50 Celebrities Who Turned Down Iconic Roles

The role: Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Who *actually* played it: Audrey Hepburn

The role: Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Who *actually* played it: Jessica Chastain

The role: Phoebe in Friends (1994-2004)

Who *actually* played it: Lisa Kudrow

The role: Christian Grey in Fifty Shades (2015)

Who *actually* played it: Jamie Dornan

The role: Rachel in Friends (1994-2004)

Who *actually* played it: Jennifer Aniston

The role: Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011-present)

Who *actually* played it: Lena Headey

The role: Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995)

Who *actually* played it: Tom Hanks

The role: Detective David Mills in Se7en (1995)

Who *actually* played it: Brad Pitt

The role: Tiffany in Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Who *actually* played it: Jennifer Lawrence

The role: James Bond in Casino Royale (2006)

Who *actually* played it: Daniel Craig

The role: Ren McCormack in Footloose (1984)

Who *actually* played it: Kevin Bacon

The role: Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997)

Who *actually* played it: Mark Wahlberg

The role: Django in Django Unchained (2012)

Who *actually* played it: Jamie Foxx

The role: Christian Grey in Fifty Shades (2015)

Who *actually* played it: Jamie Dornan

The role: Dumbledore in Harry Potter (2001)

Who *actually* played it: Richard Harris

The role: Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire (1996)

Who *actually* played it: Tom Cruise

The role: Alex Munday in Charlie’s Angels (2000)

Who *actually* played it: Lucy Liu

The role: Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City (1998-2004)

Who *actually* played it: Sarah Jessica Parker

The role: Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act (1992)

Who *actually* played it: Whoopi Goldberg

The role: One of the women in Ghostbusters (2016)

Who *actually* played it: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones

The role: Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (2001)

Who *actually* played it: Reese Witherspoon

The role: Christian Grey in Fifty Shades (2015)

Who *actually* played it: Jamie Dornan

The role: Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009)

Who *actually* played it: Sandra Bullock

The role: Sidney Prescott in Scream (1996)

Who *actually* played it: Neve Campbell

The role: Walter White in Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

Who *actually* played it: Bryan Cranston

The role: Buddy in Elf (2003)

Who *actually* played it: Will Ferrell

The role: Ms. Weiss in Precious (2009)

Who *actually* played it: Mariah Carey

The role: Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades (2015)

Who *actually* played it: Dakota Johnson

The role: Nomi Malone in Showgirls (1995)

Who *actually* played it: Elizabeth Berkley

The role: Piper in Orange Is the New Black (2013-present)

Who *actually* played it: Taylor Schilling