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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:
Clint Eastwood in Apocalypse Now?
Mrs. Coppola said in her book "NOTES" that after Steve McQueen turned down the role of Willard it was offered to Eastwood who sadly turned it down. It's been reported that Eastwood found the role "too dark."

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