02185nam 2200505 450 991080775290332120230617023158.01-4766-0976-4(CKB)3710000000335235(EBL)1920850(SSID)ssj0001401568(PQKBManifestationID)12607348(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401568(PQKBWorkID)11349788(PQKB)11084085(MiAaPQ)EBC1920850(EXLCZ)99371000000033523520040923h20052005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCasting might-have-beens a film by film directory of actors considered for roles given to others /Eila MellJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company,[2005]©20051 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7864-2017-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; The Films and Roles; Notes; IndexSome acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma Thurman, saying that she acted like someone in a high school play when she auditioned to play opposite him in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Picture Danny Thomas as The Godfather, or Marilyn Monroe as Cleopatra. This reference work lists hundreds of such stories: actors who didn't get cast or who turned down certain parts. Each entry, organized alphabeMotion picturesCastingUnited StatesMotion picturesUnited StatesCatalogsMotion picturesCastingMotion pictures791.430280973Mell Eila1968-1663030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807752903321Casting might-have-beens4020055UNINA