13 Actors Who Could Have Played Our Favorite Characters But Were Replaced

Sometimes an actor is given a good character, just accept and play, but the performer refuses in favor of a more lucrative contract, although at first it only seems to be. It was like this with Téa Leoni that she turned down the role of Rachel, in Friends, and opted for the protagonist of another series. Her choice was not the best, because the series she chose had only three seasons, while Friends lasted ten.

On the other hand, many brilliant actors do not pass the selection for the desired series and are very upset, like Ian Somerhalder. He was not approved for the role in one of the sensational “vampire” projects. In summary, we awesome.clubwe looked for which famous characters could have a completely different face.

The protagonist of the novel The clone, the character Jade, was destined for Letícia Spiller. Before, she played the villain Maria Regina in mild poison, role that made her very popular. However, this character psychologically exhausted her, and the actress refused new work.

At the time, Giovanna Antonelli had just started her work on television, and the role of Jade became one of the most important of her career.

before starring Hunger GamesSam Claflin tried out for the cast of game of Thrones🇧🇷 He auditioned for the roles of Jon Snow and Viserys Targaryen. Claflin revealed in an interview that he was happy not to get the roles, as he loves being a fan and spectator of the series.

Téa Leoni was immediately asked to play Rachel, but turned it down. After all, the actress won the lead role in the series The Naked Truthwhile in Friends, Leoni would be just one of the characters. The irony is that The Naked Truth only had three seasons, while Friends extended for ten.

Even with Téa’s refusal, the role did not go directly to Jennifer Aniston. First, Courteney Cox was offered the role, but she wanted to play another character, Monica. Other famous contestants were Jane Krakowski, Elizabeth Berkley and Tiffani Thiessen.

A curiosity: Aniston starred in another series in the summer of 1994, and her fate as Rachel depended on whether or not this project continued. The series ended and the actress, with a clear conscience, joined the cast of Friends🇧🇷

You may know John Cryer from the comedy series Two and a half Men🇧🇷 The actor was invited to audition for Friends, but it was showing at the theater in London. Cryer faxed a copy of the script. Her audition was taped by a casting agent, but the tape ended up not making it to the US before production slammed the hammer and closed the casting🇧🇷

The selection process was very difficult. For each of the characters, there were more than 1000 candidates, but only 75 were selected for the tests live with the director.

Lori Rom was approved as the youngest witch, Phoebe. She starred in a 28-minute pilot episode, but soon left the project and was replaced by Alyssa Milano. On Rum’s departure, series creator Constance Burge said it was for personal reasons. The actress herself never really explained anything, it is only known that it was a personal decision to give up the role.

The series ended up receiving many awards and nominations. In 2004, Alyssa Milano was nominated for the Spacey Awards (Canada) for “Favorite Female Television Character”.

Ian Somerhalder auditioned for the role of the protagonist’s brother, Jason Stackhouse (a character who stayed with Ryan Kwanten) in the vampire series true blood🇧🇷 Not being approved made him very upset:

However, apparently it was for the best. Later, Ian was given one of the lead roles in The Vampire Diaries and gained thousands of fans, defending the character Damon Salvatore.

In true blood, many things could be different. At first, Alexander Skarsgård, who played vampire Eric Northman, auditioned for the role of Bill Compton. Therefore, the main couple of the series, Sookie and Bill, would be another. However, there was so much chemistry between Sookie and Eric that many fans dreamed that the protagonist would end up with the handsome blonde. In the end, Bill was played by Stephen Moyer.

Series creator Alan Ball later explained his decision:

Had Meryem Uzerli not been approved for the role of Lisowska, then Öykü Çelik would have started filming. However, later in an interview, screenwriter Meral Okay said that no one except Meryem Uzerli could play Alexandra Anastasia Lisowska, and that she did not see any other actress playing the role.

It’s not that uncommon to change actors in the same project. Sarah Michelle Gellar is the calling card face of Buffy, but, at first, the actress was considered for the role of the vain queen of the school – Cordelia. There is even a certain irony, because in the series, Cordelia insulted Buffy, a new girl at school.

Charisma Carpenter initially did not want to take on the role of Cordelia, as she had just played a bitchy character and was afraid of becoming gender-locked. She auditioned for Buffy, though she was having second thoughts. The actress was 26 years old, old age to play a teenager. However, Joss Whedon, the creator of the series, intuited that the best Buffy would be Sarah, and the best Cordelia, Charisma. As a result, the actresses switched roles, as per Whedon’s suggestion.

Despite lacking supernatural abilities, Xander became part of Buffy’s team. The role brought fame to Nicholas Brandon, but was first offered to Ryan Reynolds. The artist refused and thus commented on his decision:

Xena, the warrior princess, was the object of admiration and imitation by many girls around the world. Initially, the character appeared in three episodes of The Adventures of Hercules🇧🇷 Xena should have died tragically, but the producers saw potential in the character and created a spin off🇧🇷

The role of Xena was first given to British Vanessa Angel. But an illness prevented her from recording in New Zealand. The role was offered to four more actresses, until it ended up with Lucy Lawless. Curiosity: Lucy already had two guest appearances in Hercules🇧🇷

We met Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchesters. But the story of casting of these actors is, in itself, a small adventure. Padalecki met producers McGee and Nutter, who convinced him to audition for the role of Sam. The actor was thrilled to play a “reluctant hero” and compared Sam to Neo, matrix🇧🇷 However, Nutter also tested Ackles for the role of Sam.

The creators of the series were involved in a dilemma: the two actors were great as Sam. So the idea came up to consider Ackles to play Dean. Screenwriter Eric Kripke said Ackles was born to play characters like Harrison Ford, the hooligans charming. And Ackles himself liked Dean better. Both actors were the ones to audition, and the series creators immediately noticed the brotherly chemistry between them.

The interpreter of the protagonist of the series The Magnificent Century was not found for eight long months. There were only a few days left before the start of filming, a disaster! It seems like divine help that led the creators of the series to meet Meryem Uzerli, and invite the actress to move from Berlin to Istanbul. Meryem was sure she would not be approved, given her poor knowledge of Turkish. But after testing, the creators of the series realized that Hurrem had finally been found! It all happened very suddenly for Meryem:

In the Turkish press there were rumors that one of the candidates for the role of sultana was Fahriye Evcen, known for the Turkish TV series Çalikusu🇧🇷

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