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.