“I Wanted That”: 11 Actors Who Lost Out on Parts They Fought For

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“I Wanted That”: 11 Actors Who Lost Out on Parts They Fought For
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Even A-listers don’t always get the roles they want.

details the painstaking process of landing on Vivien Leigh for the role of Scarlett. Of all the would-be Scarletts, it seems Davis took losing the role the hardest. She reportedly waged an “ardent campaign” for Scarlett, had an “inconsolable desire for the part,” and “the loss of the role haunted her for years.”Even one of the highest-earning Hollywood actors loses out on a role every now and again.

In the novels, Reacher is described as six feet five and 250 pounds, similar in proportion to Johnson. However, Johnson ended up losing the role to none other thanwho is a lot closer to five feet six than six feet five. “Tom was the biggest movie star in the world, and I was not,” said Johnsonyears later. “I got the call saying, ‘Hey, you didn’t get the role.’ Look, I didn’t even know if I had a shot for it, but the people around me at that time made me think that I did. I felt like I did.

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