Roles KURT RUSSELL Didn't Get!

As A Child Actor,RUSSELL Audition Play To FRIEDRICH VON
TRAPP.

Audition For The Role Of HAN SOLO,
HARRISON FORD Won The Role.

Here's RUSSELL's Screen-Test:

According To IMDb,KURT RUSSELL Was Offered
An Unspecified Role.

KURT RUSSELL Auditioned For The Title Role And
Gave A Good Enough Audition That Producer DINO
De LAURENTIIS Wanted Him To Play The Role,BUT
RUSSELL Decided Not To Take The Role Because
He Found The Character To Be Bland.

RUSSELL Was Considered To Play THE LONE RANGER
In This 1981 Box-Office Disaster!.

KURT RUSSELL Auditioned For The Role Of BILL
BLAZEJOWSKI Which Made MICHAEL KEATON Famous.

RUSSELL Was Considered For TOM HANKS'
Breakout Role.

RICHARD DONNER Originally Wanted To Cast RUSSELL
As The Cursed Knight NAVARRE While Casting RUTGER
HAUER As The Evil Captain Of The Guard When
RUSSELL Left The Production,His Role Was Handed
To HAUER!

RUSSELL (Along With 8,000 Actors Including RODDY
PIPER,PATRICK SWAYZE & ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER)
Auditioned To Play IVAN DRAGO.

KURT RUSSELL Was Not Only RON SHELTON's Choice To Play
CRASH DAVIS,But RUSSELL (A Former Baseball Player For
The CALIFORNIA ANGELS) Helped Develop The Script!,BUT
ORION PICTURES Insisted That KEVIN COSTNER Be Cast!.

RUSSELL Was Among The Actors Considered For The
Title Role Until MICHAEL KEATON Was Cast.

RUSSELL Was Among The Actors Considered For The
Title Role.

Screenwriter FRED DEKKER (Who Directed The Cult Faves
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS & THE MONSTER SQUAD) Originally
Planned To Direct This Thriller With KURT RUSSELL
In The Lead Role Until DEKKER Lost Interest.

RUSSELL MULCAHY (HIGHLANDER) Direct The Film With
DENZEL WASHINGTON In The Lead.

According To NOTSTARRING.COM,RUSSELL Was Considered
For The Part Of DR.ALAN GRANT But SPIELBERG Didn't
Want To Pay His Usual Salary.

JOHN WOO (Making His Hollywood Directorial Debut With
This Film) Wanted RUSSELL To Play The Lead Role But
(Among Others) Was Busy With "TOMBSTONE",So The
Lead Role Went To JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME.

After MICHAEL KEATON Refused To Play BATMAN For A
Third Time,RUSSELL Was One Of Many Actors Considered
To Play Him.

RUSSELL Was Considered For The Role Of SANDS
But ROBERT RODRIGUEZ Picked JOHNNY DEPP Instead.

RUSSELL Was Asked By The Producers To Play The
Lead Role In The Film About An Actor Taking Revenge
On The Paparazzi For Almost Causing A Personal
Tragedy Involving His Family.

RUSSELL Was Among The Actors Considered To Play
JAMES GORDON (Played In The Film By GARY OLDMAN).

RUSSELL Was Considered To Play CHRIS COOPER's
Part!

RUSSELL Turned The Lead Male Role,Because
Of The Nudity Involved!.

Was SYLVESTER STALLONE's Original Choice To Play
CHURCH But BRUCE WILLIS Was Cast Instead.

KURT RUSSELL Replaced KEVIN COSTNER For The Role
Of ACE WOODY,But When RUSSELL Bowed Out As Well,
The Role Merged With The Character Of BILLY CRASH
Giving WALTON GOGGINS More Screen Time & Diaolgue
Than Expected!

RUSSELL Was Considered For The Role Of JONATHAN
KENT (SUPERMAN's Adoptive Father).