not an imposing physical presence.

WHEN ANYONE I KNOW INCLUDING MYSELF THINKS OF TOM SELEK ?? ITS ALWAYS MAGNUM PI.

Another great role Ford played was in the niche movie "The Age of Adaline" a sweet move that makes me appreciate my always current age.

Burt Reynolds was NOT ever offered Star Wars. Tom Selleck did not turn down anything, he was FORCED to turn it down due to his tv show. Big difference.

Lucky for everyone that Reynolds did not take on the role of Bond.

Again I can't see walken as Hon Solo

Big Jim Langomussi is forgotten today but he was offered role of Mighty Ho Young

Has every entertainer from the United Kingdom been knighted???? Holy crap! They're all "sir"

@nicoleknight9412

2 жыл бұрын

Chaplin and Hitchcock were both knighted shortly before their deaths.

I believe that Sean Connery was offered a role in The Matrix