January 27, 2005
Will Ferrell Will Not Appear Tonight in the Role of Hitch
Recently, Entertainment Weekly looked at actors, such as Will Ferrell, who risk being overexposed in the coming year; in Ferrell's case, he's got projects ranging from Bewitched to The Producers to Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.
What EW failed to note, however, is all the roles Ferrell won't be playing -- because he turned them down in the first place.
In fact, he's passed on quite a few notable parts in the past few years. And only Fametracker can let you in on just how choosy Ferrell's been, by revealing all the parts he's been offered and said no to:
The Vince Vaughn role in Dodgeball
Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The title role in The Cat in the Hat
Errol Flynn in The Aviator
The voice of Garfield
"Big John Martin" in a remake of the 1970s TV series Big John, Little John (in production)
"Data" in Star Trek: Nemesis
"Mr. French" in a planned 3-D IMAX re-release of Family Affair (scrapped)
Frodo Baggins
The lead in The Shaggier D.A. (in development)
House
Jack Lemmon in a planned HBO biopic titled If God Gives You A Lemmon (recast with Breckin Meyer)
Ali
Darth Maul
Veronica Guerin
Mr. Belvedere's illegitimate son, Brock Belvedere, in a made-for-TV Mr. Belvedere reunion show (never aired)
Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda
Hitch
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