17 Actors Who Turned Down Career-Changing, Iconic Roles

Carey Mulligan has passed on playing Hillary Clinton in "Rodham." What other actors have passed on iconic role?

Jodie Foster's performance as Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs" is often considered to be her best work in a long career, but the actress wouldn't have gotten it if Michelle Pfeiffer hadn't refused it first. Pfieffer said she found the film too violent, dark, and disturbing. 

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