Actors Who ALMOST Played Iconic Roles Part 1

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00:00A long list of A-listers turned down the lead roles in Brokeback Mountain?

00:03Yeah, they asked Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Ryan Phillippe, who all said no,

00:08leaving it up to Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.

00:10Actually, a lot of the most iconic roles in movie history almost went to someone else,

00:15and we can only imagine how different those movies would be.

00:18Let's take a look.

00:18Britney Spears almost played Ally in The Notebook.

00:21She actually had a killer audition that you can see the tape of.

00:24I told him I'd marry him, and I want to marry him. I really do, but...

00:27But the role eventually went to Rachel McAdams.

00:30Gwen Stefani was almost in Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

00:32Wonder if there still would have been a Brangelina if she got the part?

00:34Gwen Stefani had previously been in The Aviator, and after that,

00:37she went to multiple auditions for Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

00:40She supposedly got pretty far, too.

00:42In an interview with Vogue, she said that the auditions were down to her and Angelina Jolie,

00:46beating out more established actresses like Nicole Kidman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.