While Washington didn’t offer an explanation as to why he turned down Se7en (it is unclear if he would have played the veteran detective or the cocky rookie, embodied in the end by Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, respectively), it may have been for a similar reason: director David Fincher had only directed one film before Se7en, and that was the disastrous Alien 3.
: 13 actors who turned down movie roles – and then massively regretted it Few actors are brave enough to admit that they turned down some of the most famous films in recent memory, but these ones did, writes Adam White.
Asked in 2012 if there were roles he turned down that he should have taken, Washington answered quickly: “Se7en and Michael Clayton”.
The Oscar winner said that Tony Gilroy’s corporate thriller Michael Clayton “was the best material I had read in a long time … I was nervous about a first-time director, and I was wrong”.
Here are 13 actors who turned their nose up at iconic movies, only to feel very silly about it later on.
