"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!

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