- James Spader, White Palace, 1990. Some producers have no ego! Griffin – once the popcorn concession manager at Radio City Music Hall – was thinking about being Susan Sarandon’s lover (he had to think!). Then, Spader won Best Actor at Cannes for sex lies and videotape and was a bigger name and the co-producer backed out.
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John Getz, Curly Sue, 1990. After Kevin Spacey dropped out for a stage date, William Atherton, George Clooney, Griffin Dunne, George Segal all passed on being Kelly Lynch’s snotty boyfriend. Atherton was fed up playing schmucks, Clooney was unknown (four years away from ER), Dunne was making My Girl and Segal found Walter was too much like his Albert in Look Who’s Talking. That’s how John Getz aded 130 screen roles across 54 years.
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