Great Movie Roles...
and the Actors who turned them down.

• Ben Hur-
  turned down by Burt Lancaster. Played by Charlton Heston.

• The Graduate
  made a star out of Dustin Hoffman. Turned down by Robert Redford.
  
• Maltese Falcon
  George Raft didn’t want to work with an unknown director (John Huston) but Humphrey Bogart didn’t have a problem.
  
  
• The Wizard of Oz
  played by Frank Morgan, it was written with W.C.Fields in mind but he refused the part.
  
  
• Giant
  the important role of Jett Rink was to go to Alan Ladd. He felt he was too old so they cast an unknown in the part, James Dean.