People who turned down Oscar nominated/winning roles

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 105 Posts: 2124 View Predictions]

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I read somewhere that Leonardo DiCaprio was first offered Joker with Scorsese attached as producer but he turned it down for his reasons,so then he got replaced with Phoenix and the rest is history.

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Julia Roberts turned down The Blind Side

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Stank83 wrote:

I read somewhere that Leonardo DiCaprio was first offered Joker with Scorsese attached as producer but he turned it down for his reasons,so then he got replaced with Phoenix and the rest is history.

Wasn’t there was also a period in between Leo & Joaquin where Bradley Cooper was discussions to play the titular role?

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• Emma Watson, La La Land
• Angelina Jolie, Gravity
• Angela Bassett, Monsters Ball
• Anne Hathaway, Silver Linings Playbook
• Leonardo DiCpario, Brokeback Mountain
• Brad Pitt, Brokeback Mountain
• Jennifer Hudson, Precious
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Titanic
• John Travolta, Forrest Gump
• Mel Gibson, Gladiator

Have a great day if you see this!

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Angela Bassett turned down Monster’s Ball

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Anne Hathaway, Silver Linings Playbook

Anne left the project over creative differences with director David O. Russell.

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Gwyneth Paltrow turned down Titanic

Kate Winslet turn down Shakespeare in Love

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John Travolta turned down Forrest Gump

John Travolta has openly admitted in several interviews that passing on the role of Forrest Gump was one of the biggest mistakes of his career.

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Sandra Bullock turned down Million Dollar Baby

Speaking of Sandra Bullock, she was originally cast as Maggie in Million Dollar Baby—but in another case of scheduling conflicts, she had to drop out because of filming Miss Congeniality 2.

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Molly Ringwald turned down Pretty Woman

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Jack Nicholson as Michael Corleone in The Godfather

Jack Nicholson turned down the iconic role as The Godfather in the 1972 film. Nicholson reportedly told Movieline in 2004 that he thought the role should have been played by an Italian.

Sean Connery as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings franchise

Producers for the Lord of the Rings franchise reportedly offered Sean Connery $10 million per film and 15% of box office earnings to play Gandalf. Connery turned down the role, saying he “did not understand the script.” As a result, he reportedly missed out on a $450 million dollar payday.

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Jennifer Hudson as Claireece Precious Jones in Precious

Jennifer Hudson was offered the title role in Precious, but turned it down because she didn’t want to gain weight for the film.
“As much as I was moved by this film, I wanted to try a role that had nothing whatsoever to do with my weight,” Hudson wrote in her book I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down

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Tom Hanks as Jerry McGuire in Jerry McGuire

The role of Jerry McGuire was literally written for Tom Hanks. But Hanks turned down the film after reading the script, even though the entire production was banking on him booking the movie.

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Paul Bettany turned down the role of Duke of York/King George VI in The King’s Speech and later admitted he regretted it.

Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Diane Lane all turned down Still Alice.

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