Can you imagine Borat leading the iconic rock group Queen? How about the King of Pop brought back to life to avenge the murder of he and his girlfriend?
It has been well over a year since we last played the cinematic "what if?" game, so its time again to look at actors who nearly got the big role in major movies.
Just when you thought we couldn't come up with more actors who missed out on the big role, here are ten more examples of the biggest "what ifs" in film and television.
When I'm working on other posts like Christmas or Horror movie trivia, I always seem to come across more trivia about actors who missed out on a role in a major film for one reason or another. Believe me, I never thought we'd be up to five of these posts, but here are even more actors who almost got the big role...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It's time to play the "What if?" game again, this time looking at the actors who missed out on major horror movie roles, and one horror television role.
Its always interesting to think of what would have happened if another actor had been chosen for a role made famous by someone else. What would have "The Matrix" been like if Ewan McGregor hadn't turned down the role of Neo to play Obi-Wan in "The Phantom Menace"...
Last week when I was working on the post Actors Who Almost Got The Big Role, I quickly realized that I could do a full list just on Superhero films. And with "Iron Man 3" taking over the world box office and "Man of Steel" due out in couple weeks, now seemed like a great time to do it...
Do you ever sit back and wonder how an iconic movie role would have played out had another actor played the role? Jim Carrey was almost Capt. Jack Sparrow and Will Smith was almost Neo. Actors missing out on major movie roles for various reasons is nothing new, and here's some of the best...