Who was up for a particular role or almost cast?

[semicko82]

I think Eminem was considered for the Jake Hoyt role in Training Day
It eventually went to Ethan Hawk

Al Pacino was considered for Han Solo, but didn’t understand the Star Wars script

add on..

 

[Devilinurear]

Will Smith was supposed to be in the matrix but didn't understand it.

 

[BulletProof]

Em was offered for one of those movies that helped in ending Hayden Christian's career, Southpaw, and a movie where Mark Whalberg said he wanted Em to play his brother. He turned them all down.

What's funny about the Pacino Star Wars thing is that he took his grand kids to Guardians of the Galaxy. He loved it and said he'd be interested in doing a Marvel movie.

 

[BulletProof]

I think Eminem was considered for the Jake Hoyt role in Training Day
It eventually went to Ethan Hawk

Al Pacino was considered for Han Solo, but didn’t understand the Star Wars script

add on..

Makes sense.

Snoop and Dre were in it.

 

[semicko82]

Tom Selleck was the front runner for the Indiana Jones role, but was still under contract for Magnum PI

 

[semicko82]

Em was offered for one of those movies that helped in ending Hayden Christian's career, Southpaw, and a movie where Mark Whalberg said he wanted Em to play his brother. He turned them all down.

What's funny about the Pacino Star Wars thing is that he took his grand kids to Guardians of the Galaxy. He loved it and said he'd be interested in doing a Marvel movie.

Em was up for Southpaw

 

[BulletProof]

Em was up for Southpaw

Yeah.

Actually more like offered, he turned them down but said he'd be willing to do the soundtrack.

I'm pretty sure he was the one who suggested Jake.

 

[Deltron]

connery turned down the matrix cause he didn't understand it

 

[semicko82]

Yeah.

Actually more like offered, he turned them down but said he'd be willing to do the soundtrack.

I'm pretty sure he was the one who suggested Jake.

Damn talk about “what if’s”

 

[semicko82]

Will Smith was supposed to be in the matrix but didn't understand it.

He chose the Wild Wild West instead

to be fair it was the safer choice

 

[semicko82]

Ray Liotta was up for Tony Soprano role when The Sopranos was going to be possibly on FOX

 

[Deltron]

wonder if will chose the matrix, if we would've gotten a song about

micky micky matrix

 

[semicko82]

Leonardo DiCaprio had a meeting with George Lucas about the Anakin Sywalker role but he said “I wasn’t ready for anything like that”

interesting
Why Leonardo DiCaprio Turned Down Playing Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars | Vanity Fair

 

[Lootpack]

Fairuza Balk was almost cast as Danielle on The Sopranos and back when the character wasn’t intended to be recurring.

 

[jwinfield]

connery turned down the matrix cause he didn't understand it

He turned down the role of Gandalf. They offered him $30M plus 15% of the box office