Major Roles Rejected by Famous Actors
Denzel Washington – ‘Se7en’
How good was Brad Pitt in his role as Detective David Mills in Se7en? It turned out to be one of the actor’s first big breakout hits. But the film could have looked much different if Denzel Washington had not turned down the role, saying he thought the subject matter too dark (not going to argue with that; the gluttony victim image is still seared into my brain). Washington says he had one other big regret — turning down the lead in Michael Clayton. “With Clayton, it was the best material I had read in a long time, but I was nervous about a first-time director, and I was wrong. It happens.”
