- Jack Black, The Italian Job, 2002. The Kentucky actor had completed 114 screen roles by 2016. It would have beemn 115 but he declined to audition for Jeff Portnoy when hearing it had been written for Black and he knew Jack was perfect for it. (Even if he hated having to turn blond).
- Garret Dillahunt, Deadwood, TV, 2004-2006. Dillahunt-ed the role of Jack McCall, killer of Wild Bill Hickcock, in the hard-hitting Western serties with more F-bombs than bullets – 2,980 of them, an average 83 per episode. Instead, he became Dan Dority, employed at Al Swearengen’s Gem saloon.
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