Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Listomania / Take 6
Actors who were cast or considered
for roles that went to other people:
Bela Lugosi as the Monster
in "Frankenstein"
The role went to Boris Karloff.
George Raft as Sam Spade
in "The Maltese Falcon"
The role went to Humphrey Bogart.
Marlon Brando as T.E. Lawrence
in "Lawrence of Arabia"
The role went to Peter O'Toole.
Robert Redford as Benjamin Braddock
in "The Graduate"
The role went to Dustin Hoffman.
Steve McQueen as Sundance
in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
The role went to Robert Redford.
Lee Marvin as Pike Bishop
in "The Wild Bunch"
The role went to William Holden.
Frank Sinatra as Inspector Harry Callahan
in "Dirty Harry"
The role went to Clint Eastwood.
Steve McQueen as Kurtz
in "Apocalypse Now"
The role went to Marlon Brando.
Burt Lancaster as Ambrose Bierce
in "Old Gringo"
The role went to Gregory Peck.
Paul Newman as Stephen Katz
in "A Walk In the Woods"
After Newman's death, the role went to Nick Nolte.