15 Times Critics Ripped Beloved Movies And TV Shows A New One

Sure, we’ve had our fair share of rants over movies and TV shows we inexplicably loathe, but real critics get really get into it sometimes.

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13 Actors That Turned Down Huge Roles

By:: Andrea Meno

January 22, 2022

13 Actors That Turned Down Huge Roles

For each one of your favorite roles, chances are there's an actor who got offered it and went "Nah," and has been crying ever since the movie came out and became a mega-hit. Probably more like half a dozen actors, actually.

13 Harry Styles

Harry Styles turned down the role of Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid. The live-action version, of course, and his explanation was simple -- I want to put music out and focus on that for a while. CRACKED COM — Source

12 Ray Liotta

They tried to get Ray Liotta on The Sopranos, but he didn't want to do it. Не says creator David Chase wanted him to play Ralphie, and he said no... I didn't want to do another mafia thing, and I was shooting Hannibal. It just didn't feel right at the time. CRACKED COM — Source

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11 Javier Bardem

They asked Javier Bardem to star in Minority Report, but he turned them down. Apparently, he was supposed to get Colin Farrell's role --but, he says, at that point he just didn't want to do an action role in English. Now I can, because I've done those roles. But at the time, it was difficult for me to jump into a foreign-language performance, he said. KED.COM — Source

10 Amanda Seyfried

They wanted Amanda Seyfried to play Gamora, but she refused. I don't regret it because I didn't want to be green for six months out of every year, she said. CRACKED COM — Source

9 Chris Rock

They asked Chris Rock to go on The Sopranos, but he said no. y. Apparently, he was afraid he'd ruin the show ..Sometimes you can respect something so much, you don't even want to be a part of it, he said. CRACKED COM — Source

8 Brokeback Mountain

A long list of Hollywood superstars rejected Brokeback Mountain lead roles. I asked the usual suspects: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ryan Phillippe. They all said no, says director Gus Van Sant. CRACKED COM — Source

7 Rick Moranis

They asked Rick Moranis to show up in the Ghostbusters reboot, but he said no. The 2016 one, that is B and when asked to explain why, he said, I hope it's terrific. But it just makes no sense to me. Why would I do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago? CRACKED COM — Source

6 Toshiro Mifune

They nearly had an iconic Japanese actor play Darth Vader. Toshiro Mifune, who was in movies like Seven Samurai, rejected the role of Obi-Wan, and then there was talk about him taking the Darth Vader role as his face would be covered, but in the end he turned that down too, says his daughter Mika Mifune. CRACKED.COM — Source

5 Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody nearly had a part in the LOTR trilogy, but he said no. I, somehow, didn't grasp it. I don't know what part I would have been right for, but it was some Hobbit-like character. I was looking for something else, he said later. CRACKED COM — Source

4 Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt could have been Black Widow if it wasn't for scheduling issues. And, for the same reason, she ended up not playing Peggy Carter in the MCU either. CRACKED COM — Source

3 Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds originally could have played Han Solo in Star Wars. In a 2016 interview, he said, I just didn't want to play that kind of role at the time. Now I regret it. I wish I would have done it. CRACKED COM — Source

2 Michael Keaton

They offered Michael Keaton a role in Batman Forever, but he said no. Не just didn't like Schumacher's idea of Batman--apparently, Schumacher said at one point I don't understand why everything has to be so dark and everything so sad. CRACKED COM — Source

1 Brian Cox

Brian Cox had the chance to be on Game of Thrones, but he turned it down. In his memoir, he wrote, I'm often asked if I was offered a role in 'Game of Thrones' - - reason being that every other bugger was - and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon CRACKED COM — Source

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