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Rejected Roles of 1996

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1996. 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 1996 Trivia:

Madonna in Breaking the Waves?
Writer/director Lars Von Trier wanted Madonna to be in the lead. He wrote the film with her on his mind. He sent the script to her but didn't get any response from her. He didn't know why so he moved on.

See who turned down these 1996 films:

- The Associate (1)
- Backdraft (6)
- Beautiful Girls (1)
- Bordello of Blood (1)
- Bottle Rocket (1)
- Breaking the Waves (4)
- Breaking Waves (1)
- Broken Arrow (1)
- The Cable Guy (1)
- Cannibal! the Musical (1)
- Chain Reaction (1)
- The Chamber (3)
- The Crucible (2)
- Emma (4)
- The English Patient (6)
- Escape from L.A. (1)
- Everyone Says I Love You (2)
- Evita (16)
- Executive Decision (1)
- Faithful (2)
- Feeling Minnesota (3)
- The First Wives Club (3)
- Fly Away Home (1)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (4)
- Grace of My Heart (1)
- Happy Gilmore (2)
- Hard Eight (1)
- Heaven's Prisoners (1)
- If Lucy Fell (1)
- Independence Day (1)
- Island of Dr. Moreau (1)
- Jack (1)
- Jerry Maguire (16)
- Jude (1)
- Kansas City (1)
- Kingpin (2)
- Mars Attacks! (2)
- Marvin's Room (5)
- Mary Reilly (1)
- Matilda (1)
- Miami Hustle (1)
- Michael Collins (1)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (4)
- Mission: Impossible (2)
- Mother (3)
- Muppet Treasure Island (2)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (6)
- The Phantom (1)
- The Portrait of a Lady (2)
- Primal Fear (3)
- Reindeer Games (1)
- Romeo + Juliet (6)
- Scream (11)
- Sleepers (1)
- Star Trek: First Contact (1)
- Striptease (1)
- A Time to Kill (6)
- Trainspotting (1)
- Up Close & Personal (1)
- Up Close and Personal (1)
- The Whole Wide World (1)

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