Some of the most iconic roles in cinema and television may have seemed very different if they had gone into the original casting options.
Before Billy Crudup brought Stillwater Singer Russell Hammond To Life in the 2000 Music Drama, director Cameron Crowe he had his eyes on Brad Pittthat he had just “just started” in his now legendary career. “I really had something,” Crowe erased during the episode of the premiere of the “Origins: Almost famous shots twenty” Podcast in July 2020.
While Pitt nailed his audition and he had Crowe “shooting on the floor” to laugh, it was not the perfect form for that moment. Crowe even admitted that he “cried” when the Struggle Star left the project.
“But I think in the back of my brain, I knew he had never fallen in love with the character,” said Crowe. “He had fallen in love with the character’s idea. But he may not be enough on the page.”
Move -down to find out which stars almost played some of the most emblematic cinema and television roles.