Could Have Starred...

Role:
Rick Blaine
Actor:
Humphrey Bogart
Could Have Been:
Ronald Reagan

Role:
Sam
Actor:
Dooley Wilson
Could Have Been:
Clarence Muse
Ella Fitzgerald
Hazel Scott
Lena Horne

Role:
Walter Neff
Actor:
Fred MacMurray
Could Have Been:
Alan Ladd
Dick Powell
George Raft

Role:
George Bailey
Actor:
James Stewart
Could Have Been:
Cary Grant

Role:
Mary Hatch
Actor:
Donna Reed
Could Have Been:
Ginger Rogers
Jean Arthur

Role:
Henry F. Potter
Actor:
Lionel Barrymore
Could Have Been:
Vincent Price

Role:
Harry Lime
Actor:
Orson Welles
Could Have Been:
Cary Grant

Role:
Joe Gillis
Actor:
William Holden
Could Have Been:
Fred MacMurray
Gene Kelly
Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift

Role:
Norma Desmond
Actor:
Gloria Swanson
Could Have Been:
Greta Garbo
Mae Murray
Mae West
Mary Pickford
Pola Negri

Role:
Margo
Actor:
Bette Davis
Could Have Been:
Barbara Stanwyck
Claudette Colbert
Gertrude Lawrence
Ingrid Bergman
Marlene Dietrich
Susan Hayward
Tallulah Bankhead

Role:
Eve
Actor:
Anne Baxter
Could Have Been:
Angela Lansbury
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Role:
Terry Malloy
Actor:
Marlon Brando
Could Have Been:
Frank Sinatra
Montgomery Clift

Role:
Edie Doyle
Actor:
Eva Marie Saint
Could Have Been:
Grace Kelly

Role:
Shears
Actor:
William Holden
Could Have Been:
Humphrey Bogart

Role:
Col. Nicholson
Actor:
Alec Guinness
Could Have Been:
Anthony Quayle
Cary Grant
Charles Laughton
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Noel Coward
Ralph Richardson
Ray Milland
Ronald Colman

Role:
Roger O. Thornhill
Actor:
Cary Grant
Could Have Been:
Gregory Peck
James Stewart
William Holden

Role:
Eve Kendall
Actor:
Eva Maria Saint
Could Have Been:
Cyd Charisse
Sophia Loren

Role:
Phillip Vandamm
Actor:
James Mason
Could Have Been:
Yul Brynner

Role:
Joe
Actor:
Tony Curtis
Could Have Been:
Bob Hope

Role:
Jerry
Actor:
Jack Lemmon
Could Have Been:
Anthony Perkins
Danny Kaye
Frank Sinatra
Jerry Lewis

Role:
Marion
Actor:
Janet Leigh
Could Have Been:
Eva Marie Saint
Hope Lange
Lana Turner
Martha Hyer
Piper Laurie
Shirley Jones

Role:
T.E. Lawrence
Actor:
Peter O'Toole
Could Have Been:
Alan Ladd
Albert Finney
Alec Guinness
Anthony Perkins
Burgess Meredith
Cary Grant
Laurence Olivier
Leslie Howard
Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
Robert Donat

Role:
Prince Feisal
Actor:
Alec Guinness
Could Have Been:
Laurence Olivier

Role:
General Allenby
Actor:
Jack Hawkins
Could Have Been:
Cary Grant

Role:
Sherif Ali
Actor:
Omar Sharif
Could Have Been:
Alain Delon
Dilip Kumar
Horst Buchholz
Maurice Ronet

Role:
Jackson Bentley
Actor:
Arthur Kennedy
Could Have Been:
Edmond O'Brien
Kirk Douglas

Role:
Atticus Finch
Actor:
Gregory Peck
Could Have Been:
James Stewart
Rock Hudson

Role:
Major "King" Kong
Actor:
Slim Pickens
Could Have Been:
Dan Blocker
John Wayne
Peter Sellers

Role:
Vito Corleone
Actor:
Marlon Brando
Could Have Been:
Anthony Quinn
Burt Lancaster
Danny Thomas
Edward G. Robinson
Ernest Borgnine
Frank Sinatra
George C. Scott
Laurence Olivier
Orson Welles
Richard Conte

Role:
Michael Corleone
Actor:
Al Pacino
Could Have Been:
Alain Delon
Dean Stockwell
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
James Caan
Martin Sheen
Robert De Niro
Robert Redford
Ryan O'Neal
Warren Beatty

Role:
Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Actor:
James Caan
Could Have Been:
Burt Reynolds
Carmine Caridi
Robert De Niro

Role:
Tom Hagen
Actor:
Robert Duvall
Could Have Been:
Bruce Dern
James Caan
Jerry Van Dyke
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen

Role:
Carlo Rizzi
Actor:
Gianni Russo
Could Have Been:
Robert De Niro
Sylvester Stallone

Role:
Johnny Fontane
Actor:
Al Martino
Could Have Been:
Frankie Avalon
Vic Damone

Role:
Paulie Gatto
Actor:
John Martino
Could Have Been:
Sylvester Stallone

Role:
Apollonia Vitelli Corleone
Actor:
Simonetta Stefanelli
Could Have Been:
Olivia Hussey
Stefania Sandrelli

Role:
Johnny Hooker
Actor:
Robert Redford
Could Have Been:
Jack Nicholson

Role:
R.P. McMurphy
Actor:
Jack Nicholson
Could Have Been:
Burt Reynolds
Gene Hackman
James Caan
Kirk Douglas
Marlon Brando

Role:
Nurse Ratched
Actor:
Louise Fletcher
Could Have Been:
Angela Lansbury
Anne Bancroft
Colleen Dewhurst
Ellen Burstyn
Geraldine Page
Jane Fonda
Lily Tomlin

Role:
Chief Martin Brody
Actor:
Roy Scheider
Could Have Been:
Charlton Heston

Role:
Sam Quint
Actor:
Robert Shaw
Could Have Been:
Lee Marvin
Sterling Hayden

Role:
Matt Hooper
Actor:
Richard Dreyfuss
Could Have Been:
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jeff Bridges
Jon Voight
Timothy Bottoms

Role:
Travis Bickle
Actor:
Robert De Niro
Could Have Been:
Dustin Hoffman
Jeff Bridges
Neil Diamond

Role:
Iris
Actor:
Jodie Foster
Could Have Been:
Anissa Jones
Bo Derek
Brooke Shields
Carrie Fisher
Debra Winger
Ellen Barkin
Geena Davis
Isabelle Adjani
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kay Lenz
Kim Basinger
Kim Cattrall
Kristy McNichol
Linda Blair
Mariel Hemingway
Melanie Griffith
Michelle Pfieffer
Ornella Muti
Rosanna Arquette

Role:
Betsy
Actor:
Cybill Shepherd
Could Have Been:
Barbara Hershey
Glenn Close
Goldie Hawn
Jane Seymour
Liza Minnelli
Mary Steenburgen
Meryl Streep
Mia Farrow
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Sarandon

Role:
Tom
Actor:
Albert Brooks
Could Have Been:
Harvey Keitel

Role:
Charles Palatine
Actor:
Leonard Harris
Could Have Been:
Rock Hudson

Role:
Luke Skywalker
Actor:
Mark Hamill
Could Have Been:
William Katt

Role:
Han Solo
Actor:
Harrison Ford
Could Have Been:
Al Pacino
Bill Murray
Billy Dee Williams
Burt Reynolds
Chevy Chase
Christopher Walken
Glynn Tuman
Jack Nicholson
James Caan
Kurt Russell
Nick Nolte
Perry King
Steve Martin

Role:
Princess Leia Organa
Actor:
Carrie Fischer
Could Have Been:
Anjelica Huston
Barbara Hershey
Bernadette Peters
Bonnie Bedilia
Catherine Hicks
Cindy Williams
Christine Baranski
Christine Lahti
Cybill Shepherd
Debra Winger
Diane Wiest
Farah Fawcett
Geena Davis
Glenn Close
Jane Seymour
Jessica Lange
Kathleen Turner
Kay Lenz
Kim Basinger
Margot Kidder
Melanie Griffith
Meryl Streep
Sigourney Weaver
Teri Lynn

Role:
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Actor:
Alec Guinness
Could Have Been:
Peter Cushing
Toshiro Mifune

Role:
C3PO
Actor:
Anthony Daniels
Could Have Been:
Mel Blanc

Role:
Darth Vader
Actor:
James Earl Jones
Could Have Been:
Orson Welles

Role:
Ripley
Actor:
Sigourney Weaver
Could Have Been:
Kay Lenz
Meryl Streep
Veronica Cartwright

Role:
Jack Torrance
Actor:
Jack Nicholson
Could Have Been:
Harrison Ford
Jon Voight
Michael Moriaty
Robert De Niro
Robin Williams

Role:
Indiana Jones
Actor:
Harrison Ford
Could Have Been:
Bill Murray
Chevy Chase
Jack Nicholson
Jeff Bridges
Nick Mancuso
Nick Nolte
Peter Coyote
Steve Martin
Tim Matheson
Tom Selleck

Role:
Marion Ravenwood
Actor:
Karen Allen
Could Have Been:
Amy Irving
Debra Winger
Sean Young

Role:
Sallah
Actor:
John Rhys-Davies
Could Have Been:
Danny DeVito

Role:
Rick Deckard
Actor:
Harrison Ford
Could Have Been:
Al Pacino
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Burt Reynolds
Cliff Gorman
Clint Eastwood
Dustin Hoffman
Frederic Forrest
Gene Hackman
Jack Nicholson
Judd Hirsch
Nick Nolte
Paul Newman
Peter Falk
Raul Julia
Robert Duvall
Scott Glenn
Sean Connery
Tommy Lee Jones
William Devane

Role:
Rachel
Actor:
Sean Young
Could Have Been:
Barbara Hershey
Nina Axelrod
Victoria Principal

Role:
Pris
Actor:
Daryl Hannah
Could Have Been:
Deborah Harry

Role:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Actor:
Tom Hulce
Could Have Been:
Kenneth Branagh
Mark Hamill
Mel Gibson
Mick Jagger
Sam Waterston
Tim Curry
Walter Matthau

Role:
Marty McFly
Actor:
Michael J. Fox
Could Have Been:
C. Thomas Howell
Corey Hart
Eric Stoltz
Ralph Macchio

Role:
Dr. Emmett Brown
Actor:
Christopher Lloyd
Could Have Been:
Dudley Moore
Jeff Goldblum
John Lithgow

Role:
Pvt. Joker
Actor:
Matthew Modine
Could Have Been:
Anthony Michael Hall
Val Kilmer

Role:
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Actor:
R. Lee Ermey
Could Have Been:
Bill McKinney
Tim Colceri

Role:
John McClane
Actor:
Bruce Willis
Could Have Been:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Burt Reynolds
Don Johnson
Harrison Ford
Mel Gibson
Nick Nolte
Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Gere
Robert De Niro
Sylvester Stallone
Tom Berenger

Role:
Professor Henry Jones
Actor:
Sean Connery
Could Have Been:
Gregory Peck
Jon Pertwee

Role:
James "Jimmy" Conway
Actor:
Robert De Niro
Could Have Been:
Al Pacino
John Malkovich

Role:
Henry Hill
Actor:
Ray Liotta
Could Have Been:
Sean Penn
Tom Cruise

Role:
Karen Hill
Actor:
Lorraine Bracco
Could Have Been:
Madonna

Role:
Clarice Starling
Actor:
Jodie Foster
Could Have Been:
Meg Ryan
Melanie Griffith
Michelle Pfeiffer

Role:
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Actor:
Anthony Hopkins
Could Have Been:
Christopher Lloyd
Gene Hackman
Jack Nicholson
Jeremy Irons
John Hurt
Louis Gossett Jr.
Patrick Stewart
Robert De Niro
Robert Duvall
Sean Connery

Role:
Jack Crawford
Actor:
Scott Glenn
Could Have Been:
Gene Hackman
Kenneth Branagh
Michael Keaton
Mickey Rourke

Role:
Mr. White
Actor:
Harvey Keitel
Could Have Been:
Steve Buscemi

Role:
Mr. Orange
Actor:
Tim Roth
Could Have Been:
James Woods
Samuel L. Jackson

Role:
Mr. Blonde
Actor:
Michael Madsen
Could Have Been:
Christopher Walken
George Clooney
Tim Roth

Role:
Mr. Pink
Actor:
Steve Buscemi
Could Have Been:
Michael Madsen
Quentin Tarantino
Tim Roth
Vincent Gallo

Role:
Joe Cabot
Actor:
Lawrence Tierney
Could Have Been:
Robert Forster
Timothy Carey

Role:
Oskar Schindler
Actor:
Liam Neeson
Could Have Been:
Bruno Ganz
Harrison Ford
Stellan Skarsgård

Role:
Amon Goeth
Actor:
Ralph Fiennes
Could Have Been:
Tim Roth

Role:
Forrest Gump
Actor:
Tom Hanks
Could Have Been:
Billy Murray
Chevy Chase
John Travolta

Role:
Pvt. Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue
Actor:
Mykelti Williamson
Could Have Been:
Dave Chappelle
David Alan Grier
Ice Cube

Role:
Vincent Vega
Actor:
John Travolta
Could Have Been:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Michael Madsen

Role:
Jules Winnfield
Actor:
Samuel L. Jackson
Could Have Been:
Paul Calderon

Role:
Lance
Actor:
Eric Stoltz
Could Have Been:
Kurt Cobain
Quentin Tarantino

Role:
Butch Coolidge
Actor:
Bruce Willis
Could Have Been:
Matt Dillon
Mickey Rourke
Sylvester Stallone

Role:
Fabienne
Actor:
Maria de Medeiros
Could Have Been:
Iréne Jacob

Role:
Jody
Actor:
Rosanna Arquette
Could Have Been:
Courtney Love
Pam Grier

Role:
Mia Wallace
Actor:
Uma Thurman
Could Have Been:
Daryl Hannah
Isabella Rossellini
Joan Cusack
Meg Ryan
Michelle Pfieffer
Rosanna Arquette

Role:
Jimmie Dimmick
Actor:
Quentin Tarantino
Could Have Been:
Steve Buscemi

Role:
Andy Dufresne
Actor:
Tim Robbins
Could Have Been:
Charlie Sheen
Kevin Costner
Nicolas Cage
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks

Role:
Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
Actor:
Morgan Freeman
Could Have Been:
Clint Eastwood
Harrison Ford
Paul Newman
Robert Redford

Role:
Tommy Williams
Actor:
Gil Bellows
Could Have Been:
Brad Pitt

Role:
Léon
Actor:
Jean Reno
Could Have Been:
Keanu Reeves, Mel Gibson

Role:
Mathilda
Actor:
Natalie Portman
Could Have Been:
Liv Tyler

Role:
Detective David Mills
Actor:
Brad Pitt
Could Have Been:
Denzel Washington

Role:
John Doe
Actor:
Kevin Spacey
Could Have Been:
Michael Stipe

Role:
Michael McManus
Actor:
Stephen Baldwin
Could Have Been:
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Biehn

Role:
Dave Kujan
Actor:
Chazz Palminteri
Could Have Been:
Al Pacino
Christopher Walken
Robert De Niro

Role:
Redfoot the Fence
Actor:
Peter Green
Could Have Been:
Al Pacino
Charlie Sheen
Christopher Walken
James Spader
Jeff Bridges
Johnny Cash
Tommy Lee Jones

Role:
William Wallace
Actor:
Mel Gibson
Could Have Been:
Jason Patric

Role:
King Edward I
Actor:
Patrick McGoohan
Could Have Been:
Sean Connery

Role:
Wendell "Bud" White
Actor:
Russell Crowe
Could Have Been:
Michael Madsen

Role:
Lynn Bracken
Actor:
Kim Basinger
Could Have Been:
Anjelica Huston
Izabella Scorupco
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Role:
Cameron Alexander
Actor:
Stacy Keach
Could Have Been:
Marlon Brando

Role:
Captain John H. Miller
Actor:
Tom Hanks
Could Have Been:
Harrison Ford
Mel Gibson

Role:
Sgt. Mike Horvath
Actor:
Tom Sizemore
Could Have Been:
Michael Madsen

Role:
Private James Francis Ryan
Actor:
Matt Damon
Could Have Been:
Edward Norton

Role:
Lester Burnham
Actor:
Kevin Spacey
Could Have Been:
Chevy Chase
Jeff Daniels
Tom Hanks

Role:
Jane Burnham
Actor:
Thora Birch
Could Have Been:
Jessica Biel

Role:
Ricky Fitts
Actor:
Wes Bentley
Could Have Been:
Jake Gyllenhaal

Role:
Angela Hayes
Actor:
Mena Suvari
Could Have Been:
Brittany Murphy
Katie Holmes
Kirsten Dunst
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Tiffani Thiessen

Role:
Neo
Actor:
Keanu Reeves
Could Have Been:
Brad Pitt
Ewan McGregor
Johnny Depp
Leonardo DiCaprio
Nicolas Cage
Tom Cruise
Val Kilmer
Will Smith

Role:
Morpheus
Actor:
Laurence Fishburne
Could Have Been:
Gary Oldman
Samuel L. Jackson
Sean Connery

Role:
Agent Smith
Actor:
Hugo Weaving
Could Have Been:
Jean Reno

Role:
Tyler Durden
Actor:
Brad Pitt
Could Have Been:
Russell Crowe

Role:
The Narator
Actor:
Edward Norton
Could Have Been:
Matt Damon
Sean Penn

Role:
Marla
Actor:
Helena Bonham Carter
Could Have Been:
Courtney Love
Reese Witherspoon
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Winona Ryder

Role:
Leonard
Actor:
Guy Pearce
Could Have Been:
Aaron Eckhart
Alec Baldwin
Brad Pitt
Charlie Sheen
Thomas Jane

Role:
Natalie
Actor:
Carrie-Anne Moss
Could Have Been:
Angelina Jolie
Ashley Judd
Famke Janssen

Role:
Maximus
Actor:
Russell Crowe
Could Have Been:
Antonio Banderas
Mel Gibson

Role:
Frodo Baggins
Actor:
Elijah Wood
Could Have Been:
Dominic Monaghan
Jake Gyllenhaal

Role:
Galadriel
Actor:
Cate Blanchett
Could Have Been:
Lucy Lawless

Role:
Saruman
Actor:
Christopher Lee
Could Have Been:
Jeremy Irons
Malcolm McDowell
Tim Curry

Role:
Gandalf the Grey
Actor:
Ian McKellen
Could Have Been:
John Astin
Sam Neill
Sean Connery
Tom Baker

Role:
Aragorn
Actor:
Viggo Mortensen
Could Have Been:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Jason Carter
Robin Atkin Downes
Stuart Townsend

Role:
Gimli
Actor:
John Rhys-Davies
Could Have Been:
Bill Bailey
Robert Trebor
Timothy Spall
Warwick Davis

Role:
Arwen
Actor:
Liv Tyler
Could Have Been:
Uma Thurman

Role:
Elrond
Actor:
Hugo Weaving
Could Have Been:
David Bowie

Role:
Paul Rusesabagina
Actor:
Don Cheadle
Could Have Been:
Denzel Washington
Mekhi Phifer
Wesley Snipes
Will Smith