Starring WHO?: Iconic Movie Roles... and Who Turned Them Down

Starring WHO?covers nine decades ofcasting decisions highlighting the arbitrary casting of a majority of iconic roles in over 300 films. In addition the book provides an overview of Hollywood for each decade an opportunity to test your trivia knowledge and a list of Academy Award winners in all the acting categories beginning in 1930.One example is Tom Hanks who first came to our attention inSplash but he only got the leading role after six actors including Chevy Chase Bill Murray and Michael Keaton turned it down. After Splash Hanks was cast in Big but not before the part was offered to Robert De Niro who turned it down when the studio would not meet his quote. Then theres Forrest Gump - John Travolta was the first choice but he turned it down which lead to Hanks second consecutive Best Actor Oscar.