14 Actors Who Passed on Iconic Roles (1 Missed Out on a $250 Million Payday & a Pop Icon Said No to Playing Catwoman!)

Game of Thrones and Star Wars have shared so many stars over the years!

As David Newlyn Gale reached his mid-80s, he lived in his own home, but not in the most resplendent conditions. He cohabitated with an untold number of mice in a hoarder’s horror of detritus, a place chocked with tins of food that probably fell off store shelves around World War II.

She’s got a beautiful family, a TV career and runs her own business – but Ferne McCann still says women “can’t have it all”. Ferne, who is mum to Sunday, six, and Finty, eight months, is sharing her opinion after performer Lily Allen unleashed a tidal wave of debate by saying, “My children ruined my career. I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop stardom, they totally ruined it.” Lily went on to add, “I get really annoyed when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can’t.” Like Lily, Ferne, 33, is juggling her family and her livelihood and keeping as many plates spinning as she can.

There are certain roles in Hollywood that are so well-cast that we can’t imagine another actor playing them.

Game of Thrones is back in the news after the latest spinoff show, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, has been announced to be premiering in 2025.

The 2025 Oscars ceremony is months away, but we already know some things about the show, the potential nominees and who may host it.

Bill Murray has picked not one, not two, but four surprising actors he’d like to see play him in the upcoming Saturday Night Live movie, SNL 1975.Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s Jason Reitman is set to direct the film, which will tell the behind-the-scenes story of the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975.The star-studded cast will see Maze Runner‘s Dylan O’Brien play Dan Aykroyd, while Succession‘s Nicholas Braun will portray Muppets mastermind Jim Henson. Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has also been cast as an unnamed NBC intern.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Ghostbusers: Frozen Empire premiere, Murray was asked if he’d spoken to Reitman about the upcoming SNL film.“He’s been picking my brain about the SNL days since he was a grasshopper, so he knows a lot of what I know,” said Murray. “He’s an astute student and director.

*NSYNC is back!

Soap operas are renowned for their drama and constantly twisting stories. But did you know that they are also a breeding ground for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars?

Twilight sparked a level of fandom that most movies hope to achieve but never do. Years after its initial debut, we’re still talking about the franchise!

Chris Evans was so well cast as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that it seemed like he was simply playing himself while saving the day.

He's a local legend in Weatherfield, but Roy Cropper could be heading for an exit from the street as he's arrested for murder. The café owner will be questioned by DS Swain in Coronation Street next week when the hunt for Lauren Bolton ramps up.

Austin Butler is sharing the inspiration behind his performance in Dune: Part Two!

EXCLUSIVE: Altitude Media Group has boarded a documentary shot entirely inside the Grand Theft Auto video game world.

Ariana Grande‘s second single from the Eternal Sunshine album is “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and fans will definitely be trying to figure out who she is singing about on the song.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow. Lawrence’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis had finally put an end to his touring career in 2019, after a run in the public eye that spanned six and a half decades.

A Young Sheldon spinoff series is officially heading to CBS in the near future!

Roisin Gallagher is back as recovering alcoholic Shiv in Irish comedy-drama The Dry, with its second series following the Dublinite as she tries to stay on the wagon and survive living with her chaotic family.The ITVX show reunites its stellar cast, including Ciaran Hinds, Siobhan Cullen and Pom Boyd, to play the dysfunctional Sheridan family and while it was a joy to return to set, Roisin admits that she had a crisis of confidence ahead of filming. “I was absolutely delighted it was going again and I did that thing that actors do where we hear we’ve got a job and we’re so delighted for five minutes - and then start panicking,” she laughs.

Glastonbury Festival bosses have announced they are holding a charity draw, giving fans who missed out on tickets to the 2024 event the chance to win one of 20 pairs.

Coronation Street star Will Mellor has shared a surprising story about his encounter with Hollywood's Brigitte Nielsen.The 47 year old actor claimed she made him feel like a "piece of meat" during their one-night stand. On the Two Pints with Will and Ralf podcast, he talked about how Brigitte Nielsen - who was once married to Sylvester Stallone - came onto him. "I met Brigitte Nielsen and she came on to me and asked me to go and have sex with her in a hotel room," he revealed.