10 Actors Who Quit Films That Have Become Iconic

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

In the filmography of these actors, there are many vivid images embodied on the screen. But each of them at one time missed the chance to play a role in films that later became cult. "Mary Poppins, Goodbye", "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and other iconic films could have turned out completely different if the main roles were played by other actors.

Anastasia Vertinskaya

Initially, Anastasia Vertinskaya was offered the lead role in the musical "Mary Poppins, Goodbye". But the actress did not like the music of Maxim Dunaevsky at all, which had already been approved. In accordance with the musical compositions, director Leonid Kvikhnidze has already begun to build the film itself. Anastasia Vertinskaya never felt the charm of the future masterpiece and refused the role. But for Natalia Andreichenko, Mary Poppins has become a visiting card.

Vsevolod Sanayev

Tatyana Lioznova initially offered the role of SS Gruppenfuehrer Heinrich Müller to Vsevolod Sanaev. But he did not even agree to audition, believing that the secretary of the party organization of the Mosfilm film studio should not act in the role of the chief of the Gestapo. But Leonid Bronevoy became a real find and now it is difficult to imagine that the role of Mueller could be played by someone else.

Margarita Terekhova

It was this actress who initially wanted to see the role of Katya Tikhomirova, the director of the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" Vladimir Menshov. But the actress almost at the same time was offered to play the role of Milady in the film "D'Artanyan and the Three Musketeers" and Margarita Terekhova chose to act in Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich's. However, it is safe to say that in the image of Milady, the actress was simply gorgeous. And Vera Alentova in her husband's film turned out to be very harmonious.

Evgeny Gerasimov

When the actor read the script of the film "The meeting place cannot be changed", he could not feel the role of a young front-line soldier who came to serve in the criminal investigation department. Stanislav Govorukhin was sure that Evgeny Gerasimov fully corresponds to the image of Vladimir Sharapov, but the artist decided that this was not his hero at all. After the release of the picture on the screens, Evgeny Gerasimov realized how wrong he was, and he regrets this missed opportunity even today.

Evgeniya Simonova

She was supposed to play Constance Bonacieux in D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. Despite the fact that the actress liked the role, Evgenia Simonova refused the offer of Yungvald-Khilkevich. The whole point was that the director did not approve for the role of D'Artanyan Alexander Abdulov, with whom the actress was friendly. In this way she decided to support her friend.

Yuri Chernov

When Vladimir Motyl invited the young actor Yuri Chernov to play the role of Petrukha in the film "White Sun of the Desert", he refused. At that time, he was a student at a circus school and considered it impossible to combine the filming process with study, especially since it was supposed to leave for Dagestan, and it was hardly possible to hide Chernov's frequent absences from the school's management and teachers. As a result, the image of a young Red Army soldier was embodied by Nikolai Godovikov, and Yuri Chernov still regrets his refusal.

Clara Luchko

She could play the role of an insidious seductress in Leonid Gaidai's comedy The Diamond Arm. Clara Luchko even took part in photo tests, although she warned the director that she was not too eager to act in a swimsuit. After some deliberation, the actress even considered the image of Anna Sergeevna too frivolous and left to work in another film. The Arts Council had to hastily look for a replacement, and as a result Svetlana Svetlichnaya was approved.

Oleg Dal

In the cult film "The Crew", instead of Leonid Filatov, Oleg Dal, who once dreamed of becoming a pilot in his childhood, could play the role of Igor Skvortsov. But already on the set, he suddenly decided that the cockpit allegedly did not look like the real one, and some scenes suddenly seemed to him not too reliable. As a result, the actor wrote a statement with his own hand asking to remove him from filming. However, the reason was indicated by the deterioration of the state of health.

Tatiana Doronina

In the film by Vladimir Menshov, the role of the exalted, eccentric and even a little strange Raisa Zakharovna could be played by Tatyana Doronina. But at some point, the actress, choosing between two sentences, gave preference to Georgy Natanson's picture "Valentine and Valentine", where she played the mother of Valentina and Zhenya. However, now it is even difficult to imagine someone else in the place of Raisa Zakharovna, except for Lyudmila Gurchenko.

Oleg Basilashvili

Family circumstances prevented the actor from playing the role of Ippolit in Eldar Ryazanov's comedy "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" When an offer to work in the film was received, Oleg Basilashvili's dad died and he refused to shoot. But Ippolit Matveyevich was inimitable in the performance of Yuri Yakovlev.

Sometimes actors just want to be indulged in their whims and whims. Perhaps this is a manifestation of star fever, or maybe an excellently working intuition, because the films in which the stars play are successful. Some tapes have changed dramatically due to the whims of the main actors, but the rating of the film was often positively influenced.