All actors face rejection, and I think it’s hard for actors to know that they’ve missed a major career-shaping role.
But sometimes they stand a safe distance from the fallout in that movie that they totally wanted to be bombs. There is
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green lantern It impressively starred Ryan Reynolds as a green-suited superhero. Unfortunately, the film was not a hit. rotten tomato When hardly made Budget over $200 million.
But it won’t always be Ryan Reynolds to star in the flop – Bradley Cooper also auditioned We even do screen tests for the lead role.he joked He said his face was too asymmetrical for the mask, and he said blew Audition by doing the bad Christian Bale-as-Batman impression.
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Justin Timberlake was Considering screen tested as well — although he would instead in time In 2011, it didn’t go so well review or US box office —but the film was much cheaper to produce and managed to do quite well internationally.
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You can’t talk about famous superhero flops without mentioning them Batman & Robin. The film was hated around the world and directed by Joel Schumacher. even apologized for it. Its star, George Clooney, called the film terrible and largely blamed himself for how bad it was.
But if that role had gone to David Duchovny, George Clooney wouldn’t have taken the role at all. alluded to Auditioned for the role and was not offered.
…but originally Kurt Russell was Negotiating with Star. Kilmer was the first choice, but left the franchise after one movie, obviously not thrilled along with his time in the franchise.
It turns out that Hugh Jackman was offered the choice of his role in the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical adaptation and turned it down. I called. re mi Together, and there were some options out there based on availability and time, and I really… yeah, I just wasn’t available at the time,” Jackman explained after the movie aired. . He couldn’t make the movie and replied, “I don’t want to be in the business of bashing people,” to which he replied that he had never seen it…but he hasn’t I think it’s safe to say. Misfortune he turned down the role.
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…and Rihanna. both There were scheduling conflicts, which meant that she could never become a star. Phew.
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In another cat-related example… cat in a hat It seemed like an odd choice and the movie criticizedThe film starred Mike Myers during the post.Shrek (When Austin Powers) his fame, but could not be measured until his past projects.
But it didn’t have to happen that way. Tim Allen could have played the role.he dropped out so that he can concentrate in 2001 Santa Claus II. “We couldn’t have made two icons,” Allen explained at the time, but I’m sure he’s happy with his decision now.
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While economically successful, the latest Star Wars It was a trilogy…controversial, the last film is particularly divisive, to say the least.one many polarization The character was Kylo Ren, the trilogy version of Darth Vader played by Adam Driver.
However, the film might have looked very different had Eddie Redmayne starred instead. auditioned Early on in the project, I was given a scene to read from another film (because the project was top secret and I couldn’t show the dialogue to potential stars). “So they give you a scene pride and prejudice, but they say you’re auditioning for a villain.if you myself, you make a silly noise. … [The casting director] I was just sitting there, trying out different versions of my kind of “koohh paaaah” over and over again. [Darth Vader breathing sound] voice. And after ten shots, she’s like, “Do you have anything else?” Embarrassing auditions are never fun, but Redmayne may be glad she didn’t have to take on the role.
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eragon Has to be one of the worst book-to-movie adaptations of all time and I’m shocked it reached 16% rotten tomatoSince then, star Ed Speleers has done well for himself, but it wasn’t exactly a star-making movie.
Alex Pettyfer, who was little known (other than being a model) at the time, was actually the first to be offered the role. storm breaker Instead, because he was afraid to fly and had to shoot eragon Foreign countries. storm breaker was no hit Either, but it worked at least slightly eragon with critics.
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in the meantime show girl It received better reviews today than it did before and was a big bomb when it was released. didn’t help Career of Elizabeth Berkley.
However, Berkley wasn’t always in that role. could have been Played by Charlize Theron. The film’s director even admitted that Theron dodged a bullet. …if she had been offered the role, she would probably have been bitten like Elizabeth.”
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Year 2005 fantastic four The movie was a critical failure, only scored 28% It did well at the box office on Rotten Tomatoes.Jessica Alba played Sue Storm, the only woman on the team, to make her memorable almost stopped acting After having a horrible experience with the movie sequel.
Instead of Alba, the role could have been moved to another actor — Ali Larter. Larter called going with Alba “a whole different thing” — she continued, “If you’re going with Jessica Alba, you’re not going with someone like me.2 Well, it’s a good thing they were looking for a different type, because the experience was just as negative for Larter.
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Fox tried to reboot the series in 2015, but this didn’t go so well. 9% with rotten tomatoes. Kate Mara played Sue Storm.
Emmy Rossum had also auditioned “devastated” for the role and for not getting it. “I didn’t get into the character at all. I didn’t understand the lines. I couldn’t sell it. I was like, ‘I don’t know what to do with my lines.'”
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Margot Robbie too During negotiations To play the role, she “didn’t really resonate with the script”.
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wild wild west was big mistake For all involved, including Will Smith and Kevin Kline — but Klein’s role almost went To George Clooney, who left the movie before filming began.
“I knew it would be a daunting task to get to this, but the opportunity to work with Will (Smith) and Barry (Sonnenfeld) was too exciting to pass up,” said Clooney. Said. “In the end, we all decided it was better to step aside and hire someone else than ruin this project by trying to remodel the role for me.” , at least for Clooney, this was for the best.
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in the meantime GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra It’s not a box office failure, it’s not a very famous movie, 33% with rotten tomatoes. Starring Channing Tatum mostly starred Instead, pre-Thor Chris Hemsworth.
This is called “7-8 callbacks” ( GI Joe When x men) and can’t get a job. “But then Thor Here we come.” Hemsworth Said“If I had one of my previous roles, I wouldn’t have. Thor.”
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Jim Carrey is Apparently “First Choice” to Play Pistachio Disguise master of disguise before he turns it down.
This was ultimately a wise decision — the movie bombed and is known as one of Dana Carvey’s films. worst role.
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So did Carrie original meaning Starring as Shaggy in scooby doo live-action film that won 32% with rotten tomatoes. Not just because the movie was panned (although it did well at the box office and even had a sequel), but because Matthew Lillard was a bright spot in the film and received critical acclaim for his role. I couldn’t imagine anyone doing better or coming out unscathed than Lillard.
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one of disney the largest rthe latest bomb John Carter Taylor Kitsch starred as the novel’s hero.the film We’re screwed To recoup its massive $306.6 million budget, radically changed The way Disney does business.
After all, Tom Cruise reportedly Really yyyy wanted the role, even though he was almost 50 when the movie was cast. Perhaps the best thing is that they got hooked on Taylor Kitsch.
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And finally, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen It may have been a box office success, but was ruined by critics, 20% with rotten tomatoes. The sequel, like the first film, starred Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox.
According to Robert Pattinson, he also auditioned for the role.this was right after the first twilight He was embarrassed when the film was released. pretend Being American, as he used to do at auditions…when everyone knew the rising superstar was British. This failure clearly worked in his favor — Pattinson is still a major star with critical acclaim.
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