Mel Gibson – What Women Want Over Gladiator
Russel Crowe’s most iconic role is largely regarded to be the one of Maximus in Gladiator, where he played an Ancient Roman general turned Colosseum gladiator. But Crowe might not have claimed the brutal glory of the part if Mel Gibson did not feel that he was too old for the action-heavy performance. Rather, he took the much more subdued role in What Women Want. Crowe would end up with an Academy Award for Best Actor thanks to his time in the Colosseum.
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Bruce Willis – The Bonfire of the Vanities Over Ghost
We could have had a very different Sam Wheat if Bruce Willis had taken the role in the touching romance drama, Ghost, rather than heartthrob Patrick Swayze. Interestingly, Bruce was uninterested in taking the steamy role with his ex-wife, Demi Moore. The Bonfire of the Vanities was more up his street, it seemed, and Swayze ended up getting intimate with his wife of the time. If Willis had any reservations about the on-screen romance, we might never know.
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