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TURNING DOWN A PLUM ROLE

By | April 2003

It is not uncommon to look upon a performance and think to yourself: “Nobody but so-and-so could be better in that role!” Surprisingly enough, film history is marked with repeated cases of performers turning down plum roles, which other actors took for fame and fortune…

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TURNING DOWN A PLUM ROLE

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