Speaker 1: Would the Mission Impossible franchise be the same if Tom
Speaker 1: Cruise wasn't cast as the lead sprooking Jubal in the morning?
Speaker 1: Would Die Hard feel different if Bruce Willis got replaced
Speaker 1: by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah, very different. Would The Lord of
Speaker 1: the Rings movies be more exciting if Frodo was played
Speaker 1: by Kevin Hart? Probably definitely has a lot of preciouses.
Speaker 1: Movie characters become iconic thanks to the actors who bring
Speaker 1: them to life, and after you see a really great movie,
Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine anybody else in that role afterward.
Speaker 1: But Hollywood is a crazy industry. Sometimes actors get fired
Speaker 1: from a role at the last minute, Some have to
Speaker 1: bow out because of other commitments, and some don't even
Speaker 1: make their audition because they got a late night booty
Speaker 1: call from a certain radio celebrity. Sorry about that, congratulations. Occasionally,
Speaker 1: an actor turns down a project and later regrets it
Speaker 1: when the movie goes on to be a huge box
Speaker 1: office success. It actually happens a lot, and recently a
Speaker 1: major Hollywood publication came out with a list of actors
Speaker 1: who turned down major movie roles, and it's weird to
Speaker 1: think about these films and what they would have looked
Speaker 1: like if they had accepted the part and somebody else's
Speaker 1: in the role than the person you know. For example,
Speaker 1: in the Star Wars franchise, the role of Han Solo
Speaker 1: is played by Harrison Ford. Yeah. Classic, Yeah, that launched
Speaker 1: his career into superstardom. But apparently he wasn't the first
Speaker 1: choice for the role because originally the part of Han
Speaker 1: Solo was offered at al Pacino. What yeah, to dude,
Speaker 1: the played Scarface could have saved the Galaxy Italian mobster
Speaker 1: Star Wars. Yeah, it would. I would I would have.
Speaker 1: I would have loved the movie if he would have
Speaker 1: been the lead role. I think it makes more sense
Speaker 1: that he would be Darth Vader's son, right ye, like like, oh,
Speaker 1: I can see that they're related. Al said in an interview,
Speaker 1: the part was mine for the taking, but I didn't
Speaker 1: understand the script. It's like where are the drugs and
Speaker 1: the guns? Yes? True? Can you imagine though, like a
Speaker 1: beast named Chewbacca? And then yeah, Joy Joy Joy actually
Speaker 1: probably wasn't in Scarface anyway. He also revealed that he
Speaker 1: turned down the lead role in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman,
Speaker 1: and that was in mentually played by Richard gear. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's been replaced by like hunky actors, attractive actors. I
Speaker 1: don't think if al Pacino is attractive, Like, there's nothing
Speaker 1: that says a heartthrob about alco and speaking a pretty woman,
Speaker 1: the film could have looked a lot different because Julia
Speaker 1: Roberts wasn't the first woman who was offered the lead
Speaker 1: in the film. At first, the producers offered the part
Speaker 1: to Molly Ringwald, the girl from Breakfast Club, sixteen Candles
Speaker 1: and Pretty in Pink. She was huge at that time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and she kind of looks like a prostitute, but she
Speaker 1: could play a prostitute. You think Molly Ringwald looks like
Speaker 1: a prob I mean, I think she'd make a good prostitute,
Speaker 1: is what I mean. Yeah, like the bad one. Julia
Speaker 1: Roberts never never could was convincing to me as a prostitute.
Speaker 1: But Molly Ringwald, something about her was just like dirty
Speaker 1: enough to pull it off. I think, Yeah, I seen
Speaker 1: sixteen Candles. I don't know that that's her. Maybe I'm
Speaker 1: thinking to run the breakfast club. I don't know, but
Speaker 1: something about her screams prostitute to me more than Julia Roberts.
Speaker 1: I bet you if she heard that, she'd take it
Speaker 1: as probably she turned the role down, but she says
Speaker 1: she doesn't regret it because it was clearly the part
Speaker 1: that Julia Roberts was born to play, so she thinks
Speaker 1: Julia Robert looks like a prostitute. And then there's the
Speaker 1: movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The role of Ferris Bueller
Speaker 1: was played by Matthew broad Rick, but originally it was
Speaker 1: offered to Johnny Depp. Oh my god that Yeah. You
Speaker 1: don't see Johnny Depp leading the parade, do you? Johnny
Speaker 1: had too many other projects going on and couldn't do
Speaker 1: it good. We're going over a list of the actors
Speaker 1: who turned down iconic movie roles and then probably went
Speaker 1: on to regret it. Currently, in the Double seven franchise,
Speaker 1: James Bond is played by the actor Daniel Craig, but
Speaker 1: originally they offered the part to Hugh Jackman. I could
Speaker 1: see that. I think that would have worked, James. I
Speaker 1: think it actually could still work. Yeah, because they've changed
Speaker 1: the care already every year movies, so I can see
Speaker 1: that fairly. Hugh had to turn it down because of
Speaker 1: his commitment to being Wolverine in the X Men movies,
Speaker 1: but in a recent interview, he said if he were
Speaker 1: offered the part again, he would give it some serious consideration. Hey,
Speaker 1: can you guys put that back on my desk? Will
Speaker 1: dried up right now. Also, the Batman movie Dark Knight
Speaker 1: was one of the most successful films of all time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but it could have looked a lot different because the
Speaker 1: part of Harvey Dent a two face was offered to
Speaker 1: Aaron Eckhart, but it was first pitched to Matt Damon.
Speaker 1: Weird Matt Damon as two face. Well, you know, though
Speaker 1: I love Matt Damon, I think he could play He's good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of Matt Damon. I feel like
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys either like him or you
Speaker 1: hate it. I don't know what. I feel like. I
Speaker 1: can watch him and I can I don't see Matt
Speaker 1: Damon playing a role I see whoever he's playing. I
Speaker 1: think Ben Affleck annoys me, so to go together. Ben
Speaker 1: Affleck annoys me too. Yeah, yeah, Ben Affleck annoys everybody.
Speaker 1: Even he annoys Ben affle Matt Family said that he
Speaker 1: really didn't want to play that role, but he had
Speaker 1: to turn it down due to other obligations. But I
Speaker 1: don't know what they were. But all these people are
Speaker 1: incredibly successful, Like they can't have that much regret, Like,
Speaker 1: oh man, they didn't get to play that. I still
Speaker 1: got two Academy Awards. Yeah, they're doing okay. And everybody
Speaker 1: remembers when Keanu Reeves played Neo in the Matrix. But
Speaker 1: according to producers, Warner Brothers originally had some completely someone
Speaker 1: completely different in mind, and first they offered the part
Speaker 1: to Sandra Bullock. What part of Neo. That's kind of
Speaker 1: cool that she'd be badass? I would, I'd support that
Speaker 1: one too. They said that they wanted a big star
Speaker 1: for the lead and they were willing to change Neo
Speaker 1: a female role if Bullock accepted, but she didn't, and
Speaker 1: instead they had to settle for Keiana And that was
Speaker 1: tough because Kiana wasn't cool yet. He was still known
Speaker 1: for that bill and dead stuff. Yeah, like it wasn't
Speaker 1: where he is now. And speaking of Sandra Bullock and
Speaker 1: Keyanu Reeves, they started together in the nineteen ninety four
Speaker 1: movie Speed. Oh that was such a good film, but
Speaker 1: almost because the first the female role was offered to
Speaker 1: Halle Berry. Huh, okay. I also like, yeah, I could
Speaker 1: have seen her. I could see her in that role.
Speaker 1: She said she passed on it because, quote in my defense,
Speaker 1: when I read the script the bus didn't leave the
Speaker 1: parking lot the first version of the script, She's like,
Speaker 1: this is stupid. Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his
Speaker 1: role in the movie Forrest Gump, Everything for Everything I
Speaker 1: hate right, and who else could have possibly played that role?
Speaker 1: It almost went to John Travolta. Oh Man, that would
Speaker 1: be terrible. John turned it down because he didn't think
Speaker 1: the movie would be a success. John also turned on
Speaker 1: other films that later chose Tom Hanks, including Splash and
Speaker 1: Apoula thirteen. Wow. Yeah, they're definitely front of me. I've
Speaker 1: never thought of Tom Hanks as the poor man's John Travolta,
Speaker 1: but I guess he is. Yeah, apparently, texted at seven
Speaker 1: eight five nine two. I'd like your opinion. Did I
Speaker 1: make a huge mistake turning down the lead role and
Speaker 1: Thelma on Luise? I don't think that would my biggest
Speaker 1: professional regret. Texted in seven eight five nights and your
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