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Rejected Roles of 1983

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1983. 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 1983 Trivia:

Jamie Lee Curtis in Psycho II?
The daughter of Janet Leigh, star of the original classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho," turned down the role of "Mary Samuels Loomis." When Leigh was asked in an interview why her daughter turned down the role, she answered, "Wisdom."

See who turned down these 1983 films:

- Bad Boys (1983) (2)
- Betrayal (1)
- The Big Chill (3)
- Brainstorm (1)
- A Christmas Story (1)
- Cross Creek (1)
- Dead Zone (1)
- Educating Rita (1)
- Flashdance (28)
- Heart Like a Wheel (1)
- The King of Comedy (2)
- Never Say Never Again (2)
- Octopussy (3)
- The Outsiders (7)
- Psycho II (2)
- Reuben, Reuben (1)
- Risky Business (14)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1)
- Rumble Fish (1)
- Running Brave (1)
- Scarface (45)
- Silkwood (2)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (7)
- Star 80 (3)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (2)
- Superman III (1)
- Tender Mercies (1)
- Terms of Endearment (9)
- The Thorn Birds (3)
- Under Fire (1)
- WarGames (2)
- Yentl (8)
- Zelig (1)

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