Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

Robin Williams, The Shining

Robin Williams was close to being cast as Jack Torrance in The Shining, but director Stanley Kubrick said Williams was “too psychotic” for the part. The role went to Jack Nicholson, who delivered the iconic line that would cement itself in cinema history forever: “Here’s Johnny!”

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