10 Actors Whom Viewers Almost Could Not See In Iconic Roles
It’s hard to imagine Friends without Jennifer Aniston or Sex and the City without Sarah Jessica Parker. It’s impossible to see someone playing these iconic but in reality, it almost happened. There is a load of reasons why an actor may miss out on a certain opportunity. It’s because they couldn’t get along with the crew or their co-stars, or they have scheduling conflicts that keep them from being around for filming.
Plenty of viewers might have lived in an entirely different timeline or hold other memories today just because they didn’t say yes to offers. However, thank God, they changed their minds and decided to be an important part of the movies.
Below are 10 actors who came pretty close to not portraying their iconic roles.
But, he changed his mind because he thought he could never land another job after his terrible role in the previous movie. Eventually, Dreyfuss begged Spielberg to give him the role.
Plenty of viewers might have lived in an entirely different timeline or hold other memories today just because they didn’t say yes to offers. However, thank God, they changed their minds and decided to be an important part of the movies.
Below are 10 actors who came pretty close to not portraying their iconic roles.
#1 Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
Source: © Titanic / Twentieth Century Fox
#2 Jon Hamm in Mad Men
Source: © Mad Men / Lionsgate Television
#3 Scarlett Johansson in MCU movies
Source: © Black Widow / Marvel Studios
#4 Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
Source: © The Shawshank Redemption / Castle Rock Entertainment
#5 Jennifer Aniston in Friends
Source: © Friends / Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
#6 Sadie Sink in Stranger Things
Source: © Stranger Things / 21 Laps Entertainment
#7 Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones movies
Source: © Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
#8 Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Source: © Breakfast at Tiffany's / Jurow-Shepherd
#9 Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws
Source: © Jaws / Zanuck/Brown Productions
But, he changed his mind because he thought he could never land another job after his terrible role in the previous movie. Eventually, Dreyfuss begged Spielberg to give him the role.
#10 Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games
Source: © The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 / Lionsgate
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