2:05
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Will Smith – Neo, The Matrix
Will Smith
passed on the role of Neo as did Ewan McGregor. Will Smith said, “You
know, The Matrix is a difficult concept to pitch. In the
pitch, I just didn’t see it. I watched Keanu’s performance – and very
rarely do I say this – but I would have messed it up. I would have
absolutely messed up The Matrix. At that point I wasn’t smart enough as
an actor to let the movie be. Whereas Keanu was smart enough to just
let it be. Let the movie and the director tell the story, and don’t try
and perform every moment.” Will Smith went on to star in I, Robot.
9. W.C. Fields – Wizard, The Wizard
of Oz
The part of the Wizard was written for W.C. Fields
and it seems that it was perfect role, a traveling con man. He
turned down the role for the most famous of reasons…money. He was only
offered $75,000 by MGM but he wanted $100,000. Other sources say he
turned it down to write You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man. The role
went to Frank Morgan.
8. Cary Grant – James Bond
The
producers of the James Bond films originally approached Cary Grant
about playing the role of Britain’s 007 agent. Cary declined the role
because he didn’t want to be tied to a film series. The role went to
Sean Connery starting with Dr. No in 1962. Fleming wasn’t entirely
happy with the choice. “He’s not exactly what I had in mind,” said
Fleming.
7. Bette Davis – Scarlett O’Hara, Gone with the
Wind
Bette
Davis turned down the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the
Wind. The role went to Vivien Leigh. Davis decided to pass on the
role when she thought Errol Flynn would by playing the part of Rhett.
She had refused to work with him earlier.
6. Sean Connery –
Gandalf, Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Amazingly,
Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord
of the Rings Trilogy. His reason for passing on the role was
due to the length of time for filming – 18 months. Sir Ian McKellan won
the role and everyone couldn’t be happier. Mr. Connery said he had
never read Tolkein and when he read the script he referred to the
hobbits as bobbits.
5. Daryl Hannah – Vivian, Pretty Woman
Daryl
Hannah turned down the role of the hooker, Vivian, because she felt it
was demeaning to women. Strangely, she later appeared in Dancing
at the Blue Iguana in the role of a stripper. Even more
unbelievable, Molly Ringwald also passed on the role of Vivian. Vivian’s
role was soon nabbed by Julia Roberts.
4. Kevin Costner – Bill, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Mr.
Costner turned down the role of Bill in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill:
Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. He opted instead to direct Open
Range in yet another poor career choice…cough, cough Water
World.
3. John Cusack – John Bender, The Breakfast Club
I
think John
Cusack is one of the finest actors of my generation and I’m very
disappointed that he didn’t get to be part of The Breakfast Club.
Of course, he was a mainstay in the teenage angst movies of the 80s,
so I’m happy. He was originally the actor chosen to play John Bender.
Unfortunately he was unable to fit it into his schedule and Judd Nelson
ended up in the role.
2. Bruce Willis – Sam Wheat, Ghost
Bruce
Willis turned down the role of Sam Wheat in Ghost “because he didn’t
think the plot would work and that playing a ghost would be detrimental
to his career”. Ironically, he played a ghost in The Sixth Sense
and he would have played opposite his now ex-wife, Demi Moore.
1.
Al Pacino – Han Solo, Star Wars
Al
Pacino, Nick Nolte and Christopher Walken were all considered for the
role of Han Solo. Even harder to imagine, supposedly Burt Reynolds
turned down the role. Harrison Ford took the part and the rest is box
office history.
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2:44
pm est Sunday 8, 2010
Did you know that if you take your bananasapart when you
get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they
ripen faster.
Did you
know that if you store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It
will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Did you
know that Green Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and
better for eating? Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and
better for cooking.
Did you
know if you Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef,
It will
help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
Did you
know leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert?
Simply?chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few
apples. Place them?in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars
over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with
vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Did you
know that you can heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top
of the stove?, Set heat to med-low?and heat till warm. This keeps the
crust crispy.. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on?the cooking channel
and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg
yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add
remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly,
cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away
when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
Did you
know that when you buy a container of cake frosting from the store,
whip it with your mixer for a few minutes and you can double it in size?
You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat
less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
Did you
know that if you place biscuits, pancakes, or muffins in a microwave
with a cup of water that were refrigerated, this will increase the
moisture and help keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster?
Newspaper weeds away
Did
you know that wet newspaper will kill weeds? Start putting in your
plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers
around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for- get
about weeds. Weeds
will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet
newspapers.
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