notstarring.com notstarring.com
Find your favorite actors or movies:
World Trade Center (2006)  «   » 
 Who was considered for World Trade Center?

George Clooney
George Clooney turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage

Kevin Costner
After narrating the 2005 documentary "On Native Soil," Costner was seriously considered for the role.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage

Harrison Ford
Was considered for the role of Sgt. John McLoughlin.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage

Mel Gibson
Screenwriter Andrea Berloff reportedly had Gibson in mind while writing the screenplay.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage

Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones was reportedly considered for a role.

Dennis Quaid
Was reportedly considered for a role.

Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank was attached to star as Donna McLoughlin.
Actor who got the part: Maria Bello

John Travolta
John Travolta declined Paramount's offer to star since he had just done a similar role for Ladder 49.
Actor who got the part: Nicolas Cage



See more 2000s trivia




Take Today's Quiz
before they were famous






 Other Popular Movies:
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1)
- The Wrestler (1)
- Wuthering Heights (7)
- Wuthering Heights (1939) (4)
- X, Y and Zee (1)
- X-Men (23)
- X-Men: First Class (2)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (9)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (6)
- X-Men:The Last Stand (1)
- X2: X-Men United (2)
- xXx (1)
- xXx: State of the Union (1)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (2)
- The Yards (1)
- Year of the Dragon (1)
- The Yearling (4)
- Yentl (8)
- Yolanda and The Thief (1)
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1)
- You're My Everything (1)
- Young Bess (1)
- Young Frankenstein (1)
- The Young in Heart (1)
- The Young Lions (1)
- The Young Lovers (1)
- The Young Philadelphians (1)
- The Young Savages (1)
- Youngblood Hawke (1)
- Your Cheatin' Heart (1)