Tuesday, November 18, 2003

CHECKING IT TWICE: Learning in her Fametracker audit today that Emma Thompson turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct reminded me that I've long wanted to compile a list of Most Interesting Roles Turned Down.

For example, some of my favorites have included Tom Selleck being cast as Indiana Jones (until he couldn't get out of his "Magnum P.I." commitment), Brad Pitt as Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, and Harrison Ford in the Michael Douglas role in Traffic (he insisted on a lot of rewrites, then bailed to do K-19: The Widowmaker, then Kevin Costner was to replace him until 3,000 Miles to Graceland looked to him like a better prospect). And we all know about the urban legend that put Ronald Reagan in Casablanca, right?

So, as it turns out, there's a defunct website out there with a pretty good list.

But it's clearly incomplete. Tell us good ones you know about.

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