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Some of the world's favorite movies could have played out very differently on the big screen. Sally Field turned down the opportunity to be in "The First Wives Club," and Matthew McConaughey was passed up for the lead role in "Titanic." John Travolta was originally slated to appear in "Forrest Gump" before Tom Hanks was cast in the starring role. Steven Spielberg wanted Harrison Ford to star in "Jurassic Park" before the actor turned down the opportunity.
Here is a closer look at other celebrities who had a chance at once-in-a-lifetime movie roles. Annette Bening- ‘Batman Returns’ Annette Bening was the casting director's first choice when it came to who would play Catwoman in Tim Burton's sequel to the 1989 movie "Batman," "Batman Returns." Ultimately, she had to give up the role after she learned she was pregnant with her and husband Warren Beatty's first child, and the part went to Michelle Pfeiffer. "It’s a great part.
I’m very flattered that Michelle Pfeiffer is doing it, and I’m sure she will be terrific," Bening said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 1991. "I loved the role. I loved the script, but it was really no contest in terms of what was more important to me." Pfeiffer's take on the iconic comic book character earned her major respect as an actress, as she performed many of the stunts on her own, including the infamous scene in which the character whips the heads off four mannequins in one take.
It also helped cement her status as one of the biggest sex symbols of the ‘80s and ’90s. "Someone was cast before me," Pfeiffer told Jimmy Fallon on the "Tonight Show" in December 2022. "Annette Bening, who’s wonderful … and then she got pregnant.
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John Travolta has shared details of an experience he had with a “total electrical failure” on a plane.The 69-year-old, who had been piloting the jet at the time, recounted the event at a screening of his upcoming short film, The Shepherd, which will be released on Disney+.The movie – which is an adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novel – involves a young fighter pilot who finds himself in danger when his plane undergoes multiple system failures.Travolta shared that when he discovered and read the book, it was just after his own frightening aviation incident.According to the BBC, the actor said: “The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire [jet] but a corporate jet, over Washington DC, prior to my discovering the book.”He continued: “So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.”“I knew what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die. Because I had two good jet engines but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” the Grease star shared.Referring to the performance by his co-star, Ben Radcliffe, he said, “I thought it was over, just like this boy, portrayed so beautifully [by Radcliffe].
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John Travolta’s latest work in “The Shepherd” brought him back to a near-fatal experience he had while piloting a plane with his entire family on board.The “Grease” actor, 69, recalled the moment while promoting his latest short at a London screening. The project, based on the 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth, tells the story of a young Royal Air Force pilot (Ben Radcliffe) attempting to land safely after suffering an electrical failure mid-air, and requires assistance from another pilot (Travolta).“The kismet of the project is, I actually experienced a total electrical failure, not in a Vampire but a corporate jet, over Washington D.C., prior to my discovering the book,” the Oscar winner said, per the BBC.“So when I read the book, it resonated more because of this experience I’d personally had.”In 1995, the licensed pilot revealed in a New Yorker interview that he was forced to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with his family in 1992.“I had two jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” he said, noting it taught him “what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die.”“I thought it was over,” he continued.
John Travolta is sharing a scary story.
John Travolta has shared that he was inspired to make his new film by a near-death experience he just recently gone through himself.
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K.J. Yossman John Travolta has revealed it was his own near-death experience while flying a plane on Thanksgiving that first drew him to “The Shepherd,” the new Alfonso Cuarón-produced short film set to premiere on Disney+ this winter. The film, which is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1975 novella of the same name, tells the story of Freddie Hooke (played by Ben Radcliffe), a young Royal Air Force pilot flying home for Christmas across the North Sea.