What If?

[Lilith]

Found this interesting article basically about what if the original actor or actress originally picked out to play in a movie, how would it have been any different from the actual movie along with the actor or actress they ended up with for the movie. One movie i remember was The Exorcist, its not included here in this article, but thought id throw it in. Dana Plato, from Different Strokes was originally picked to play the part of Regan, Linda Blairs character. Apparently, Dana's mother refused to let her daughter play that part. I heard about that a long time back. Someone else was originally picked to play the mother to, but i forget who that was, but sure i could find out. Anyway, i wonder how that would have turned out, if Dana had taken that role. Anyway, on with some other goodies.....

The Actual Article.....

Not to say it wouldn't be the contemporary classic that it is today, but 'The Matrix' would've taken us down a whole different rabbit hole had Will Smith not passed on the role of Neo, opening the door for Keanu Reeves to don the dark trench coat. Can anyone really imagine The Fresh Prince uttering lines like "Whoa, déjà vu" with the same sense of stunned bewilderment?

How about if Ralph Macchio went time-traveling as Marty McFly, or Tom Cruise danced his heart out as Ren McCormack?

Rarely does a project in Hollywood start and finish with the same lead actors attached. Just see this summer's thriller 'Salt,' where the role of Angelina Jolie's wrongly accused spy Evelyn Salt was originally to be played by Cruise (as EDWIN Salt, natch).

We thought it'd be amusing to give these 15 casting fun facts -- actors (reportedly or rumoredly) originally attached or offered the roles you see below -- some visual representation.