Which Actor turned down these roles?

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Apr 18, 2010 10:36 PM
I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
Apr 18, 2010 10:36pm
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Apr 18, 2010 10:37 PM
well and Top Gun
Apr 18, 2010 10:37pm
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Apr 18, 2010 10:38 PM
I agree LJ
Apr 18, 2010 10:38pm
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Apr 18, 2010 10:48 PM
No way is he a better Elliot Ness than Kevin Costner
Apr 18, 2010 10:48pm
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Apr 18, 2010 10:52 PM
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mattinctown wrote: Rick James
LOLOL!!!
She was a very kinky girl...
Apr 18, 2010 10:52pm
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Apr 18, 2010 10:56 PM
gibby08 wrote: 48 Hrs. Jack Cates
Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley
Grindhouse Stuntman Mike
Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash
Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge
Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine
The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis
Platoon Sgt. Grodin
Rain Man Charlie Babbitt
The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford
Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
The Untouchables Elliot Ness
Tombstone Johnny Ringo

Without looking at the other answers...

48 Hrs. Jack Cates- Bruce Willis
Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley- Eric Roberts
Grindhouse Stuntman Mike- Wee man
Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge- Rob Lowe
Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine- Sylvester Stallone
The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis- Wink Martindale
Platoon Sgt. Grodin- Danny Glover
Rain Man Charlie Babbitt- Nick Cage
The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford- Tom Beringer
Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky- Kevin Costner
The Untouchables Elliot Ness- Jet Li
Tombstone Johnny Ringo- Ralph Macchio

How many did I get? LOL
Apr 18, 2010 10:56pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:02 PM
sonofsam wrote: Without looking at the other answers...

48 Hrs. Jack Cates- Bruce Willis
Beverly Hills Cop Axel Foley- Eric Roberts
Grindhouse Stuntman Mike- Wee man
Highlander Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge- Rob Lowe
Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine- Sylvester Stallone
The Outsiders Sodapop "Soda" Curtis Darrel "Darry" Curtis- Wink Martindale
Platoon Sgt. Grodin- Danny Glover
Rain Man Charlie Babbitt- Nick Cage
The Silence of the Lambs Jack Crawford- Tom Beringer
Top Gun LT. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell LT. Tom "Iceman" Kazansky- Kevin Costner
The Untouchables Elliot Ness- Jet Li
Tombstone Johnny Ringo- Ralph Macchio

How many did I get? LOL

You're wrong about all of them.

The correct answer was Barrack Obama.
(he said "actor")
Apr 18, 2010 11:02pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:09 PM
"How much fucking money would he have made had he taken half of those"

Turned down doesn't mean he was awarded the role and declined. Turned down means many things, as examples he was considered for the role and declined an audition or a meeting with the production team.
Apr 18, 2010 11:09pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:11 PM
LJ wrote: I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
Rourke wasn't the only one that turned it down. From Wikipedia :
On the DVD featurette, producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed that the part of Axel Foley was first offered to Mickey Rourke, who signed a $400,000 USD holding contract to do the film. When revisions and other preparations took longer than expected, Rourke left the project to do another film. It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start, Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy was in, prompting massive rewrites. According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actor's Studio, Stallone also envisioned a "harder edged" screenplay. After his departure due to differences in scope (he wanted more action than the producers would budget for) the role was re-written for Murphy. Stallone went on to use his version of the film as the basis for his movie Cobra. According to Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland) in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of disagreements about which kind of orange juice was to be put in his trailer. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Al Pacino and James Caan. In one of the previous drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce.
Apr 18, 2010 11:11pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:25 PM
mattinctown wrote: Rick James
No it's Rick James Bitch !!!
Apr 18, 2010 11:25pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:39 PM
gibby08 wrote:
justincredible wrote: Mickey Rourke
You cheated....but you win

How much fucking money would he have made had he taken half of those

The better question is how much more money would the drug dealers have made?
Apr 18, 2010 11:39pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:41 PM
I Wear Pants wrote:
LJ wrote: I dunno, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley was pretty damn good. Probably the only one I really can't see being better with Rourke
Rourke wasn't the only one that turned it down. From Wikipedia :
On the DVD featurette, producer Jerry Bruckheimer claimed that the part of Axel Foley was first offered to Mickey Rourke, who signed a $400,000 USD holding contract to do the film. When revisions and other preparations took longer than expected, Rourke left the project to do another film. It was then offered to Sylvester Stallone, with the character of Michael Tandino being his brother, and Jenny Summers being his love interest. Two weeks before filming was to start, Stallone was suddenly out and Eddie Murphy was in, prompting massive rewrites. According to Eddie Murphy on Inside the Actor's Studio, Stallone also envisioned a "harder edged" screenplay. After his departure due to differences in scope (he wanted more action than the producers would budget for) the role was re-written for Murphy. Stallone went on to use his version of the film as the basis for his movie Cobra. According to Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland) in a UK newspaper interview, Sylvester Stallone quit the film because of disagreements about which kind of orange juice was to be put in his trailer. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Al Pacino and James Caan. In one of the previous drafts written for Sylvester Stallone, Billy Rosewood was called "Siddons" and was killed off half-way through the script during one of the action scenes deemed "too expensive" for Paramount to produce.
i really dont think it would have been nearly as good as it is today without Eddie Murphy. so i am glad it worked out the way it did.
Apr 18, 2010 11:41pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:42 PM
I agree. Hell, I have a Mumford sweatshirt like the one he wore in the films.
Apr 18, 2010 11:42pm
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Apr 18, 2010 11:49 PM
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Apr 18, 2010 11:57 PM
I'm a big fan of your films Eddie Murphy.....

Apr 18, 2010 11:57pm
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Apr 19, 2010 12:33 AM
He wouldnt have made a lot of those movies the money they ended up making.
Apr 19, 2010 12:33am
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Apr 19, 2010 1:04 AM
I watched an inside story of Caddyshack and they said one of the first actors considered for Danny Noonan was Mickey Rourke but they didn't think he could pull off comedy.
Apr 19, 2010 1:04am