17 Roles That Were Written for One Actor But Made Another Famous Instead

17 Roles That Were Written for One Actor But Made Another Famous Instead

Hollywood’s casting process is rarely straightforward. Sometimes a director envisions a specific actor for a role, only for circumstances to lead to someone entirely different stepping in. These casting switches often come with fascinating stories behind them, and in some cases, they’ve launched careers into the stratosphere or revitalized fading stars. Here is a list of 17 iconic roles that were originally intended for different actors but ulti…

Harrison Ford owes his international success as an actor primarily to George Lucas. However, he does not appreciate his role as Han Solo as much as another iconic character in a film. Before becoming internationally known as Han Solo in 1977, he played mainly smaller roles. He appeared in the second film by George Lucas, in American Graffiti. When the director planned his great space opera Star Wars, he decided to give Ford a bigger role. The fi…