15 Actors Who Were Almost Cast In Iconic Roles
Imagine having “The power is yours!” in Tom Cruise’s voice seared into your mind from childhood.

Sometimes, it turns out that super-famous roles very nearly ended up being played by someone else, and the only reason they didn’t is because of a scheduling conflict, a last-minute change of plans, or something of that kind - in other words, an oddball event happening at the right time changed how a pop culture icon turned out. Here are 15 stories of that very thing happening:

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Liam Aiken

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Um, cool... thanks, man.

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