Are there movies you wish had been re-cast with other actors? How much
of a difference do you believe switching a lead actress or supporting
actor etc would make to the quality of a film?
OJ Simpson was hired by the studio to play "The Terminator" but James
Cameron fired him, explaining that he was too nice to play "a
cold-hearted killer."
Harrison Ford got lucky earlier on in his career, too. Tom Selleck had
been hired to play Indiana Jones, however his TV show, "Magnum PI"
wouldn't let him out of his contract to play the part. Then just as
shooting on the film started, there was a wr...
In 1997, Kevin Costner, in an attempt to reboot his failing film career,
had bought the rights to the story "Air Force One" and was planning to
produce and star in it himself. He ran into scheduling conflicts with
his bloated epic, "The Postman" and ...
Bette Davis lobbied hard to play "Martha" in "Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf" and was aghast when Elizabeth Taylor was cast. Aside from the
fact Davis was past her prime as a box office attraction, Warner
Brothers felt Bette Davis doing a "Bette Davi...
In the early 70's Barbara Streisand turned down two lead roles, in
"Cabaret" and "Klute" - parts that would win Liza Minnelli and Jane
Fonda academy awards.
