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Which Actor turned down these roles?

  • karen lotz
    Richard Gere
  • LJ
    I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
  • Cleveland Buck
    Justin Incredible
  • LJ
    well and Top Gun
  • gibby08
    I agree LJ
  • jtownclassics
    No way is he a better Elliot Ness than Kevin Costner
  • 2quik4u
    Tits Mcgee
  • Timber
    CenterBHSFan wrote:
    mattinctown wrote: Rick James
    LOLOL!!!
    She was a very kinky girl...
  • sonofsam
    gibby08 wrote: 48 Hrs. Jack Cates
    Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley
    Grindhouse Stuntman Mike
    Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash
    Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge
    Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine
    The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis
    Platoon Sgt. Grodin
    Rain Man Charlie Babbitt
    The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford
    Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
    The Untouchables Elliot Ness
    Tombstone Johnny Ringo

    Without looking at the other answers...

    48 Hrs. Jack Cates- Bruce Willis
    Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley- Eric Roberts
    Grindhouse Stuntman Mike- Wee man
    Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash- Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge- Rob Lowe
    Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine- Sylvester Stallone
    The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis- Wink Martindale
    Platoon Sgt. Grodin- Danny Glover
    Rain Man Charlie Babbitt- Nick Cage
    The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford- Tom Beringer
    Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky- Kevin Costner
    The Untouchables Elliot Ness- Jet Li
    Tombstone Johnny Ringo- Ralph Macchio

    How many did I get? LOL
  • CenterBHSFan
    sonofsam wrote: Without looking at the other answers...

    48 Hrs. Jack Cates- Bruce Willis
    Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley- Eric Roberts
    Grindhouse Stuntman Mike- Wee man
    Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash- Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge- Rob Lowe
    Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine- Sylvester Stallone
    The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis- Wink Martindale
    Platoon Sgt. Grodin- Danny Glover
    Rain Man Charlie Babbitt- Nick Cage
    The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford- Tom Beringer
    Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky- Kevin Costner
    The Untouchables Elliot Ness- Jet Li
    Tombstone Johnny Ringo- Ralph Macchio

    How many did I get? LOL

    You're wrong about all of them.

    The correct answer was Barrack Obama.
    (he said "actor")
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    "How much fucking money would he have made had he taken half of those"

    Turned down doesn't mean he was awarded the role and declined. Turned down means many things, as examples he was considered for the role and declined an audition or a meeting with the production team.
  • I Wear Pants
    LJ wrote: I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
    Rourke wasn't the only one that turned it down. From Wikipedia :
    On the DVD featurette, producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed that the part of Axel Foley was first offered to Mickey Rourke, who signed a $400,000 USD holding contract to do the film. When revisions and other preparations took longer than expected, Rourke left the project to do another film. It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start, Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy was in, prompting massive rewrites. According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actor's Studio, Stallone also envisioned a "harder edged" screenplay. After his departure due to differences in scope (he wanted more action than the producers would budget for) the role was re-written for Murphy. Stallone went on to use his version of the film as the basis for his movie Cobra. According to Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland) in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of disagreements about which kind of orange juice was to be put in his trailer. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Al Pacino and James Caan. In one of the previous drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce.
  • Curly J
    mattinctown wrote: Rick James
    No it's Rick James Bitch !!!
  • Emmett Brown
    gibby08 wrote:
    justincredible wrote: Mickey Rourke
    You cheated....but you win

    How much fucking money would he have made had he taken half of those

    The better question is how much more money would the drug dealers have made?
  • Glory Days
    I Wear Pants wrote:
    LJ wrote: I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
    Rourke wasn't the only one that turned it down. From Wikipedia :
    On the DVD featurette, producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed that the part of Axel Foley was first offered to Mickey Rourke, who signed a $400,000 USD holding contract to do the film. When revisions and other preparations took longer than expected, Rourke left the project to do another film. It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start, Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy was in, prompting massive rewrites. According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actor's Studio, Stallone also envisioned a "harder edged" screenplay. After his departure due to differences in scope (he wanted more action than the producers would budget for) the role was re-written for Murphy. Stallone went on to use his version of the film as the basis for his movie Cobra. According to Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland) in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of disagreements about which kind of orange juice was to be put in his trailer. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Al Pacino and James Caan. In one of the previous drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce.
    i really dont think it would have been nearly as good as it is today without Eddie Murphy. so i am glad it worked out the way it did.
  • I Wear Pants
    I agree. Hell, I have a Mumford sweatshirt like the one he wore in the films.
  • sportswizuhrd
    Chuck Norris
  • mattinctown
    I'm a big fan of your films Eddie Murphy.....

  • Laley23
    He wouldnt have made a lot of those movies the money they ended up making.
  • purple_rein
    I watched an inside story of Caddyshack and they said one of the first actors considered for Danny Noonan was Mickey Rourke but they didn't think he could pull off comedy.