The Backstory: Stars Who Turned Down Iconic Movie Roles
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Hollywood is a tough business. Stars take roles in movies they come to hate . . but equally as frustrating are the roles they take a pass on . . that make somebody else rich and famous. This is all about stars who turned down roles in movies like Titanic, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Silence of the Lambs, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, you know the Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken. It's about decision-making, right? |
| 0:06.0 | Well, sometimes we're happy with the choice we made, and sometimes not so much. |
| 0:11.0 | Recently, we talked about movies actors regretted making, but backstory listener Terry |
| 0:16.2 | Michelle was interested in actors who'd turned down roles and really regretted doing so. Imagine taking |
| 0:23.2 | a pass on Titanic, The Matrix, Forest Gump, or Silence of the Lambs. I'm Patty Steele. When the |
| 0:30.1 | road or roll not taken was a really crummy choice. That's next on the backstory. |
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