Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

Burt Reynolds, Live and Let Die

In 1973, Burt Reynolds turned down the chance to become the next Bond in Live and Let Die. Decades later in 2015, Reynolds told USA Today that he declined the part because he didn’t think the public would be able to accept an American 007.

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