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Some roles are a dream for actors, but others are a real nightmare forced by contracts, rivalries, or personal stakes. From iconic blockbusters to infamous flops, these performances reveal the unexpected stories behind the scenes where big stars had no choice but to take the part. Join us as we uncover the surprising reasons why some of Hollywood’s biggest names stepped into roles they wished they could have avoided!
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00:00Look at us.
00:04Look at what they make you give.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're examining the roles that actors had no choice but to follow through on for one reason or another,
00:12even if they might have preferred dropping out.
00:15Well, I knew you didn't bring me back because you liked me.
00:18I don't. Not.
00:21Everyone, Movie 43
00:23Considered one of the worst films to ever grace projectors, and not in a quirky The Room way,
00:282013's Movie 43 was made of uncomfortable, often shocking skits.
00:33Please don't tell me you're one of those girls that gets jealous of a guy's pet.
00:37Even if that pet is super silly?
00:40No, no, I just don't think he likes me very much.
00:44Yet its cast is incredible, featuring several Oscar winners.
00:47All it took was for the creators to secure Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman, who then used the duo to attract other big names.
00:53One thing that helped was that the actors didn't know what other performers were doing with their sketches.
00:57Yet, despite that, producer Peter Farrelly stated that some tried to get out of the project, but they wouldn't let them.
01:04Justin Long's involvement helped to bring in longtime collaborator John Hodgman, who knew nothing about the project or that cameras were involved.
01:11It was all a clever ruse. I'm not speed dating.
01:14Some of you should remember I'm happily married.
01:16That's right!
01:17You were all there at the wedding.
01:18Natalie Wood, The Searchers
01:20Many people make errors when they're teenagers.
01:22Usually it's forgotten about until you need to sleep.
01:25And the brain replays the memory to torment you.
01:27Yet for Wood, her mistake seemingly took over her life for seven years.
01:30To appear in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause, the then 16-year-old had to sign a long-term contract with Warner Brothers.
01:37This meant Wood had no say in being cast in 1956's The Searchers, despite her still being at school during production.
01:44First I prayed to you, come and get me. Take me home. You didn't come.
01:51Feeling as though she was miscast, Wood wasn't keen on doing the part.
01:55Yet due to the contract she'd signed and pressure from her mother, she didn't have a choice.
01:59He knows he'll find, but where, oh Lord, Lord, where?
02:09Sylvester Stallone, Stop or My Mum Will Shoot
02:16I've got to change you.
02:18I can change you.
02:19Change you.
02:20Change you.
02:21Will you stop trying to change me?
02:25Back in the 80s and 90s, while still friends, Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were rivals,
02:30often going up against each other for similar roles.
02:32As the script for Stop or My Mum Will Shoot was circulating,
02:35Stallone was told by his team that if he didn't take the role,
02:38Schwarzenegger would.
02:39Well, he called his rival to see if he was interested,
02:42and Schwarzenegger stated that he called it brilliant.
02:44Then Sly called me and he says,
02:46Hey, have they ever talked to you about this movie?
02:49And I said, yes.
02:50I was thinking about doing it.
02:51I said, this is a really brilliant idea.
02:54However, that wasn't true.
02:56The future governor of California had read the script and hated it.
02:59With the rivalry on his mind, Stallone snapped up the part,
03:02which soon became known as one of his biggest career flops.
03:05However, both Stallone and Schwarzenegger have joked about the incident on talk shows in recent years.
03:09Because I'm telling you, if you don't do this thing, Stop or My Mum Will Shoot,
03:13He's in!
03:14He's in!
03:15I go, uh, okay, I'll do it.
03:17Thank you, Arnold.
03:18Oh, no, no, it didn't happen a couple of times.
03:20Ryan Reynolds, X-Men Origins, Wolverine.
03:22Great.
03:24I'm stuck in an elevator with five guys on a high-protein diet.
03:27Oh, wait.
03:28Dreams really do come true.
03:29Just shut it!
03:29Since as early as 2004, Reynolds had been tied to the Deadpool character after he was announced
03:34to play the starring role in a film helmed by his Blade Trinity director, David S. Goyer.
03:39However, it struggled for traction.
03:41When X-Men Origins' Wolverine was in the works, with Reynolds signed on for the part,
03:45he wasn't pleased with Deadpool's portrayal in the script.
03:48However, the film's executives gave the Canadian an ultimatum.
03:51Either play Wade Wilson or they'll get someone else.
03:54It was sort of like, play Deadpool in this movie or we'll get someone else to.
03:57And I just said, I'll do it, but it's the wrong version.
04:00It was, um, Deadpool wasn't correct in it.
04:02With no option, Reynolds, who later called it a frustrating experience,
04:06took the role as the film tarnished the comic book character by sewing his mouth shut,
04:10making the Merc with a Mouth into more of a silent mutant.
04:13Thankfully, he got to do the character properly multiple times later on.
04:16I remember telling one of the studio executives, I said, you guys are gonna,
04:19they're gonna, people are gonna go nuts over this.
04:21And he was like, I know, right?
04:23And I was like, no, not in a good way.
04:24No, nuts.
04:24No, no, no.
04:25People went insane.
04:26The Deadpool character, you can't do this to the Deadpool character.
04:28Jimon Honsu, Guardians of the Galaxy.
04:31Roman may have questions for you.
04:33Hey, you know what?
04:34There's another name you might know me by.
04:38Star-Lord.
04:40Who?
04:41One day, Honsu, one of the most underrated actors around,
04:44was hanging out with his young son when the topic of superheroes came up.
04:47His son stated that he wanted to be light-skinned like Spider-Man.
04:50This stuck with Honsu, as he realized there was a lack of diversity in comic book films.
04:55It was exciting.
04:56But it was also, I mean, I also wanted to be part of it,
04:59just, you know, be part of the Marvel Comics world.
05:02So when 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy came to him,
05:06he snapped up the role of Korath to show his son that there are non-white characters in big-budget
05:10superhero flicks.
05:11This added to the wave of diversity in the MCU and beyond.
05:14And Honsu would later switch to DC to play the wizard in 2019's Shazam,
05:19and its 2023 sequel.
05:21I am the last of the Council of Wizards,
05:26sworn to protect realms from the seven deadly sins.
05:30Richard Harris.
05:31Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
05:33As any grandparent has experienced,
05:35all it takes is a grandchild issuing a request for them to do anything to grant it.
05:39Well, Harris experienced this, but this time it involved his career.
05:42Executives really wanted the Irishman to portray Professor Albus Dumbledore
05:47in 2001's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
05:50This kind of mark cannot be seen.
05:52It lives in your very skin.
05:55What is it?
05:58Love, Harry.
05:59However, due to health problems and having to sign up for multiple films,
06:03Harris rejected the offer three times.
06:05Yet, when his granddaughter heard about this, she wasn't pleased.
06:08She threatened to not speak to her grandfather again if he didn't take the role.
06:12So, Harris, with his hands emotionally tied,
06:15took the offer and played the role across two films,
06:17before sadly passing away in 2002.
06:20I think the most amazing thing was my son was down,
06:22who's a movie maker, he's a director-writer,
06:25and he was down today on the set.
06:26He said, I can't believe how relaxed everybody is.
06:28Ben Affleck.
06:29Justice League.
06:30According to some reviewers for 2017's Justice League,
06:33they knew Affleck didn't want to be there.
06:35Well, later on, we discovered just how true this was.
06:37After having a great time as Batman in 2016's Batman vs. Superman Dawn of Justice,
06:43Affleck was ready for 2017's Justice League.
06:45However, with director Zack Snyder stepping down,
06:48and his replacement Joss Whedon reportedly causing issues on set,
06:52followed by personal problems,
06:53the actor was struggling.
06:55The last movie, because I was angry at Superman the whole time,
06:59it was a story of a different Batman,
07:00but this one is a little bit more probably familiar to fans.
07:04Affleck described it as the worst experience he'd had in acting,
07:07so much so that he was contemplating quitting the industry as he began drinking again.
07:12While he did enjoy making Zack Snyder's Justice League,
07:15the 2017 edition was bad enough to put him off directing a DC film in the future.
07:20I hear just, you know, nothing but really nice things about the movie,
07:23which was nice because that's not what I got from the critics.
07:25Natalie Portman.
07:26Thor.
07:27The Dark World.
07:28After 2011's Thor was a success,
07:30and the MCU was beginning to form,
07:32Marvel announced that Patty Jenkins was going to direct the sequel.
07:35However, two months after stating this,
07:37Jenkins departed from the project due to creative differences,
07:41and according to reports, Portman was livid.
07:44Sorry, I just needed to make sure you were real.
07:47It's been a very strange day.
07:48Oh, I am.
07:49Jane, where were you?
07:51She'd been a key supporter of giving Jenkins the role,
07:54which would have made her the first woman to direct an MCU project.
07:58While Portman played the role of Jane Foster,
07:59she made it clear it was under duress of a contract,
08:02and she reportedly refused to do reshoots,
08:04requiring others to step in.
08:06Unsurprisingly, she didn't return for 2017's Thor Ragnarok,
08:09but seemingly, time can heal some wounds,
08:12as Portman reprised her role in 2022's Thor Love and Thunder.
08:16If you can't say mighty Thor,
08:19I'll accept Dr. Jane Foster!
08:23Matt Damon.
08:24The Bourne Ultimatum.
08:25Beyond Damon being the face of the franchise,
08:27another constant in the Bourne universe was Tony Gilroy,
08:31who co-wrote the first and second films.
08:33However, when he was involved in 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum,
08:37that's where problems arose for Damon.
08:39He stated in an interview with GQ that Gilroy made a deal with Universal
08:43to write one draft with no notes or rewrites,
08:46and get a hefty paycheck.
08:48Yeah, yeah, I mean, because, you know, as an actor,
08:50you're supposed to be drawing on, you know,
08:54there's certainly, he has no idea who he is.
08:56Damon described the script as unreadable,
08:58and said that it would have ended Gilroy's career
09:00if it had been leaked publicly.
09:02However, contractually obliged, Damon had to do the film.
09:05The draft was reworked by several people,
09:07as Damon claimed Gilroy tried to get sole credit,
09:10which was rejected.
09:12Then do something about it.
09:14Everything you need is in there.
09:15Everything.
09:21Raoul Julia, Street Fighter.
09:23In 1994, Street Fighter, the film adaptation
09:25of the popular video game, dropped,
09:27and while panned critically,
09:29there was one highlight that the majority agrees on.
09:31Julia's portrayal as General M. Bison was incredible.
09:35For I beheld Satan, and he fell from heaven
09:41like lightning!
09:45Yet, what makes it even more impressive
09:47is that he did the role of the imposing villain
09:49as he was battling cancer.
09:50When the role was pitched to him,
09:52Julia mentioned it to his kids,
09:53whose eyes lit up as they were big fans of the game.
09:56With that in mind,
09:57he felt it was something that he had to do
09:59and signed up for the role.
10:01Sadly, Julia wouldn't be able to see the film
10:02come out to the general public,
10:04as he passed away a month before its release.
10:06Children play the video game,
10:09and as soon as I mentioned the title of the film,
10:14all of a sudden their faces lit up.
10:18Bruce Willis, Armageddon.
10:20So what's the verdict?
10:21They'll do it.
10:23They've made a few requests, though.
10:25Do you remember the 1997 sports rom-com Broadway brawler
10:28starring Bruce Willis and Maura Tierney?
10:31No?
10:32Well, you know why you don't?
10:33Because the movie never got made.
10:35Besides starring in the film,
10:37Willis was also a producer,
10:38and just three weeks into shooting,
10:40he demanded much of the crew be fired,
10:42including the director.
10:44This led the Walt Disney Company to shut it all down.
10:47While they could have sued Willis,
10:48they instead agreed to a deal
10:50in which he would make three movies
10:52for the company at a reduced rate,
10:54the first of which was Armageddon.
10:56Willis was paid just $3 million for the movie,
10:59as opposed to his going rate at the time,
11:01which was $20 million.
11:03Not a choice, a lack of options.
11:05Pierce Brosnan, Remington Steele.
11:07Have we met before?
11:09I don't think so.
11:10Odd.
11:11You look vaguely familiar.
11:12Pierce Brosnan became a star
11:13thanks to the 80s television show Remington Steele.
11:16It's probably thanks to that show
11:18that he was cast as James Bond.
11:20However, it was also because of that show
11:21that he didn't become Bond sooner.
11:24You see, the action TV series premiered in 1982
11:27and was cancelled in 1986,
11:29at which point Brosnan was offered the role of Bond
11:31in the upcoming film The Living Daylights.
11:34However, NBC then reversed their cancellation decision
11:37and Brosnan was contractually obligated
11:39to return to the series.
11:41Not wanting the character associated
11:43with a currently airing television series,
11:45the film's producers rescinded their offer
11:47and gave the role to Timothy Dalton.
11:49It would be eight years before Brosnan
11:51finally became Bond.
11:53James Bond.
11:54James Bond.
11:56Winona Ryder, Boys.
11:57Bud Valentine?
11:58You know there's a pitcher named Bud Valentine.
12:01He pitches for Pittsburgh.
12:04That's him.
12:05The film Boys, starring Winona Ryder and Lucas Haas,
12:08was both a critical and commercial failure back in 1996.
12:13And this probably didn't come as much of a shock
12:15to those who made it.
12:16Director Stacey Cochran has stated
12:18that she and the studio had a falling out
12:20and there was an extensive involuntary editing process.
12:24That ruined the movie.
12:25As for Ryder, in his biography of the actress,
12:28Nigel Goodall makes it clear
12:30that last-minute changes to the script
12:31had her regretting what she'd gotten herself into.
12:34But the contract was signed
12:35and she wasn't getting out of it
12:37even though she would have liked to.
12:39You wouldn't like it.
12:41Yes, I would.
12:43Not for long.
12:44Alec Baldwin.
12:46Rock of Ages.
12:47Here's a toast to all of us
12:49who are breaking our backs every day.
12:53At first, everything was great.
12:54Alec Baldwin signed on to be in Rock of Ages,
12:57excited to work with director Adam Shankman
12:59and some of the other stars like Tom Cruise.
13:01But the honeymoon ended early,
13:04as Baldwin admitted in an interview back in 2013.
13:07A week in, you go,
13:08oh God, what have I done?
13:10What he did was try and get out of it.
13:12While reporting at the time mentioned medical issues
13:15for Baldwin's desire to leave the production,
13:17it would appear that the truth
13:19is he just thought the film was going to suck.
13:21Needless to say,
13:22the studio didn't let him out of his deal.
13:25I'm not interested, sweetheart,
13:26and I need you two to get back to work right now.
13:28Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones.
13:30Remember me?
13:31You remember me.
13:32I live right down the street,
13:33down in the greenhouse.
13:35Mr. Harvey.
13:36Stanley Tucci didn't try to get out of his contract
13:38to star in The Lovely Bones
13:40because he hated the film.
13:41It was because he hated his character.
13:44Tucci plays George Harvey,
13:46a serial killer who targets youths,
13:48in the 2009 Peter Jackson movie.
13:51As he told Entertainment Weekly,
13:52it was a tough experience playing such a horrible person.
13:56He even questioned Jackson as to why he was cast
13:59and actively tried to get out of it
14:00before they began filming.
14:02Not only did he not get out of his contract,
14:04but he ended up getting an Oscar nomination
14:06for his performance.
14:08I have to go.
14:09I don't want you to leave.
14:12Val Kilmer, Top Gun.
14:14You!
14:18You are still dangerous.
14:24You can be my wingman anytime.
14:26That's right.
14:27It might sound crazy,
14:28but Val Kilmer basically had to be forced
14:30to play Iceman in Top Gun.
14:32Kilmer had already given Paramount 2 films
14:34in their three-movie deal,
14:36and he, as the math would indicate,
14:38owed them one more.
14:40Well, it was because of that deal
14:41that Kilmer even went to meet
14:43with the director of the film, Tony Scott.
14:45While he still didn't want to do it,
14:46finding the script silly,
14:48Scott, and his contractual obligations,
14:51convinced Kilmer to be in the film.
14:53He didn't need any convincing
14:54to reprise his role in the 2022 sequel,
14:57Top Gun Maverick.
14:58Kilmer even openly campaigned for it.
15:01One last thing.
15:03Who's the better pilot?
15:05You or me?
15:09This is a nice moment.
15:11Let's not ruin it.
15:12Brad Pitt, Troy.
15:13Nervous?
15:18Petrified.
15:18This 2004 sword and sandal epic
15:21was the eighth highest-grossing film of the year,
15:23and Brad Pitt did get some positive,
15:26critical comments regarding his performance.
15:28However, it wasn't a film
15:29that Pitt initially wanted to be in.
15:31But the studio sure did want him.
15:33In this case, the studio had the upper hand.
15:36You see, Pitt had pulled out
15:37of another film prior to that,
15:39and as a result, he owed the studio a movie.
15:42So, as he told the New York Times in 2019,
15:45I was put in Troy.
15:47We guess you could say
15:48that they found his Achilles heel.
15:50You're as fearless as the gods.
15:52I'm honoured to go to war with you.
15:55As am I.
15:56Shia LaBeouf.
15:57Transformers Dark of the Moon.
15:59This was all my fault.
16:01I told them whom to trust.
16:03I was so wrong.
16:05It's hard to believe,
16:06but Michael Bay actually made
16:08one decent Transformers movie.
16:10The first one, released in 2007,
16:12has a not-great, but-not-terrible
16:15Rotten Tomatoes score of 57%.
16:17It also grossed over $700 million.
16:20While the second one,
16:21Revenge of the Fallen,
16:22made even more money,
16:23it was critically panned,
16:25even by star Shia LaBeouf,
16:27who said,
16:28I wasn't impressed with what we did.
16:29Not wanting to be a part of a declining franchise,
16:32at least quality-wise,
16:33LaBeouf made a real effort to get out
16:35before the third movie.
16:36But there was the little thing of his signature
16:39on a contract for three films,
16:41so he was stuck.
16:43He definitely wasn't coming back for number four, though.
16:46Sam, that makes me feel bad.
16:48I hope you feel bad.
16:49You should feel bad.
16:50Bill Murray, Garfield, the movie.
16:52You can stop dreaming about me
16:54because I'm here.
16:56Now just wake up.
16:58You've got work to do.
17:00What actor wouldn't want to work with Joel Cohen?
17:03As one half of the Coen brothers,
17:05Joel is one of the great writers
17:06slash directors of his generation.
17:09According to Bill Murray,
17:10when he saw that Joel had written Garfield, the movie,
17:12he jumped at the chance to voice the titular cat.
17:15The only problem is that Garfield, the movie,
17:17was co-written by Joel Cohen, with a H,
17:21not Joel Cohen of the Coen brothers.
17:23By the time he realized his mistake,
17:25it was too late to back out.
17:27We should point out that the other co-writer of the film,
17:30Alex Sokolow, has called ball poo
17:33on Murray's story about the Coen mix-up.
17:35Who do you believe?
17:37So do you have any regrets?
17:42Garfield, maybe.
17:43Daniel Craig, multiple James Bond movies.
17:46I'm the money.
17:49Every penny of it.
17:51While some actors would surely jump at the chance to be James Bond,
17:54Daniel Craig was not such an actor.
17:56When he was offered the role as the next 007 back in 2005,
18:00it took him a little while, and some convincing,
18:02to accept the offer.
18:04While he garnered much praise, money, and stardom
18:06for his portrayal of the master spy,
18:08he only did five Bond films,
18:10because he was contractually obligated to do so.
18:13His desire to get out of the franchise
18:15definitely escalated after the disaster
18:17that was Quantum of Solace.
18:20However, according to Craig,
18:22it had started even earlier than that.
18:24I've been trying to get out of this
18:25from the very moment I got into it.
18:28You're not seriously going back there.
18:29I wouldn't dream of it.
18:34Jennifer Garner, Elektra.
18:36I'm not a good person to get involved with.
18:38After the critical failure that was Daredevil,
18:41Ben Affleck lucked out.
18:42No sequel for Matt Murdock.
18:45Jennifer Garner found herself contractually
18:47locked into what was, quite frankly,
18:49a spin-off movie that nobody wanted,
18:51Elektra.
18:52Yeah.
18:53I hated that.
18:56For Ben, it meant a simple cameo,
18:58which never even made it into the final cut.
19:00For Garner, it was a starring role
19:02in an arguably even worse film
19:04than the one that preceded it.
19:06The spin-off earned a paltry $56.7 million
19:08at the worldwide box office,
19:10and paired with Daredevil,
19:11is widely thought to have permanently damaged
19:13Garner's marketability as a star,
19:16which, at the time, had been on the rise.
19:18Don't worry.
19:20Death's not that bad.
19:21Edward Norton.
19:21The Italian Job.
19:23You can't let emotion into these things.
19:24This undeniably talented actor
19:26has gained somewhat of a reputation
19:27for being difficult to work with.
19:30As it turns out,
19:31that problem extends beyond his relationship
19:32with directors, editors, and co-stars,
19:35to studio heads as well.
19:37Like so many of our entries today,
19:38it would seem that a younger Edward Norton
19:40signed a multi-picture deal
19:42that, in hindsight,
19:43he wasn't so keen to honour.
19:45That wasn't the agreement.
19:46It was a contractual dispute
19:47that lasted a whopping five years,
19:50and one which fostered a lot of anger
19:52between the two parties,
19:53who seemingly could not agree on a picture.
19:56In the end,
19:56Norton was forced to star in The Italian Job,
19:59or go to court.
20:00This lovely dinner,
20:01sparking conversation,
20:03you still don't trust me?
20:04Keanu Reeves.
20:05The Watcher.
20:06Shall we dance?
20:07Imagine being told that you were legally obligated
20:09to do a film
20:09that, as far as you can remember,
20:11you never committed to.
20:13Though there were reports during filming
20:14that Reeves was dissatisfied,
20:16the whole story didn't come out
20:17until 12 months after the film's release,
20:20when Reeves' contractually obligated silence
20:22finally came to an end.
20:23Able to say his piece,
20:25he claimed that his signature was forged,
20:26but that he couldn't prove it.
20:28Coming immediately on the tale of mega-hit The Matrix,
20:31you can understand why being the villain in a film,
20:33whose script Keanu allegedly didn't find interesting,
20:37didn't work for the actor.
20:38However, seeking to avoid a legal battle,
20:40he reluctantly acquiesced.
20:42We're yin and yang.
20:46Black and white.
20:47Roy Scheider.
20:48Jaws 2.
20:49You people telling me I don't know what a shark looks like?
20:51After the first flick birthed the concept
20:53of a summer blockbuster,
20:54you'd think that every cast member
20:56who survived the original Jaws
20:57would be desperate to jump back in.
20:59Not star Roy Scheider,
21:01who only returned as penance
21:02for bailing out on another film.
21:04I love the shark!
21:07Let's just say, he made the wrong choice.
21:09Jaws 2 was a nightmare from pre-production
21:12through to its completion,
21:13with frequent rewrites,
21:15production delays,
21:16and struggles to find a suitable director.
21:18Roy Scheider was reportedly very unhappy throughout,
21:21but it meant his contract with Universal
21:22would be complete,
21:24and so he stuck it out.
21:26Too damn tired.
21:28The Universal movie he had quit?
21:30The critically acclaimed Deer Hunter,
21:32and in the starring role, no less.
21:34One shot is what it's all about.
21:35Deer has to be taken with one shot.
21:37Channing Tatum,
21:38G.I. Joe,
21:39The Rise of Cobra.
21:40Self-preservation.
21:42I'm taking you in, Rex.
21:43For young, up-and-coming stars,
21:45it can be tempting to sign multiple picture deals.
21:47Guaranteed work?
21:48Why not?
21:49But a few years down the line,
21:50and you could find yourself forced to play roles
21:52you hate in films that make you cringe.
21:54It's a lesson that Channing Tatum learned the hard way
21:57after signing a three-film deal with Paramount.
22:00I'm going to make you very unhappy.
22:02I'm already unhappy.
22:03G.I. Joe might have helped increase his public profile,
22:06but after the fact,
22:07he has been vocal about hating it,
22:09and very clear that he only accepted the role of Duke
22:11under fear of legal action.
22:13Drive it like you stole it.
22:15Emily Blunt, Gulliver's Travels.
22:17When do you return home, noble and awesome Gulliver?
22:20Talk about missed opportunities.
22:22In hindsight, Emily Blunt has claimed that she's happy
22:24that she didn't wind up in the role of Natasha Romanoff,
22:27aka Black Widow,
22:28given that women in superhero films
22:30tend to take the back seat to the male leads.
22:32Fair criticism.
22:34But to think that Gulliver's Travels
22:35was the reason that she didn't get the part?
22:37Well, that's just painful.
22:39It's just that I was talking with a giant
22:41and lost track of time.
22:42I trust not this piece.
22:44As Variety reported in 2009,
22:46a contract signed with 20th Century Fox
22:49back when Blunt played a role in The Devil Wears Prada
22:52gave them enough leverage to force her participation.
22:56And so, Emily Blunt missed out on the MCU
22:58and instead got to play the pint-sized Princess Mary.
23:02Now you're being cruel and, frankly, melodramatic
23:05and acting like a complete baby.
23:07Mike Myers, The Cat in the Hat
23:09Look at your face, it looks like you saw a monster.
23:12A monster? Where?
23:16For those who grew up loving The Cat in the Hat
23:18and Dr. Seuss's other colourful stories,
23:20this movie might have felt like a slap in the face.
23:23And though Mike Myers has made some rather questionable movie choices
23:26over the years,
23:27it seems that his participation in this particular travesty
23:30was not of his own volition.
23:32Why, I'm The Cat in the Hat!
23:34When a script bringing his SNL character Dieter to life
23:37proved sub-par,
23:39Myers reportedly backed out of the film
23:41and Universal sued.
23:43It was ultimately settled out of court
23:44and the details are murky,
23:46but the consensus is
23:47The Cat in the Hat was the compromise.
23:50According to co-star Amy Hill,
23:52Myers' disdain was rather palpable on set.
23:55Without my hat, I'm just your garden-variety,
23:57six-foot-tall talking cat.
23:59Gina Davis, Cutthroat Island
24:01Bad dog.
24:05This action-adventure rom-com is widely recognised
24:08as one of the biggest box office flops in cinematic history
24:11and the film that took pirate films off the map
24:13until Disney took on the genre years later.
24:16Cutthroat Island would not have involved Gina Davis
24:19if she'd had her way.
24:20When co-star Michael Douglas dropped out of the film,
24:23Davis saw the winds changing
24:25and tried to jump ship as well.
24:27Unfortunately for her,
24:28unlike Michael Douglas,
24:29her participation had already been made legally binding.
24:32Stop dittling, you killed the man!
24:34In addition to sinking production company
24:36Carol Coe Pictures,
24:38it is also remembered as the film
24:39that irreparably damaged Gina Davis' career.
24:42Sweetheart, I promised I'd take care of you.
24:46Marlon Brando, Desiree
24:48What exactly do you wish to be?
24:50Unlike so many other films on our list today,
24:52this 1954 picture by 20th Century Fox
24:55was reasonably well-received by critics,
24:57earning two Academy Award nominations
24:59for costume design and art direction.
25:01The film is far from a masterpiece
25:03and, as far as Brando's filmography is concerned,
25:06is a little more than a forgettable footnote.
25:08Had Brando gotten his way, though,
25:10it wouldn't have had a place on his resume whatsoever.
25:12I must go now.
25:13Say goodbye to my family.
25:14I'm leaving for Paris in the morning.
25:15However, after signing on to play in The Egyptian
25:18from 20th Century Fox,
25:20he walked away due to problems with the script.
25:22Fox sued,
25:23and Desiree served as the forgettable compromise
25:25between the actor and the studio.
25:27French standards in the dirt.
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25:43Whoopi Goldberg, Theodore Rex
25:47What are you doing?
25:49Kids these days aren't very familiar with Whoopi Goldberg,
25:51but the EGOT winner was once a truly marketable star.
25:55Though she continued to land some solid roles
25:57after this farce of a film,
25:58it's hard not to draw a correlation
26:00between the overall dip in quality roles
26:02and her involvement with the one Theodore Rex.
26:05Get me down.
26:08Now!
26:09Goldberg verbally agreed to do the film in 1992
26:11and then tried to back out,
26:13only to be hit with a $20 million lawsuit.
26:17In the end, Goldberg begrudgingly played the part,
26:20but continues to insist that it's one of her biggest regrets.
26:23After terrible test screenings,
26:24the film was sent straight to video.
26:27Duh.
26:28If any of these actors mentioned in the video
26:30didn't have to do the part that they were forced to perform,
26:32who would you select to replace them?
26:34Let us know below.
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