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Casting might-have-beens : a film by film directory of actors considered for roles given to others

Eila Mell
"Some acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma Thurman, saying that she acted like someone in a high school play when she auditioned to play opposite him in The Bonfire of the Vanities

Print Book, English, ©2005
McFarland, Jefferson, N.C., ©2005