Pacino, who had turned down a number of other successful roles—such as Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer and Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman—said of his past, “There is a museum of mistakes, all the movies I rejected.”
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Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers
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