Can you imagine David Schwimmer playing Agent J in Men in Black instead of Will Smith? Neither do we! But that could happen, because the actor from the series Friends was originally intended for this role, which largely marked Will Smith's career and cemented him in Hollywood. But this is far from the only case where you could watch other actors in iconic roles. Check out which famous movie roles almost went to another movie actor.
Many film roles have marked the entire career of the players. Such is the case Daniel Radcliffe, which the role of Harry Potter certainly is marked for life. Or the role of Indiana Jones, in which you are anyone but Harrison Ford we cannot imagine. Did you know that the role of the daring adventurer almost went to Tom Selleck, who had to give up the role simply because the filming overlapped with the filming of the series Magnum?
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Film history is full of examples where the famous would go film roles by which we remember the actors, almost into the hands of other players.
Famous film roles that almost went to another actor:
