- Chris Rock, Lethal Weapon 4, 1998. No thought had been given at LethalHQ about who should play Lee Butters, the husband of Danny Glover’s daughter – simply because he wasn’t in any script until scenarist Channing Gibson was three-quarters finished with his scenario (and then he was a gay cop, at first). Much the same for Joe Pesci’s rôle. He was paid $1m for three weeks work. Rock was not. Nor were…Tate, Sean Combs, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith or Chris Tucker.
- André Benjamin, Four Brothers, 2004. Passed on Jeremiah, one of the two black and two white Mercer brothers avenging the murder of their adoptive mother in a clumsy re-hash of Death Wishmeets The Sons of Katie Elder(except John Waye and his real siblings were avenging Dad’s killing)..
Birth year: Death year: Other name: Casting Calls: 2