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2000s Movie Trivia: Rejected Roles

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of the 2000s. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit fun trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured Trivia:

Chris Farley in Shrek?
Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek and even recorded the dialogue before he passed away.

See who turned down these 2000s films:

2000...

- Almost Famous (59)
- Charlie's Angels (29)
- X-Men (23)
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2001...

- A Beautiful Mind (22)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (20)
- Hannibal (17)
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2002...

- Chicago (68)
- Gangs of New York (53)
- Unfaithful (25)
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2003...

- Cold Mountain (14)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (12)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (10)
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2004...

- The Phantom of the Opera (11)
- The Stepford Wives (10)
- Collateral (9)
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2005...

- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (41)
- Batman Begins (23)
- Fantastic Four (14)
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2006...

- Superman Returns (39)
- Casino Royale (31)
- Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (17)
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2007...

- Enchanted (33)
- Knocked Up (11)
- Hairspray (2007) (5)
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2008...

- The Dark Knight (9)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (6)
- Iron Man (6)
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2009...

- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (6)
- Nine (6)
- State of Play (4)
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Popular Actors in the 2000s Click to see which films they turned down:
- Gwyneth Paltrow - Kate Winslet - Nicole Kidman - Val Kilmer - Brad Pitt - Natalie Portman - Jim Carrey - Uma Thurman - Harrison Ford - Cameron Diaz	- Nicolas Cage - Christina Applegate - George Clooney - Johnny Depp - Heath Ledger - Leonardo DiCaprio - Edward Norton - Russell Crowe - Tom Cruise - Matt Damon