NotStarring.com

[WorthyStevens]

http://notstarring.com/

Pretty cool site. It gives a list of people who were considered for roles, but never ended up getting them.



Jessica Simpson in X3?

*shudders*

 

[tzarinna]

Roles turned down by Tobey Maguire:

25th Hour
Tobey Maguire originally bought the rights to the novel so he could star but he decided to play Spider-Man instead and the PROMOTION of Spider-Man interfered with the filming of 25th Hour.
Actor who got the part: Edward Norton

Gangs of New York
Maguire was considered for a role in the film.

Hart's War
Tobey Maguire was in talks for the role of Lt. Hart but dropped out to do Spiderman.
Actor who got the part: Colin Farrell

Jarhead
Maguire was considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Jake Gyllenhaal

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Was considered for the role of Jack Sparrow.
Actor who got the part: Orlando Bloom

Training Day
Maguire was set to play rookie Jake Hoyt but was replaced by Ethan Hawke - who was apparently the director's first choice.
Actor who got the part: Ethan Hawke


Pretty cool site

 

[The Chairman]

I just looked at all the parts Nicholson turned down. It makes me sad.

Though the actors who got the parts did excellent, and were probably better suited for the role.

It would've been interesting to see him in Rain Main, though, since it's a role way out of his league.

I'm pissed he didn't get The Grinch.

 

[Duende Verde]

Roles turned down by Tobey Maguire:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Was considered for the role of Jack Sparrow.
Actor who got the part: Orlando Bloom

I guess we can't really trust this site.

 

[CConn]

Yeah, there's plenty of inaccurate ones.

It so makes me wish that rumor that Orson Welles was going to make a Batman movie was true. Imagine...Gregory Peck as Batman, James Cagney as The Joker...jesus that'd be crazy.

 

[Savage]

Holy s**t! Talk about perfect!

Who was considered for Fight Club?


Courtney Love

Courtney Love was considered to play the part of Marla Singer.


Winona Ryder

Ryder was considered for the role of Marla Singer.
Actor who got the part: Helena Bonham Carter

A lot of these are good but some are just plain scary.

Who was considered for Batman Begins?


David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz turned down the part of Batman
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Henry Cavill

Cavill was considered for the role of Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper was considered for the role of James Gordon.
Actor who got the part: Gary Oldman


Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup was considered to play Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


John Cusack

John Cusack was offered the role of Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy was considered for the role of Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Daniel Day-Lewis

Day-Lewis was considered for the role Batman.


David Duchovny

Duchovny was supposedly considered to play Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Laurence Fishburne

Fishburne was considered to play Lucious Fox.
Actor who got the part: Morgan Freeman


Sarah Michelle Gellar (?????)

Gellar was considered for the role of Rachel Dawes.
Actor who got the part: Katie Holmes
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Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins turned down the role of Alfred.
Actor who got the part: Michael Caine


Joshua Jackson

Jackson was considered to play Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher was turned down for the role of Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Marilyn Manson

Manson was considered for the role of Dr. Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow).
Actor who got the part: Cillian Murphy


Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen was offered the role of Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul.
Actor who got the part: Liam Neeson


Guy Pearce

Pearce was turned down for the role of Batman.
Actor who got the part: Christian Bale


Dennis Quaid

Quaid was considered for the role of James Gordon.
Actor who got the part: Gary Oldman


Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell was considered for the role of James Gordon.
Actor who got the part: Gary Oldman

 

[Savage]

This would have made this movie rather cool actually.

Roles turned down by Bruce Campbell:


The Phantom

Was a finalist for the role of the Phantom/Kit Walker.
Actor who got the part: Billy Zane


This is scary

Roles turned down by Jackie Chan:


Demolition Man

Stallone offered Chan the part of Simon Pheonix but he declined.
Actor who got the part: Wesley Snipes


The Pink Panther

Jackie was considered to play Clouseau's assistant Kato.

More weird stuff



Roles turned down by Nicolas Cage:


The Breakfast Club

Nicolas Cage was considered to play John Bender.
Actor who got the part: Judd Nelson


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Nicolas Cage was considered to play Willy Wonka.
Actor who got the part: Johnny Depp


Constantine

Nicolas Cage was set to play John Constantine at one time.
Actor who got the part: Keanu Reeves


The Godfather: Part III

Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Vincent. (Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola)
Actor who got the part: Andy Garcia


The Life of David Gale

Cage was considered for the role of David Gale.
Actor who got the part: Kevin Spacey


Man on the Moon

Nicolas Cage was rumored to be considered for the part of Andy Kaufman.
Actor who got the part: Jim Carrey


Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Sands.
Actor who got the part: Johnny Depp


The Perfect Storm

Cage was reportedly cast as Bobby Shatford but had to back out.
Actor who got the part: Mark Wahlberg


Red Dragon

Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Dolarhyde.
Actor who got the part: Ralph Fiennes


Risky Business

Was turned down for the role Joel.
Actor who got the part: Tom Cruise


Spider-Man

Cage was offered the role of the Green Goblin.
Actor who got the part: Willem Dafoe


Superman Returns

When the film first entered pre-production (mid 1990's) Nicolas Cage was considered for the part of Superman.
Actor who got the part: Brandon Routh


The Thin Red Line

Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Gordon Tall.
Actor who got the part: Nick Nolte




This site is a lot of fun.

 

[Kent]

A lot of those sound like total and utter bull****. (and I guess the fact that Orlando Bloom is down as the guy who played Jack Sparrow kind of confirms that there's a good chance there is bull**** to be found).

 

[Clerk]

The Lord is right - 40 year old John Cusack offered to play a 29 year old Bruce Wayne for a role that will last him a good 10 years?

 

[BT18]

I've contributed a bunch of entries to that site many months ago. The Tobey/25th Hour thing was from me, and it is true.

 

[boywonder13]

Anthony Hopkins as Jor-El in Ratner's Superma movie.

Sigourney Weaver was said by one of the writers of X2 to be in X3 as Emma Frost!!

 

[BT18]

Sigourney Weaver was said by one of the writers of X2 to be in X3 as Emma Frost!!

probably Dan Harris, who's ideas and writing consistantly suck.

 

[LostSon88]

Arnold Schwartza..... & Sly Stallone in John Woo's "Face/off"?

Hmm...would've been interesting.

 

[thealiasman2000]

Except their personalities and acting range are pretty much the same, so no one would be able to tell the difference.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Danny the Dog
Michael Caine was considered to play Bart.

Hehe, I would've liked that. Bob Hoskins is excellent in the role though..

Batman
There are many rumors that Ray Liotta was considered to play either the Joker or Dent

Liotta as Dent....

 

[Aiden]

Poor Ray...What's become of him? Starring in Uwe Boll movies...

*cries*

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Poor Ray...What's become of him? Starring in Uwe Boll movies...

*cries*

.....I told myself not to do this......oh, here I go....

*cries*

 

[Aiden]

*pats Carmine on the back*

It's alright. I'm sure he'll be in a decent movie soon...

 

[reggiebar]

Pretty terrible website....do you know how many actors "are considered" for roles in each movie - sometimes dozens upon dozens. This is a useless website that will most likely get very popular - typical.

 

[Wolfwood]

The Matrix
Reno turned down the role of Agent Smith to do Godzilla instead.
Actor who got the part: Hugo Weaving

Would've been pretty bad ass, though Hugo was the only good thing about the Matrix sequels for me.

And people complain about Mary Jane now?

Spider-Man
Reid auditioned for the part of Mary Jane.

 

[Wolfwood]

A lot of those sound like total and utter bull****. (and I guess the fact that Orlando Bloom is down as the guy who played Jack Sparrow kind of confirms that there's a good chance there is bull**** to be found).

That was probably a simple mistake, they probably meant Orlando's character.

 

[marvelisawesome]

beyonce was gonna be lois lane