Actors Who Turned Down Big Roles
These 25 Actors Passed on the Role of a Lifetime, but Most of Them Didn't Regret It
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Rom-com queen Meg Ryan very nearly didn't star in one of her most iconic movies. In a 2014 InStyle profile, ABC News reported, Roberts revealed that she was first approached to star in Sleepless in Seattle but turned it down. "I'd been offered Sleepless in Seattle, but couldn't do it," she said. "[Meg Ryan] and Tom Hanks are just such a jewel of a fit in that. I guess what they did for that moment in time is sort of what Richard [Gere] and I were doing across town [in Pretty Woman], you know?"