Bad choices by big stars
- Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)
- Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman decide to do Ishtar (1987)
- Mickey Rourke, who went from Diner and Pope of Greenwich Village to boxing.
- Sylvester Stallone, to star in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- John Travolta, to star in Battlefield Earth (2000)
- Donald Sutherland, not to take a share of the profits from Animal House (1978)
For more: Donald Sutherland Lost Out on Millions in 'Animal House'
Bad choices by big stars
- Cybill Shepherd to star in a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979)
- Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman decide to do Ishtar (1987)
- Mickey Rourke, who went from Diner and Pope of Greenwich Village to boxing.
- Sylvester Stallone, to star in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- John Travolta, to star in Battlefield Earth (2000)
- Donald Sutherland, not to take a share of the profits from Animal House (1978)
- Bill Murray, not to pick up the phone and take the call offering him the human lead role in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Tom Selleck, turning down the role that went to Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Although he felt he had to do so, given his contractual obligation to Magnum, P.I.
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
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Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
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Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
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Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
- Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise
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Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
- Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise
- Tom Hanks in Big
I think Splash would be a better choice for Hanks.
Big-name actors’ break-out movie roles
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
- Harrison Ford in Star Wars
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
- Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise
- Tom Hanks in Big
- Margot Robbie in Wolf of Wall Street
Next: “That guy” actors
- Dick Miller in Gremlins
“That guy” actors
- Dick Miller in Gremlins
- Bruce McGill in My Cousin Vinny
- M. Emmett Walsh in Blade Runner
And a million other movies.
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“That guy” actors
- Dick Miller in Gremlins
- Bruce McGill in My Cousin Vinny
- M. Emmett Walsh in Blade Runner
- Harry Dean Stanton in Escape From New York
- Whit Bissell in The Magnificent Seven
Three hundred acting credits and many, many uncredited roles.