Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

The film’s titular role ended up in the hands of Gabourey Sidibe, whose acting debut secured her an Oscar nomination. Hudson later backtracked on her previous statement, telling Huffington Post, “I just felt the character was doing things, at least in my script that I got, that were places I did not want to go and not where I needed to go.”

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