Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

Tom Selleck, Indiana Jones

Once director Steven Spielberg saw Harrison Ford perform in Star Wars, he instantly wanted to cast him as Indiana Jones, but George Lucas didn’t want Ford in another one of his projects. Lucas served as the executive producer for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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