Actors Who Turned Down Big Roles
These 25 Actors Passed on the Role of a Lifetime, but Most of Them Didn't Regret It
21
Don Draper made Jon Hamm a household name, but in a 2011 podcast interview, Hamm revealed that he wasn't the first choice to anchor Mad Men. "I think they went to Thomas Jane for it, and they were told that Thomas Jane does not do television," he told WTF With Marc Maron.