Categories: Stories

33 Actors Who Rejected Iconic Roles

7. Matt Damon In Star Trek

Director J.J. Abrams confirmed that he originally approached Matt Damon to take on the part in the new Star Trek remake, as Captain Kirk — however, the actor turned him down. But he was glad to have given the chance to hire little-known star Chris Pine.

MajorTen

8. Al Pacino In Pretty Woman

Pacino was Pretty Woman’s director Garry Marshall’s first choice to play the John who was taken on by Richard Gere. Would definitely have been quite a different feel to the movie.

MajorTen

9. Tom Selleck In Indiana Jones

Tom Selleck chose to take up the role to work on Magnum P.I. rather than the Raiders of the Lost Ark part. But we don’t really see Indy sporting a mustache, either.

MajorTen

Click NEXT for Brokeback Mountain possibilities

Previous 3 of 11 Next

Show comments
Share
Published by

Recent Posts

‘The Little Rascals’: How ‘Our Gang’ Came to Be and Why Those Kids Should Never Be Forgotten

When it comes to The Little Rascals, Leonard Maltin — along with Richard W. Bann —…

4 years ago

Harrison Ford Officially Leading Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ Film

Disney announced a fifth Indiana Jones movie due out in July 2022. Harrison Ford is…

4 years ago

Classic TV Debut, December 16: ‘One Day at a Time,’ from ‘All in the Family Creator’ Norman Lear

By the time the original One Day at a Time premiered on December 16, 1975,…

4 years ago

Classic TV Debut, December 16: Jack Webb’s ‘Dragnet,’ One of the First Police Procedurals

If you were try and figure out what the first TV ancestor of Law &…

4 years ago

How The ‘Rat Pack’ Was Destroyed By The Kennedys

Richard A. Lertzman, co-author of the new book Deconstructing the Rat Pack delves into the…

4 years ago

‘Little House On The Prairie’: Melissa Sue Anderson Dated This Famous Older Man

Melissa Sue Anderson played Mary Ingalls on the series Little House on the Prairie. The…

4 years ago