Why Did You Do That?! Movie roles the stars said “no” to:
- Molly Ringwald must be kicking herself to this day that she turned down the chance to be Vivian in Pretty Woman and Molly in Ghost. Hello? Molly? Is anyone home?
- Robert DiNero doesn’t come cheap and has turned down many movie roles. The role I wish he said yes to is Queenan in The Departed rather than working on The Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd had me counting sheep.
- Madonna turned down the chance to be Ginger in Casino. Bad for her, but good for us. Sharon Stone was perfect for this part and is a much better actor. I still love your music Madonna!
- Leonardo DiCaprio said no to the role of Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights to work on Titanic, which I guess was good for him at the time and for Mark Wahlberg. I would’ve preferred to see Leo in some of the scenes over Wahlberg, however. He wanted the part, but it was impossible to film both movies at the time. Leo also turned down the role of Landa (a Nazi Colonel) in Inglourious Basterds.
- Will Smith turned down the shot to be Neo in The Matrix. I’m not a fan of this movie, but I have a feeling that Will Smith would’ve done a better acting job and would have sported the black leather a lot better than Keanu Reeves.
- Tom Cruise turned down the role of Ren in the original Footloose. That would be just a flash in the pan for Tom Cruise anyway and it gave Kevin Bacon a chance to look good.
- Michael Madsen turned down the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. What the heck were you thinking? Due to the fact that Madsen has a history of substance abuse, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt as he was probably drunk when he made this decision.
- Mel Gibson turned down Russell Crowe’s part in Gladiator. Thanks Mel, Russell Crowe was awesome!
- Good job Angela Bassett. She had too much self respect to accept the role that Halle Berry played in Monster’s Ball.
- Jack Nicholson turned down the part of Michael Corleone in The Godfather which was bad for him- awesome for Al Pacino who did wonderfully.
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