10 Fantastic Movie Roles Rejected By Star Actors
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TweetJames Caan as Randle P. McMurty
Asked once why he rejected the role of Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, James Caan had the honesty to say: "At the time, I thought - because I'm a genius - it wasn't visual enough. It took place in these four walls. I didn't know that [director] Miloš Forman was as good as he was. It's my opinion that I'm stuck with, unfortunately. I've made some bad choices." Jack Nicholson took the role and won the Oscar for Best Actor. The movie became one of only three films in movie history to win all of the "big five" Academy Awards.
Katie Holmes as Piper Chapman
Who knew that the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black would end up being such a hit? Katie Holmes certainly did not. She turned down the role of the main character, Piper Chapman which went to Taylor Schilling instead.
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