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While most movie buffs know that Tom Selleck was slated to be Indiana Jones before Harrison Ford, perhaps they would be surprised to learn Clint Eastwood was tabbed to be in Men in Black (before Tommy Lee Jones stepped in) as Agent K. Or that writer\/director Cameron Crowe did not<\/em> have Tom Cruise in mind for\u00a0Jerry Maguire\u00a0but another Tom\u2014Tom Hanks! (See them here: Originally Starring 2<\/a>. And there\u2019s more in the Originally Starring <\/a>post.)
\nThis is the third installment in the series in which we have a little fun pretending that the original casting choices actually did nab coveted film roles made famous by another actor or actress, and the back story of why it didn\u2019t happen.
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Beetlejuice<\/h2>\n

David Geffen brought the Beetlejuice project to Tim Burton. Believe it or not, the script was way more violent & depressing, with the title character bent on killing and raping. Subsequent script revisions lightened the tone, so when it came time to cast the ghost-with-the-most Burton wanted childhood idol Sammy Davis, Jr. for the part. Geffen nixed his choice, instead suggesting Michael Keaton. Burton: \u201cI met Michael and that\u2019s when I started to see the character of Betelgeuse.\u201d
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer<\/h2>\n

Though writer\/creator Joss Whedon wanted Alyssa Milano to play Buffy, Kristy Swanson landed the role. But according to Wikipedia \u201cJoss Whedon expressed his disapproval with the movie\u2019s interpretation of [his] script, stating, \u2018I finally sat down and had written it and somebody had made it into a movie, and I felt like\u2014well, that\u2019s not quite her. It\u2019s a start, but it\u2019s not quite the girl.\u2019\u201d And so he created the much more successful TV version\u2026with Sarah Michelle Gellar perfecting the part.
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Cool Hand Luke<\/h2>\n

Cast as the iconic Lucas Jackson was Telly Savalas. But when asked to cut short a holiday cruise from Europe to America to start production on the film Telly refused (he had a fear of flying). Unwilling to wait for him, producers turned to Paul Newman to star instead.
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The Graduate<\/h2>\n

From IMDb: Charles Grodin was cast as Benjamin Braddock, but the deal fell apart following a disagreement over salary. Mike Nichols still offered him a part in Catch-22, which he was already scheduled to direct.
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Grease<\/h2>\n

Henry Winkler had played Arthur \u201cFonzie\u201d Fonzarelli on the television show \u201cHappy Days\u201d and had also portrayed a tough \u201850s greaser in the 1974 film The Lords Of Flatbush. So when he was offered the part of Danny in Grease he balked. He later regretted that decision, commenting, \u201cI was asked to be in Grease. But I decided I didn\u2019t want to be typecast. But what I didn\u2019t realize was that I already was. That\u2019s why John Travolta went on to buy his own plane and I just went home.\u201d
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Guys And Dolls<\/h2>\n

In 1955 Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra dazzled as Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit in MGM\u2019s film version of the hit play. But here\u2019s a 1952 newspaper item written by famed entertainment columnist Louella Parsons: \u201cIs this a natural, or isn\u2019t it\u2014Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in Guys and Dolls! Paramount owned the film rights to the original Damon Runyon story before it became a top stage musical. But the movie with Bing and Bob will also carry those wonderful Frank Loesser tunes from the show. Bing will be the gambler-singer [Masterson] and Bob inherits the Sam Levine [Detroit] comedy role.\u201d
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Kramer vs. Kramer<\/h2>\n

Kate Jackson was chosen to portray Joanna Kramer in the upcoming film production. But producer Aaron Spelling\u2014as recalled in his autobiography\u2014ruefully admits that he was not able to rearrange Kate Jackson\u2019s \u201cCharlie\u2019s Angels\u201d shooting schedule to accommodate her. Kate was forced to turn down the plum role. (Meryl Streep, already cast as Phyllis, would step in.)
\nJames Caan found the script dull, and the character of Ted Kramer uninteresting. Caan later lamented: \u201cI looked at [the script] and I said, \u2018This is middle-class, bourgeois horse crap! This is crap! Cut to a kid crying all the time.\u2019 I\u2019m a genius.\u201d Dustin Hoffman, amidst divorce proceedings himself, was perfect for the part.
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An Officer And A Gentleman<\/h2>\n

Country music singer John Denver was signed to play the lead role of Zack Mayo. He turned down the lead role because he didn\u2019t like the script, later commenting on Larry King Live: \u201cWhen I read that script it read to me like a B-movie. I think that out of my naivet\u00e9 and lack of experience in the motion picture industry I wasn\u2019t able to see beyond the lines on the page to see [its potential]. It turned out to be a great movie; I think that I could have done it and I wish that I had. And I made the mistake of turning it down.\u201d
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Top Gun<\/h2>\n

Matthew Modine could have been Maverick, but turned down the role Tom Cruise made famous because he did not agree with the movie\u2019s Cold War politics. \u201cI went over there [East Germany] and met Russian soldiers who were my age who gave me pins from their uniforms and we shared cigarettes. They were no different from my brothers who went to Vietnam. I thought \u2018\u2026who are the people who are telling me that the Russians are the bad guys who want to destroy the world, and who are the people in Russia who are saying that the Americans are the bad guys?\u2019 These people are perpetuating lies.\u201d
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When Harry Met Sally<\/h2>\n

From IMDb: Molly Ringwald was offered the role of Sally, but was forced to decline due to a busy schedule. She would later go on to play Sally in the 2004 stage version of the film on London’s West End.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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