Which are the most iconic movie roles that were almost played by someone else?

Which are the most iconic movie roles that were almost played by someone else?

• Emma Watson – Mia (La La Land)
• Played by: Emma Stone
• Stone won an Oscar

• Miles Teller – Sebastian (La La Land)
• Played by: Ryan Gosling

• Jack Nicholson – Michael Corleone (The Godfather)
• Played by: Al Pacino

• Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt – Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar (Brockback Mountain)
• Played by: Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall
• Matt Damon and Ryan Phillippe were also considered.

• Jessica Simpson – Jamie Sullivan (A Walk To Remember)
• Played by: Mandy Moore

• Johnny Depp – Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
• Played by: Christian Bale

• Will Smith – Neo (The Matrix)
• Played by: Keanu Reeves

• Saif Ali Khan – Raj (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge)
• Played by: Shahrukh Khan
• THANK GOD!

• Kareena Kapoor & Katrina Kaif –Leela (Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela)
• Played by: Deepika Padukone
• DP won awards for her portrayal

• Hrithik Roshan – Mohan Bhargav (Swades)
• Played by: Shahrukh Khan

• Sean Penn – Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
• Played by: Brad Pitt

• Tom Hanks – Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire)
• Played by: Tom Cruise

• John Travolta – Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)
• Played by: Tom Hanks
• Hanks won an Oscar

• Anne Hathaway – Tiffany (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Played by: Jennifer Lawrence
• JLaw won an Oscar

• Liam Neeson – Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln)
• Played by: Daniel-Day Lewis
• Lewis won an Oscar

• Shahrukh Khan – Munnabhai (Munnabhai MBBS)
• Played by: Sanjay Dutt

• Katrina Kaif – Naina Talwar(Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Played by: Deepika Padukone

• Dev Anand – Inspector Vijay Khanna (Zanjeer)
• Played by: Amitabh Bachchan
• The movie made Bachchan sir a superstar

• Shatrughan Sinha – Jai (Sholay)
• Played by: Amitabh Bachchan

• Juhi Chawla – Nisha (Dil To Pagal Hai)
• Played by: Karishma Kapoor
• Karishma won a National Award

• Jennifer Connelly – Veronica (Heather's)
• Played by: Winona Ryder

• Ashton Kutcher – Patrick Verona (10 Things I Hate About You)
• Played by: Heath Ledger

• Henry Cavill – Edward Cullen (Twilight)
• Played by: Robert Pattinson

• Jennifer Lawrence – Bella (Twilight)
• Played by: Kristen Stewart

• Britney Spears – Allie (The Notebook)
• Played by: Rachel McAdams

• Tom Cruise – Ren McCormack (Footloose)
• Played by: Kevin Bacon

• Annette Bening – Catwoman (Batman Returns)
• Played by: Michelle Pfeiffer

• Julia Roberts – Annie Reed (Sleepless in Seattle)
• Played by: Meg Ryan

• Matt Damon – Jake Sully (Avatar)
• Played by: Sam Worthington

• Al Pacino – Han Solo (Star Wars)
• Played by: Harrison Ford

• Salman Khan – Ajay Sharma (Baazigar)
• Played by: Shahrukh Khan

• Salman Khan – Kabir Khan (Chak De! India)
• Played by: Shahrukh Khan
• YESSS!

• Aamir Khan – Rahul Mehra (Darr)
• Played by: Shahrukh Khan

• Kangana Ranaut – Reshma aka Silk (The Dirty Picture)
• Played by: Vidya Balan

• Twinkle Khanna – Tina (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)
• Played by: Rani Mukherjee

• Reese Witherspoon – Cher (Clueless)
• Played by: Alicia Silverstone

• Matthew McConaughey & Macaulay Culkin – Jack (Titanic)
• Played by: Leonardo DiCaprio

• Kate Winslet – Viola (Shakespeare in Love)
• Played by: Gwyneth Paltrow
• Paltrow won an Oscar

• Gwyneth Paltrow – Rose (Titanic)
• Played by: Kate Winslet

• Molly Ringwald – Vivian Ward (Pretty Woman)
• Played by: Julia Roberts

• Shahrukh Khan – Ajay Rathod (Rang De Basanti)
• Played by: R Madhavan

• Vivek Oberoi – Karan Kapoor (Hum Tum)
• Played by: Saif Ali Khan
• SAK won a National Award

• Mammootty – Vincent Gomez (Rajavinte Makan)
• Played by: Mohanlal
• Lalettan became a Superstar with this flick

• Shahrukh Khan – Bhuvan (Lagaan)
• Played by: Aamir Khan

• Shahrukh Khan – Rancho (3 Idiots)
• Played by: Aamir Khan
• Why SRK, why?

• Shahrukh Khan – Prem Kumar (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Played by: Anil Kapoor

• Kamal Hassan – Enthiran (aka Robot)
• Played by: Rajinikanth