Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

Leonardo DiCaprio, Boogie Nights

After Paul Thomas Anderson saw Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries, he wanted the actor to star in Boogie Nights. Unfortunately, Leo had already bound himself to Titanic, but he knew the perfect person for the role—his Basketball Diaries co-star Mark Wahlberg.

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