Actors Who Were Called Too Hot/Not Hot Enough For Role
You really can’t win in Hollywood.
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Emmy Rossum almost didn’t get to star as Fiona in Shameless because producers felt she wasn’t capable of not being pretty.
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Conversely, Andrew Garfield lost out on the role of Prince Caspian in the Chronicles of Narnia series because he “wasn’t handsome enough.”
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Jennifer Lawrence was originally turned down for her role in Winter’s Bone because she was “too pretty” — she had to prove to them she was “not cute.”
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According to Kate Beckinsale, director Michael Bay didn’t think she was attractive enough for her role in Pearl Harbor because she “wasn’t blonde and [her] boobs weren’t bigger than [her] head.”
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Director Joe Wright originally didn’t want Keira Knightley to star in his film Pride and Prejudice because of her good looks.
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After being recast following the pilot for Stumptown, actor Mark Webber went on a social media rant about how he was allegedly fired for not being attractive enough.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis didn’t want Hugh Grant to star in the film because he was too handsome.
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Minnie Driver almost didn’t star in Good Will Hunting because the producer didn’t think she was “hot enough.”
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Alison Brie claims that her past playing polished and “cute” roles almost prevent her from being cast as the less conventionally attractive Ruth in Glow.
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