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Rejected Roles of 1971

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1971. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1971 Trivia:

Edith Evans in Harold and Maude?
According to Ruth Gordon's autobiography, a number of other actresses were considered for the role of Maude including Edith Evans, Mildred Dunnock, Mildred Natwick, Gladys Cooper, Peggy Ashcroft, Elizabeth Bergner, Edwige Feuillee and Dorothy Stickney before Ruth was finally chosen.

See who turned down these 1971 films:

- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1)
- The Boy Friend (1)
- Carnal Knowledge (5)
- A Clockwork Orange (1)
- The Devils (2)
- Diamonds Are Forever (3)
- Dirty Harry (6)
- Fiddler on The Roof (1)
- The French Connection (5)
- Harold and Maude (2)
- Klute (2)
- The Last Picture Show (6)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (3)
- A New Leaf (1)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (3)
- The Omega Man (2)
- The Panic in Needle Park (2)
- Play Misty for Me (1)
- Shaft (1971) (1)
- The Ski Bum (1)
- Star Spangled Girl (1)
- Straw Dogs (8)
- Summer of '42 (1)
- THX 1138 (1)
- Villian (1)
- Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1)

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