10 star roles that celebrities have turned down

Nicole Kidman as Jane ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith")

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Actress Nicole Kidman is clearly a big star and a great talent. Yet to imagine her as that sexy Jane after being played by Angelina Jolie is probably already difficult.

And after all, Nicole was first offered the role, but she was busy with two projects at once, "Bewitchced" and "The Interpreter," and she just couldn't went to pieces.

Did Kidman regret her decision after "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" became a favorite film of millions of viewers around the world? Nicole prefers to keep quiet on the subject.

Emily Browning as Bella Swan (Twilight)

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After playing in the Twilight saga, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson received worldwide fame and fabulous royalties. And few people knew that the author of the book by Stephenie Meyer literally dreamed that in the film adaptation of her novel Bella played Emily Browning.

However, the actress was unable to fit to the role of the vampire's girlfriend, and refused from participation in the film. For sure, she has more than once had time to regret.

Emma Watson as Anastasia Steele ("Fifty Shades of Grey")

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After getting famous all over the world thanks to the image of a talented young wizard, friend of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, the actress did not dare to spoil the image of a good girl, and gave up the role of the virgin student Anastacia Steele.

The one who, fell to millionaire Grey, and his love to unconventional kind of erotic entertainment.

Perhaps she was right, because the film, if not a total failure, was definitely not included in the "golden fund" of Hollywood.

Dougray Scott as Wolverine (X-Men)

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Meanwhile, this handsome actor, who would not play Wolverine in the Marvel Comics adaptation, missed out on the opportunity to be employed for many years in this project and receive multimillion-dollar royalties.

When the offer came to Scott, he was just filming the second part of "Mission Impossible". Then the role of Wolverine was offered to Hugh Jackman - and in this case, no one lost. Neither the project, nor the actor.

Gwyneth Paltrow as Rose (Titanic)

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Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her role as Rose, the lover of Leonardo Li Caprio's character in the epic drama "Titanic". Although director James Cameron slept and saw Gwyneth Paltrow in the role.

However, the actress thought that the plot was too too trite and tearful. Gwyneth refused the maestro, which was apparently a mistake

Meg Ryan as Vivienne Ward ("Pretty Woman")

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For the lead female role in Pretty Woman, director Garry Marshall had envisioned a whole host of stars - such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Karen Allen, Mary Steenbergen, Valerie Golino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Daryl Hannah and Molly Ringwald.

But all of them flatly refused to play the role, even on screen. And Meg Ryan and did not find the role degrading to her feminine dignity. But Julia Roberts was not afraid of the role and made her name famous forever.

Sean Connery as Gandalf ("The Lord of the End")

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The famous actor could have gotten the role easily, but he refused, giving three reasons. First, he has not read Tolkien. Secondly, he did not understand anything in the script. And, thirdly, he simply does not like fantasy.

So the resulting role of Gandalf and subsequent fame actor Ian McKellen should be grateful to his older colleague.

Jack Nicholson as Michael Corleone ("The Godfather")

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After receiving an offer to play the famous gangster, Nicholson knew that the film will be great. But he thought that the Italian mafia can reliably play only an Italian.

And he was right, because the Italian-born Al Pacino perfectly imitated the role of the youngest son of the Corleone clan.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Jake Sully ("Avatar")

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The actor might have played this role, but at the same time he was offered to star in the movie "Prince of Persia".

Finding himself between two great projects, Jake chose the holy city of Alamut, Princess Tamina and the Sands of Time instead of the role of a former Marine suffering from paralysis of the legs.

John Travolta as Forrest Gump ("Forrest Gump")

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This picture turned out gorgeous and was loved by the audience. But Travolta, like Jake Gyllenhaal, had to choose between two projects. In 1994, when filming "Forrest Gump", John received an invitation to "Pulp Fiction" by Tarantino.

In the end, Gump was played by Tom Hanks, who received an Oscar for this role. But "Pulp Fiction" also gathered a lot of laurels and became a star turn for Travolta.