Actors and the Roles They Passed Up

There are some movie roles where you can't imagine anyone else playing the part. There are other roles where you think, anyone but that actor should've played the part. Then there are those roles where the actor is still kicking themselves for not taking it...



Charlie's Angels-Thandie Newton turned down the role played by Lucy Liu because she wanted to work with her husband Oliver Parker on a low-budget British film instead.















Little Miss Sunshine -Bill Murray turned down Steve Carell's role, which reportedly became one of the few choices in his career that he regretted.
















Ghost- Bruce Willis turned down the role of Sam Wheat in Ghost (the role played by Patrick Swayze opposite Willis's now ex-wife Demi Moore) "because he didn't think the plot would work and that playing a ghost would be detrimental to his career". Ironically, he played a ghost in The Sixth Sense. Molly Ringwald turned down Moore's role.










Shakespeare in Love- Kate Winslet turned down Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar-winning role, as did Julia Roberts.
















Pretty Woman-Daryl Hannah turned down the role of Vivian because she felt it was denigrating to women. She later appeared in Dancing at the Blue Iguana as a stripper. Molly Ringwald also passed. Vivian's role was snapped up by Julia Roberts and the rest is history. Al Pacino turned down Richard Gere's role.










Click here to see an extended list of the actors who wished their agent would've advised them better.

Source: News.com.au