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Rejected Roles of 1979

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1979. 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 1979 Trivia:

Shirley MacLaine in All That Jazz?
Bob Fosse offered the role of Audrey Paris to MacLaine, who claims she gave Fosse the inspiration to make a movie about his experiences as a heart attack survivor. Some say MacLaine turned Fosse down because he couldn't meet her salary demands.

See who turned down these 1979 films:

- 10 (4)
- 1941 (1)
- Alien (5)
- All That Jazz (11)
- Apocalypse Now (12)
- Being There (2)
- The Best Pace to Be, Tv Movie (1)
- The Best Place to Be (1)
- Bloodline (2)
- Caligula (2)
- The Champ (1)
- The China Syndrome (1)
- Cuba (1)
- The Frisco Kid (1)
- Hair (4)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (11)
- Life of Brian (2)
- The Main Event (2)
- Manhattan (1)
- Moonraker (3)
- Norma Rae (6)
- Players (1)
- The Rose (2)
- Starting Over (1)
- Time After Time (2)
- The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1)
- The Warriors (2)

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