Christina Applegate – Legally Blonde
Christina Applegate was coming off her success on the hit TV show Married…With Children when she was offered the role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. She turned it down as she was worried about being typecast as “the blonde.” The role went to Reese Witherspoon instead, and the rest is history.
Kevin Costner – Shawshank Redemption
Kevin Coster was offered the part of Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption which he decided to turn down in order to star in Waterworld. The issue is that the huge budget film of Waterworld ended up becoming one of the worst films of all time. Of course, Shawshank is considered one of the best movies of all time.