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Roles turned down by Elizabeth Taylor:
Her name was attached to this project until William Wyler bowed out as director and Milton Katselas took over.
Actor who got the part: Liv Ullmann
Elizabeth Taylor auditioned to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Ann Blyth
The lead role was originally offered to a woman. Elizabeth Taylor was set to star. Ultimately the project changed direction and the role was changed from female to a male one. Robert Mitchum was cast.
Actor who got the part: Robert Mitchum
Taylor begged producer Hal Wallis to give her the part of Anne Boleyn so she could keep a close eye on Richard Burton who was cast in the role of Henry VIII. Wallis thought she was much too old for the role and cast 26-year-old Genevieve Bujold instead.
Actor who got the part: Genevieve Bujold
Before MGM loaned Ava Gardner for the lead, Elizabeth Taylor was also considered.
Actor who got the part: Ava Gardner
Elizabeth Taylor was up for the lead part.
Actor who got the part: Florinda Bolkan
Taylor was attached to star when Eddie Fisher was set to produce it. When Fisher backed, Taylor also dropped out.
Actor who got the part: Carroll Baker
Elizabeth Taylor was the prototype for the lead role but was not cast.
Actor who got the part: Julie Christie
Elizabeth Taylor turned down an offer to star.
Actor who got the part: Stéphane Audran
Elizabeth Taylor signed on to play Miss Adrian but backed.
Actor who got the part: Angie Dickinson
Elizabeth Taylor was considered for the film.
Actor who got the part: Julie Christie
Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman were originally suggested to play the parts later taken up by Cher and Ryan O'Neal.
Actor who got the part: Cher
Elizabeth Taylor was considered to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Mia Farrow
She was considered for the role of Bonnie Blue Butler.
Actor who got the part: Cammie King
Producer-Director George Stevens originally offered Elizabeth the part of Mary Magdalene but she declined due to scheduling difficulties.
Actor who got the part: Joanna Dunham
Elizabeth Taylor turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor was up to play Helen.
Actor who got the part: Rossana Podestà
She was seriously considered for the leading role.
Actor who got the part: Barbra Streisand
Elizabeth Taylor was said to be the first choice for the part of Tracy Lord, but was unavailable.
Actor who got the part: Grace Kelly
The producers wanted Taylor to reprise her role in the sequel of the film that made a star.
Actor who got the part: Nanette Newman
When Monroe proved unavailable, Taylor was being considered for the role.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Elizabeth Taylor was originally offered the part of Mary Magdalene in this 1977 Emmy-nominated TV miniseries.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
Elizabeth was to team for the first time with drector George Cuker in this film based upon the novel by Lawrence Durrell but script difficulties delayed the project and Elizabeth dropped out.
Actor who got the part: Anouk Aimée
Director George Cukor contacted Taylor about starring in a biographical movie in which she would have played the legendarily talented, emotionally complex stage and film actress Laurette Taylor. Taylor's representatives declined the offer.
Actor who got the part: Film Was Never Made
Elizabeth Taylor wanted the part of Aimee.
Actor who got the part: Anjanette Comer
Rumored as one of the front-runners to star as the larger-than-life sophisticate in the movie version of the hit stage musical with songs by Jerry Herman.
Actor who got the part: Lucille Ball
Originally, in 1956, Elizabeth Taylor was set to star.
Actor who got the part: Natalie Wood
The studio cut down the budget of the film because the director refused to cast either Taylor or Audrey Hepburn as Annie Sullivan.
Actor who got the part: Anne Bancroft
Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese had Elizabeth Taylor in mind to play the mother of Barbra Streisand, but Streisand insisted on Bacall.
Actor who got the part: Lauren Bacall
Elizabeth Taylor wanted the lead badly and was reportedly next in line if Audrey dropped her participation.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor was rumored to be in the running for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Raquel Welch
Alfred Hitchcock considered the beautiful star as a possibility to play the mysterious and possibly dangerous leading lady in his suspense adventure classic.
Actor who got the part: Eva Marie Saint
Taylor was too costly for the producers who were hoping to replace a "difficult" Novak with Taylor.
Actor who got the part: Kim Novak
Mentioned as a possibility to play "Nancy" in great director Sir Carol Reed's screen version of the stage musical hit.
Actor who got the part: Shani Wallis
Producer Ray Stark was hoping to sign up Elizabeth Taylor for the part of Doris, but she eventually turned him down.
Actor who got the part: Barbra Streisand
Elizabeth Taylor was considered to play the female lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kay Kendall
Liz was cast as Lygia, and in a fact worked as an extra on the film. She is listed on IMDB as Christian prisoner in arena.
Actor who got the part: Deborah Kerr
Paramount wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role, before casting Audrey Hepburn.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor was originally supposed to have a role.
Actor who got the part: Janet Leigh
Elizabeth Taylor was offered the role of Antonia and turned it down.
Actor who got the part: Lee Remick
Elizabeth Taylor was considered for the lead role, but was rejected for not being too Latin for the part.
Actor who got the part: Rosanna Schiaffino
Director Joshua Logan considered Casting Taylor and dubbing her singing voice, as they did with several others in the movie.
Actor who got the part: Mitzi Gaynor
Elizabeth Taylor rejected the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Sandy Dennis
Elizabeth Taylor turned down the starring role.
Actor who got the part: Natalie Wood
Elizabeth Taylor had been set to star but her illness while filming "Cleopatra" changed the plan. Others say she rejected the part because she didn't want to work with director Martin Ritt, who was briefly attached to the project. Robert Wise eventually directed.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Taylor approached Clint Eastwood with the idea of their starring in the movie together; Universal refused to pay Taylor's whopping salary demands.
Actor who got the part: Shirley MacLaine
Elizabeth Taylor was rumored to be in line for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Ingrid Bergman
Before Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor was also considered for the film.
Actor who got the part: Audrey Hepburn
Was offered the lead role and turned it down.
Actor who got the part: Jean Simmons
Did you know that Elizabeth Taylor was not the only choice for these movies? (click to learn more)
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