roles that black actors turn down or rejected

[ML29]

would've been dope to see him in that. Maybe it was too PG for him at the time? Kind of ironic. It's still a dark type movie to me, both were.

according to
Ernie Hudson the role got heavily chopped down after after Eddie passed on it.

 

[lamont614]

Nah.

i am legend was fire when it came out

had the internet going nuts

 

[notPsychosiz]

Biggest L in motion picture history...

Nah... Sean Connery turned down Morpheus in the Matrix and then Gandalf in LOTR back to back... cause he said he didn't understand what was going on in either script. Then he panicked cause they became two of the biggest franchises ever, so the next script he got that he didn't understand he decided to do even though he told his agent he thought it was a stupid script. That ended up being League of Extrordinary Gentlemen.

3 L's in a row...

 

[Danie84]

Chris Tucker turnt down his entire movie career into the bushes

 

[Jplaya2023]

lol can you imagine the negative reaction if will smith would've played superman?

wtf was marlon wayans doing in a batman movie? What role was he going to be?

 

[jackson35]

u won't get a peep out of black folks, cuz we want to see a black super hero. marlon has acting skills, so the producers played themselves.

 

[Wild self]

u won't get a peep out of black folks, cuz we want to see a black super hero. marlon has acting skills, so the producers played themselves.

He got paid for a role he never played.

 

[Wild self]

Nah... Sean Connery turned down Morpheus in the Matrix and then Gandalf in LOTR back to back... cause he said he didn't understand what was going on in either script. Then he panicked cause they became two of the biggest franchises ever, so the next script he got that he didn't understand he decided to do even though he told his agent he thought it was a stupid script. That ended up being League of Extrordinary Gentlemen.

3 L's in a row...

no wonder he retired shortly after.

 

[OmegaK2099]

wtf was marlon wayans doing in a batman movie? What role was he going to be?

Robin

 

[x-factor7]

Checked out notstarring.com, cool site

Roles turned down by Samuel Jackson:

Boogie Nights
Jackson turned down the role of Buck Swope.

Hotel Rwanda
Samuel L. Jackson turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Don Cheadle

Roles turned down by Cuba Gooding Jr.:

Amistad
Cuba Gooding Jr. turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Djimon Hounsou

Roles turned down by Ice Cube:

Forrest Gump
Ice Cube turned down the role of Bubba because he did not want to appear "stupid."
Actor who got the part: Mykelti Williamson

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Dave Chappelle also turned down the role of Bubba in Forrest Gump

 

[R=G]

i am legend was fire when it came out

had the internet going nuts

that's a shame...

 

[Jplaya2023]

Robin

was this going to be a comedy of somesort.

I'm going to be busting off laughing the moment i see marlon in a leotard trying to be a super hero

 

[jackson35]

white folks would burn down the movie house if robin is black

 

[Jermio]

Denzel turned down the lead (Clooney's role) in Michael Clayton because he wasn't sure about the first-time director (Tony Gilroy).