Pacino and Star Wars
Yeah, that probably got your attention.
Al Pacino was one of many actors to turn down playing Han Solo in Star Wars, which is one of the most tantalizing “What If?” scenarios I’ve ever heard of. He also turned down playing Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer, and various roles in the films Apocalypse Now, Born on the Fourth of July, Pretty Woman, and Crimson Tide.