Best Movies of 1984

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Rejected Roles of 1984

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1984. 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 1984 Trivia:

Jessica Lange in Romancing The Stone?
Jessica Lange was offered the female lead opposite Michael Douglas in this romantic-comedy after her success with Frances and Tootsie. She turned down the part in order to tackle "more serious" work.

See who turned down these 1984 films:

- 1984 (1)
- Amadeus (9)
- The Ambassador (1)
- Bachelor Party (4)
- Beverly Hills Cop (3)
- Blame It on Rio (1)
- Blood Simple (1)
- Body Double (3)
- The Bounty (3)
- City Heat (1)
- The Cotton Club (1)
- Crimes of Passion (3)
- Dune (4)
- Firestarter (2)
- Ghost Busters (7)
- Grandview, U.S.A. (7)
- Gremlins (3)
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1)
- Greystroke (1)
- The Hotel New Hampshire (1)
- Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1)
- The Karate Kid (4)
- Love Streams (1)
- Micki + Maude (1)
- Moscow on the Hudson (1)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (3)
- No Small Affair (2)
- Once Upon a Time in America (8)
- Places in The Heart (2)
- Police Academy (4)
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (2)
- Purple Rain (2)
- The Razor's Edge (1984) (1)
- The River (1)
- Romancing the Stone (4)
- Sheena (1)
- Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1)
- Sixteen Candles (3)
- Splah (1)
- Splash (24)
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1)
- Starman (3)
- Supergirl (4)
- The Terminator (16)
- Under the Volcano (1)
- The Woman in Red (1)

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