Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

“Nobody wanted to do it,” Van Sant told IndieWire, after receiving a chorus of rejections. Damon, who had worked with Van Sant on Good Will Hunting, reportedly told the director: “Gus, I did a gay movie (The Talented Mr. Ripley), then a cowboy movie (All the Pretty Horses). I can't follow it up with a gay-cowboy movie!”

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