"I’ll Shoot Your Dog If You Don’t Give Me This Role" – Nine Actors That Begged And Fought For Their Roles, And Eight That Took Some Serious Convincing
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“I basically sent an email a day for about a month just threatening any other actors that might be up for the role."
Casting actors in movies, or landing the role of a lifetime, is rarely that simple. A lot of the time, the directors, producers, or actors themselves need a fair bit of convincing.
So, here are nine actors who had to convince directors they were right for the role, and eight that had to be persuaded to join a project:
1.Chris Evans – Knives Out
2.Jennifer Lawrence: Hunger Games
3.Sadie Sink – Stranger Things
4.Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings
5.Robert Pattinson – Good Times
7.William H. Macy – Fargo
8.Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
9.Henry Cavill – The Witcher
10.Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
11.Channing Tatum – The Hateful Eight
12.Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic
13.Sally Field – Lincoln
14.Chris Evans – Captain America: The First Avenger
15.Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice
17.Carrey Mulligan – Shame
What other major roles took some major convincing? Let us know in the comments below!