Some actors and actresses seem perfect for the role they play, they can even become iconic, but sometimes they were not the first choice to play that character, or the second, or the third......


So, can you tell me who turned down the starring role in the following films, allowing someone else to take the part?

1. Indiana Jones
2. Star Wars (Han Solo)
3. James Bond –(The Living Daylights)
4. A fistful of dollars
5. The Philadelphia Story
6. Love me tender
7. Love Story
8. 48 hrs
9. Blazing saddles (ok, not THE starring role here)
10. Barbarella
11. On her majesty’s secret service
12. Ghost
13. Raiders of the lost ark (Marion Ravenwood)
14. Grease (Danny)
15. 1,000,000 years B.C
16. Gone with the wind (Rhett Butler)
17. Dr No (James Bond)
18. Who framed Roger Rabbit
19. Kindergarten Cop
20. Die Hard


Have fun,

Nikki

Correct!

Shame no one else seems interested....oh well.

Nikki

Let's make it a little easier......I'll give you the answers and you just need to put them in the right order.

a. Christopher Walken
b. Charles Bronson
c. Robert Wagner
d. Denzil Washington
e. Raquel Welsh
f. Bruce Willis
g. Henry Winkler
h. Groucho Marx
i. Eddie Murphy
j. Arnold Schwarzenegger
k. Bill Murray
l. Patrick McGoohan
m. Ursula Andress
n. Debra Winger
o. Adam West
p. John Wayne
q. Christopher Walken
r. Clark Gable
s. Pierce Brosnan
t. Tom Selleck


Now let's see how you do, some of these are pretty obvious, others less so.

Nikki

Dang I was sure 19 was going to be Bugs Bunny to play Roger Rabbit.

Way to go Sarah. You're right, i only hav one actor/actress who turned down each part, in some of the examples there are sometimes more than one.

Nikki

Hi Nikki, well I'll try some of them, using a little lateral thinking here and there.

a. Tom Selleck
b. Christopher Walken
c. Pierce Brosnan ( contractually obliged to do so )
d. Charles Bronson
e. Clark Gable ( Cary Grant turned down the James Stewart role, Stewart won the Oscar, Grant never did..
f. ? ( don't know the film ) but I'll guess, Robert Wagner
g. Raquel Welch
h. Denzil Washington
i. Adam West
j. Raquel Welch
k. Patrick McGoohan
l. Bill Murray
m. Debra Winger
n. Henry Winkler
o. Ursula Andress
p. John Wayne
q. Patrick Mcgoohan
r. Christopher Walken
s. Bruce Willis
t. Arnold Schwarzenneger


I know they are not all correct. Great fun, though. You should have held fire, hon. No one does my quizes either. But it doesn't matter I enjoy setting them. Now which one's wouldn't I date?

Well done Porscha, you certainly know your quizzes. The answers to the remaining ones are as follows:


7. Love stroy - Christopher Walken
9. Blazing saddles - John Wayne
11. On her majesty's secret service - Adam West
12. Ghost - Bruce Willis
16. Gone with the wind - Groucho Marx
18. Who framed Roger Rabbit - Eddie Murphy
19. Kindergarten Cop - Bill Murray


Nikki

on #9 it was Richared Prioer (spelling sry)