There
is
a
saying
-
"One
man's
trash
is
another
man's
treasure." This
has
been
indeed
the
story
of
these
Hollywood
actors,
who
had
missed
out
on
these
iconic
movie
roles
and
which
consequently
went
on
to
another
actor
who
made
it
large.
Things
would
have
been
different
had
these
actors
accepted
these
roles
at
the
first
go.
Here
we
list
such
incidences,
where
the
iconic
roles
rejected
by
renowned
actors
went
on
to
become
career-transforming
moves
for
another.
Tom
Cruise
As
Iron
Man
The
Mission
Impossible
star
had
been
offered
the
iconic
role
to
play
the
character
of
Tony
Stark
and
his
iron-armored
alter
ego,
back
in
1998
by
Marvel.
But
then
Tom
Cruise
didn't
find
the
script
interesting
enough
to
say
'yes'.
"They
came
to
me
at
a
certain
point
and
...
when
I
do
something,
I
want
to
do
it
right,
If
I
commit
to
something,
it
has
to
be
done
in
a
way
that
I
know
it's
gonna
be
something
special.
And
as
it
was
lining
up,
it
just
didn't
feel
to
me
like
it
was
gonna
work." said
Tom.
Oh,
boy,
what
a
miss
!
10
years
later,
when
the
movie
eventually
hit
the
multiplexes,
it
set
Robert
Downey
Jr
on
a
journey,
to
become
the
highest-paid
actor
in
the
world.
Russell
Crowe
As
Wolverine
Hugh
Jackman
will
play
the
iconic
superhero
Wolverine,
for
one
last
time,
with
the
upcoming
movie
titled
Logan,
But
shockingly
enough,
he
was
never
the
first
choice
to
play
this
iconic
superhero
character.
Bryan
Singer
wanted
Russell
Crowe
to
do
the
role.
However,
Russel
Crowe
didn't
want
to
commit
into
another
movie
at
that
point
of
time,
just
after
finishing
out
on
Gladiator.
Hugh
Jackman
revealed,
he
would
have
never
even
got
a
chance
to
feature
in
the
X-Men
movie
by
any
means
if
Russell
Crowe
hadn't
recommended
his
name.
"Bryan
Singer
asked
Rusty
[Russell
Crowe]
to
do
Wolverine,
and
he
said,
'Nah
mate,
I've
just
done
Gladiator,
it's
not
for
me.
But
you
should
look
at
this
other
guy
...'"
Gwyneth
Paltrow
As
Rose
In
Titanic
Rumours
had
it
that
Kate
Winslet
was
not
even
in
the
mind
of
James
Cameron
for
the
iconic
role
of
Rose
in
the
romantic
blockbuster
Titanic.
It
was
Gwyneth
Paltrow,
who
was
approached
by
the
director
to
play
'Rose',
but
the
actress
didn't
find
the
character
interesting.
Well,
we
all
know
what
happened
after
that,
the
role
happened
to
Kate
Winslet,
and
she
earned
an
Oscar
nomination
in
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
category
for
that
role.
"You
get
one
chance,
that's
it,"
said
Cameron,
indicating
Gwyneth
Paltrow.