On Aug 18, 2:08 pm, "MikeMWired...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <TheMott...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> WOULD Harrison Ford's career have been different had he taken the role
> of Meathead on "All in the Family?"
>
> Ford turned down the classic part of Archie Bunker's son-in-law,
> Michael "Meathead" Stivic, which ended up becoming Rob Reiner's
> breakout role.
>
> And Rosie O'Donnell almost landed in our living room on a daily basis
> as Jerry Seinfeld's female best friend, Elaine Benes, on "Seinfeld,"
> the character Julia Louis-Dreyfus nailed.
>
> A new book, "Mickey Rooney as Archie Bunker and Other TV Casting
> Almosts" by Eila Mell, reveals hundreds of weird casting would-have-
> beens.
>
> "I interviewed tons of casting directors and discovered all these
> castings that didn't happen either because some turned down the role,
> or some didn't get it. Some were just totally wrong for the part and
> just auditioned," Mell told Page Six.
>
> * The legendary Rooney was offered the Archie Bunker part but turned
> it down because he didn't want to play a bigot.
>
> * Whitney Houston turned down the role of Denise Huxtable on "The
> Cosby Show" because she wanted to have a singing career. Lisa Bonet
> took the part.
>
> * Rachel Dratch played Jenna Maroney in the pilot for "30 Rock," but
> producers pulled the part from her and gave it to ***pot Jane
> Krakowski.
>
> * Casting directors thought "The Office" cutie Jenna Fischer wasn't
> ***y enough to play Sydney Bristow on "Alias," so they handed the role
> to Jennifer Garner.
>
> * Leonardo DiCaprio almost landed on "Baywatch" as David Hasselhoff's
> son.
>
> * Courteney Cox's Monica Geller on "Friends" was nearly played by
> Nancy McKeon, who had finished "The Facts of Life" years earlier.
>
> Mell has another book out all about movies, titled "Casting Might Have
> Beens."
Is the whole book written in bullet points?
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